The impressive Gold State Coach creaks like an “old galleon” as it rolls along, but runs a lot smoother than it used to, the man in charge of its care has revealed.
Martin Oates, senior carriage restorer at the Royal Mews, is walking behind the four-tonne carriage in the King’s coronation procession and act as the “brake man” pulling the hand-held T-bar at the back to secure it in place when it stops.
Only a sovereign and their consort are permitted to travel in the historic Gold State Coach, which is more than 260 years old.
