Alexander Larman

The chaos of coronations over the centuries

From the mass panic of William the Conqueror’s to the drunken mayhem of Victoria’s, few have passed off peacefully

A medieval manuscript illumination depicting William the Conqueror’s hasty coronation. [Alamy]

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