Three crowns, diamonds from Elizabeth, a carriage ride. It all fits the wealth of a royal family with an estimated capital of 28 billion euros. But De Witte saw for herself when she was recently in London that it is not all splendor. There she saw the Saint Edward’s Chair, the chair on which Charles will sit this afternoon. “An unsightly wooden thing from 1300,” says De Baarnse. “It was behind glass, so I couldn’t sit on it, but really: if you and I would see it in our grandfather or grandmother’s attic, we would have taken it to the thrift store.”
A crown weighing two kilos and a rickety wooden chair: Utrecht royalty lovers ready for the British coronation
