A new gold coach?

I'll leave you all to it.

What a stupid fuss about nithing.

Should he refused the gift ?

I agree with you volver. I was quite flabbergasted, but unsure that I really had heard such a thing. Thank you Joseanne for setting me straight so I know I’ve not gone gaga yet. I am at least pleased to hear that the cost will not be coming out of our taxes, but I don’t think KC needs a new gold coach, especially at this difficult financial time for so many people. For those who enjoy the spectacle and the tradition, the old coach is good enough.

Yes of course he can. Just as people sent money, apparently, when the Queen died.

It's the motivation behind it that puzzles me. What drives people to do this kind of thing for a family that wouldn't p*** on you if you were on fire? Hero-worship?

Must dig out some glass slippers - nah, maybe not . My heart is breaking because we’ll be up the bush in the Kimberleys when the coronation is on.

A gold coloured coach

It's a free country. He can do this if he wants to.

What kind of world are we living in where anyone thinks its valid to give someone a GOLD COACH.

We're not living in a production of Cinderella!

Read Juliet27's post at 7.51.

It's a FREE GIFT to the monarch. It's not costing him or us anything.

So stop bl**dy moaning and nitpicking.

Surely KC and Camilla can travel in it for such a short journey.
Cushions to make it more comfortable. Such a waste to have a new one and a wonderful tradition to ride in the old one. 🇬🇧

A gift ?

Maybe they could give us some money for the NHS instead then? And Charles could drive to his wee ceremony in the Aston Martin?

Crossed posts.

A Free coach then, which is very nice of the Australians.

Should it be refused ?

Uncomfortable? For how many minutes will he be in the thing?

Uncomfortable is someone queueing for hours to catch a glimpse of him arriving and leaving the coach, or a uniformed officer standing for hours guarding him.

Let’s hope he’s paying for it out of his own (or should I say the people of Cornwalls) money.

What’s that saying ‘live in hope, die in despair’.

I did find this in a section of the Yorkshire Post online.

Manufactured at his workshop in Sydney, with the help of an international team of craftsmen, the King's Coach will be airfreighted to London just prior to May's Coronation.
It is hoped King Charles III will ride in the 1761 Gold State Coach to Westminster Abbey and return in the new model - which is a gift and will cost nothing to the monarchy or the taxpayer.
One of the last exponents of the art of coachbuilding, Mr Frecklington built the Australian state coach, which was presented to the Queen during the 1988 Australian Bicentennial.His Diamond Jubilee State Coach was first used during the State Opening of Parliament in June 2014.

He's getting it for free though. The chap who's making it, from wood I believe, is donating it. So that's ok then.

How ridiculous!

You didn't dream it. It was on tv a few months ago because they were talking to the guy who was going to carve something or other? I'm off to check.
Why can't KC go by car from the existing fleet?