National Archives house wealth of documents that reveal meticulous planning and extravagances

Coronations are based on continuity, and meticulous records stretching back hundreds of years are kept at the National Archives, which also reveal in fine detail the extravagances of the past.

Documents include bills submitted to the exchequer for the robes worn by past monarchs such as Elizabeth I when she was crowned in 1559.

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