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King Edward's Chair, or the Coronation Chair, the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation at the High Altar in Westminster Abbey. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland, known as the Stone of Scone, which he had captured from the Scots (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)

King Edward's Chair, or the Coronation Chair, the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation at the High Altar in Westminster Abbey. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland, known as the Stone of Scone, which he had captured from the Scots   (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)