A display of coronations from ancient to the most recent at Lambeth Palace Library

Coronations have been held pretty much since we invented the idea of a monarchy, and there’s a topical exhibition about the coronations of the past, ranging from 900 years ago to the one that happened just a few days ago.The display, which is in the Lambeth Palace Library, opens with a book, open of course, and it’s the earliest surviving English Coronation Charter, for the coronation of Henry I in August 1100. This charter document was cited as a precedent for the Magna Carta a cent