Irish State Coach . . ◼ The Irish State Coach is an enclosed, four-horse-drawn carriage used by the Royal Family. . ◼ Traditionally this horse-drawn coach is what the British monarch travels in from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to for the State Opening of Parliament. . ◼ The original Irish State Coach was built as a speculative venture in 1851 by John Hutton & Sons of Dublin, who held a Royal Warrant as coach-builders to Queen Victoria. . ◼ The coach was exhibited at the 1853 Great Industrial Exhibition, it was admired by the Queen, purchased & delivered to the Royal Mews. . ◼ From 1861 it became Queen Victoria's state carriage of choice, as she declined to use the Gold State Coach following the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert. . 👑 Read more & see many more photos at www.thebritishmonarchy.co.uk . . . #IrishStateCoach #StateCoach #Coach #HorseDrawn #OpeningofParliament #Royal #Royalty #ElizabethII #QueenElizabethII #CharlesPrinceofWales #PrinceCharles #PrinceofWales #DukeofEdinburgh #DuchessofCornwall #RoyalWedding #TroopingtheColour #HouseholdCavalry #RoyalGuard #HouseofWindsor #RoyalFamily #TheBritishMonarchy . www.thebritishmonarchy.co.uk - Promoting the Royal Family Past & Present (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_3HuBFbFh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lw85d7g1e9zh