29 June 2025

The History of the State Robe of George IV


In this video, I explore the history of the lavish robe of state of King George IV, commissioned in 1821 for his coronation, how the robe was copied from that of Napoleon and expressed symbolically Britain's role in his defeat and how the robe ended up as an exhibit in Madam Tussaud's waxworks!

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