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The doublet and hose worn by the Earl of Abergavenny at the Coronation of George IV in 1821 to be sold at auction in Nottingham on 19 April

The doublet and hose worn by the Earl of Abergavenny at the Coronation of George IV in 1821 to be sold at auction in Nottingham on 19 April.

The monarch insisted on the most extravagant and costly coronation in English history requiring peers of all ages to appear in Westminster Abbey in a ‘Tudor Romantic’ themed ivory silk and real silver gilt-braided costume.

It was said that several of the noble ladies present displayed some hilarity at the spectacle, but Sir Walter Scott was moved to describe the “gay and gorgeous and antique dress which floated before the eye”.

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