It turns out that the coronation rehearsal scene in The King's Speech was shot, not in Westminster Abbey where the event would've actually taken place, but in Ely Cathedral. The stage version of the Coronation Chair is on display there and you can take a seat in it - which I happily did, feeling momentarily regal.
I took the picture of the lamp post during a run yesterday. No wonder CS Lewis made these lovely lights such an integral element of the Narnia stories.
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Fascinating... Any idea why they did that? I mean, I'm sure Ely was a cool place to shoot, but you would think that not shooting a coronation in Westminster would be a pretty big deal. Filming restrictions, maybe?
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