The Queen’s ‘uncomfortable’ golden carriage lined up for return for her Platinum Jubilee
THE Queen’s golden carriage is lined up for a glittering return for her Platinum Jubilee — after being pimped up at Buckingham Palace.
The 240-year-old horse-drawn coach is getting what insiders describe as an MoT-style once-over, 20 years since it last appeared on London’s streets.
Experts are carrying out checks on the 24ft four-ton Georgian-era carriage to ensure it is in tip-top shape for the festivities marking 70 years on the throne.
The Queen, 95, previously described the ride in the Gold State Coach during her Coronation in 1953 as “horrible”.
Coachmen and mechanics checking the comfort and suspension hope to pimp up the ride while it gets the once-over at a Royal Collection Trust museum currently closed to the public.
Palace aides have yet to confirm exactly what role it will play.
A source said: “It would be an incredible comeback.
“But it would be too uncomfortable for the Queen these days and it needs a massive overhaul for that to happen.”
It was commissioned by King George III in 1760 for £7,562 - the equivalent of £1.6million today.
Royals are to appear in carriages for Trooping The Colour on the first day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations on June 2.
Buckingham Palace did not want to comment.