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Museum Visitor Makes Bad Decision to Sit on Pricey Chair
A museum in Italy would like a word with a couple whose attempt at a selfie ended up damaging a delicate chair on display. As ...
‘Idiot’ tourist sits on and shatters ‘Van Gogh’ chair adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals
A selfish tourist in Italy sat on a chair honoring Van Gogh that was adorned with thousand of Swarovski crystals, crushing ...
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"Van Gogh chair": Man sits on artwork and destroys it
A man destroyed the "Van Gogh chair" adorned with Swarovski crystals in the Palazzo Maffei in Verona by sitting on it. A ...
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The fascinating history behind the chair King Charles will sit on at his coronation
During the crowning and anointing parts of the ceremony, which are said to be the most sacred parts, King Charles will sit upon the 700-year-old Coronation Chair. The throne has been at the centre ...
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Where Should a King Sit? A 700-Year-Old Chair Will Do.
The Coronation Chair, on which King Charles III will sit for part of his ceremony on Saturday, is getting a touch-up. It hasn’t been used since Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953.
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Where should a king sit? A 700-year-old chair will do.
LONDON — There is a piece of furniture so famous and so important to British history that it sits in its own chapel at Westminster Abbey, behind an iron gate so that onlookers may gawk at it but ...