Westminster Abbey’s Mosaic Coronation floor. Another reinvented Royal tradition
The 700 year old Cosmati Pavement in Westminster Abbey made of rare marbles,gemstones and glass was commissioned by Henry 111 in 1268. It marks the exact spot where the coronations of Kings and Queens has taken place.
As often with Royal traditions there is a slight problem. The Pavement was covered by a carpet in the 1870s and only revealed again quite recently. The last coronation it can have featured in was that of Queen Victoria in June 1838.
It will however be used for the coronation of King Charles in May and after that for a limited period members of the public will be allowed to stand on it in their socks. £15 a time, socks extra. A new tradition has been born.
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