The Gold State Coach is an enclosed, eight horse-drawn carriage used by the Royal family since 1768.It has been used at the coronation of every monarch since George IV. It is now 250 years old, this and it weighs over 4 tonnes. The coach is 24 feet long and twelve feet high. 

It is gilded using Gold Leaf and it features painted panels by Giovanni Ciprianni and rich gilded sculpture includes three cherubs on the roof, they hold the crown and regalia and represent England, Ireland and Scotland and four tritons, one at each corner, representing Britain’s imperial power.

It was built in the Great Queen Street workshops of Samuel Butler in 1762 .Samuel Butler was Master of The Worshipful Company of Coach Makers in 1768, who was paid the sum of £1,673

Sculptor Joseph Wilton, third keeper of the Royal Academy, was paid the most, £2,500 The gilder was paid £933.