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Show e..4 . J SCSVtS Of Kln EJward Ciar X f X Nlcholn Hrtvo Soversxl t : Moncxrchs u.. -e at (licat Britain has no dltluctlv and exclutlvd throne. Instead, there are four the wooden chair, witn tho slab of Scotch stoVe, In Westminster Abbey, Ab-bey, which has served as the coronation corona-tion seat of tho nionarchs of this realm for seven centuries; tho sumptuous choir of state In the House of Lords, the choir on which the Into queen sut when holding a drawing room In Buckingham Buck-ingham palace, and the gilt arm chair at WlniUor, In which the oovorelgn sits to receive letters nf cieilcnc or recall from foreign envoys, or accord audl-ince audl-ince to dusky potentates. Th Ciar of ltussla la even more diversely throned. Each of a dozen chairs of state are at various times styled tuo Itusriliin tlirono. The two moat remarkable nro the chain of Ivan the Terrible ami tha one In SL George's Hull of t,8 Wintor Palate at 8U Petersburg. Tho former Is ot turqtiolueg. In tho back alone ther are lO.buO of these gems. Tie othur clmlr Ib of costly woods, with Ivory and gold, richly Jeweled, and cmvotunid with the Imperial eagle. Th seat Is of eruilu, and the anus are tvury tusks. Further cant, in Teheran, the Shah displays hlmwilf on a white marble throne, looted from Delhi In 1739. It Is of Ivory, overlaid with gold, and ablaze with gems. Its valuo being estimated es-timated at over 1.000,000. |