These perquisites should be distinguished from the gifts given to officials by successive monarchs in gratitude for services rendered at coronations.

The barons were dressed in doublets of crimson satin, scarlet hose, scarlet gowns lined with crimson satin, black velvet caps fastened on their sleeves, and black velvet shoes. The Hastings Museum has a silver stave mount from the Coronation of George IV marked by the London goldsmiths Thomas and James Phipps, 1820-1. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services.

This bears an inscription attached to the selvedge which reads 'June the 11th 1727 Part of the Canopy held over George II head by one of the free Barons of Sandwich, at his Coronation.

I think he looks great – particularly when he’s winning,” says the owner of waistcoat specialist Favourbrook, Oliver Spencer, of Gareth Southgate.The chic simplicity of this black wool waistcoat and its sharp hem are the elements that make it stand out.

Well, if you can’t wear your bells-and-whistles ceremonial get-up, you might as well opt for some of the best men’s tailoring that Parisian couture ateliers can design. Other recorded examples of silver recycled from coronation bells and stave mounts include a tankard made for the senior baron Tobias Cleve, who represented Sandwich after the Coronation of Charles II (now in the collection of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London); and a punch bowl and ladle by London goldsmiths George Boothby and William Fordham, made following George II's Coronation, belonging to the Corporation of Hastings. The loose double breast construction of this tan beige Gucci piece gives it an irresistible nonchalance.

His account of 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Province, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China 1665' , was first translated into English in 1669. Cresheld Draper was amongst those supporting King James II's canopy and Gawden Draper (probably Cresheld's son) supported the canopy held over Queen Mary of Modena. Chinoiserie was an appropriately exotic visual language for furnishings associated with the monarch. Finally, there are those who claim that they must perform a duty owing to their tenure of land by grand serjeanty.

The flat-chased Chinoiserie figures carrying a canopy on the newly acquired James II Coronation Cup demonstrate the original purpose of its recycled silver: they reflect the decoration of canopies carried by barons of the Cinque Ports over the heads of the newly crowned monarch and his consort. It’s also de rigueur to have a little fun with your pocket square and tie, mixing up contrasting patterns.

If morning suits are the go-to of the blue blood Establishment, these guys were showing how “of the people” they were in suits that wouldn’t look out of place at your local trade union meeting. He certainly looked sharp; the younger son of the King tends to steer towards casual clothes and nondescript suits (he admitted to a penchant for TK Maxx in his memoir, Spare), so it was refreshing to see him polished with his gleaming silver tie, military medals and freshly shorn beard (signature mop of hair still somewhat tufted).