On This Day In Royal History . 11 April 1689 . . 👑 William & Mary were crowned joint monarchs . Background; . ◾ In 1688 William, Prince of Orange & Mary were invited by the parliamentary opposition to Mary’s father James II to take the crown on England & were assured of English support. . ▪️ William landed at Torbay on 5 November 1688, in 463 ships unopposed by the Royal Navy, & with an army of 14,000 troops which gathering local support grew to over 20,000 & advanced on London in what became known as ‘The Glorious Revolution’. . ▪️ James fled to France, & in February 1689 William & Mary were crowned King William III & Queen Mary II. . The coronation; . ◼ King William III & Queen Mary II were crowned as joint monarchs at Westminster Abbey on 11 April 1689, the first time this had happened in England. William used the ancient Coronation Chair during the ceremony & another chair was specially made for Mary to sit in. . ◼ The coronation service was performed by the Bishop of London, Henry Compton. Normally, the Archbishop of Canterbury performs coronations, but the incumbent Archbishop, William Sancroft, although an Anglican, refused to recognise the validity of James II’s removal. . ▪ Neither William nor Mary enjoyed the ceremony; she thought it “all vanity” & William called it “Popish”. . ◼ On the same day, the Convention of the Estates of Scotland which was much more divided than the English Parliament finally declared that James was no longer King of Scotland, that “no Papist can be King or Queen of this Realm”, that William & Mary would be joint sovereigns, & that William would exercise sole & full power. . ◼ After their coronation, William & Mary moved into Hampton Court Palace . ▪ On 11 May, William & Mary formally accepted the Scottish crown. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1689 #Coronation #WestminsterAbbey #WilliamIII #KingWilliamIII #kingbilly #QueenMaryII #MaryII #HouseofStuart #HouseofOrange #Royalty #Monarchy #History #BritishMonarchy #d11apr #RoyalHistory #gloriousrevolution #HistoryFacts #princeoforange #Stuarts #Heritage #KingofEngland #OnThisDay #QueenofEngland #GreatBritain (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2ke8ijh3f/?igshid=1w6kdwvcxdehm
