Coaches parade into past.A SPECTACULAR parade of horse-drawn coaches will weave through Chester tomorrow for the annual meeting of the Coaching Club. Six coaches will travel in procession for nine miles from Chester Racecourse to Eaton Hall, the estate of the Duke of Westminster The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The title is derived from Westminster. , and back. The club holds its northern meeting in different counties each year. A racecourse spokeswoman said: ``It will be a spectacular sight as ladies and gentlemen in their finery board the horse-drawn carriages at the racecourse and they make their way to Eaton Hall.'' Formed in 1871, the club aims to maintain and preserve the traditions of the golden age of travel by coach which came to an end with the advent of the railway in the 1840s. Members, who include the Duke of Edinburgh Noun 1. Duke of Edinburgh - Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921) Philip, Prince Philip , wear the uniform of blue coats and buff-coloured waistcoats. The coaches carry up to eight passengers plus two liveried liv·er·ied adj. Wearing livery: Liveried footmen stood on the palace steps. liveried Adjective wearing livery Adj. 1. grooms as well as the coachman. |
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