State carriage

a highly decorated carriage for officials going in state, or taking part in public processions.

See also: State

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The road signs all along the route to be used for Harry and Meghan's state carriage ride through the town were even targeted and it cost thousands of pounds to clean up the damage.
In the most recent Trooping the Colour at Buckingham Palace, the duchess reportedly felt very uncomfortable when the state carriage transported her along with Meghan Markle and Camilla Parker Bowles from the palace grounds to the Queen's home.
The Royal couple rode through the city in a state carriage complete with postilion riders and an escort of Household Cavalry.
And if it rains, they have a back-up plan to use the 1930 Scottish State Carriage. Harry, 33, used the Ascot Landau when he was best man at his brother William's wedding in 2011.
"As the state carriage leaves the stadium 19 guns salute begins- #state funeral Edhi Sahib," Director General ISPR Lt Gen Asim Bajwa stated in a tweet on Saturday.
Campaigners from Free Tibet, Amnesty UK and other groups gathered near the Mall as he passed by in a state carriage procession to Buckingham Palace at the start of a four-day tour.
Tibetan and Amnesty UK protesters will demonstrate to coincide with the ceremonial welcome of Mr Xi on Horse Guards Parade in central London today and will gather in St James's Park ready for the President's state carriage procession down The Mall to the Palace.
THE Duchess of Cambridge takes her seat in a State Carriage for the carriage procession to Buckingham Palace from Horse Guards Parade, London, as part of the ceremonial welcome ceremony for Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam.
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The Queen awaited her special guest at Datchet Road before she and Shaikh Khalifa travelled in a state carriage procession to Windsor Castle that was adorned days earlier with UAE flags in celebration of the first visit by a UAE leader in 24 years.
But the real sense of grandeur and ceremony could be seen as they returned in a state carriage procession back towards the castle, accompanied by Sheikh Khalifa and other dignitaries, and escorted by The Household Cavalry, dressed in their plumed helmets and breastplates.
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