Scottish State Coach

The Scottish State Coach is an enclosed, four-horse-drawn carriage used by the British royal family.

This state coach was built by Adams & Hooper in 1830 for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge to attend the coronation of William IV, and it was used for many years by the duke's family until it was sold to William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, who converted it into a semi-State landau.

The bulk of the conversion work was done by St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society of Edinburgh, to the designs of Glover, Webb & Liversidge of London.

[1][2] The coach was used for the first time by Queen Elizabeth II during the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1969.

In 2023, it was used to drive the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Sir Timothy Laurence from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace after the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, and in 2024 on the King's Birthday Parade to transport King Charles III and Queen Camilla from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour.