The regal dress, adorned with glamorous patterns andĀ gold and silver silk thread, can be viewed at the Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire exhibition, at Guildhall Art Gallery, London
The white garment, which is embossed with Her Late Majesty s cypher, was worn by the monarch on her right hand when she was crowned in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
The homage to William Beckford stands in the Guildhall s Great Hall. Officials voted to remove it in 2021 but then decided it could stay if a plaque explaining his links to the slave trade is added.
Artists, poets and writers will also respond to statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass following the introduction of the UK's "retain and explain" policy