- About the film by Renoir, see the Golden Carriage (film)
Gold carriage ( niderl. Gouden Koets ) - carriage owned and used by the Dutch royal family . Designed and built by the Speakers brothers .
Queen Wilhelmina received a gold carriage at the official accession to the throne in 1898 as a gift from residents of Amsterdam. First used at the queen's wedding with Prince Hendrick on February 7, 1901.
Contrary to popular belief, the carriage is made of gilded teak , some parts are decorated with drawings. Decorated in the style of the Dutch Renaissance .
Each year, the monarch of the Netherlands in a golden carriage departs from Binnenhof to Riddersaale to deliver his appeal to the country's parliament there . When the king rides in a carriage, the latter is harnessed with eight horses, and the younger members of the royal family ride in a carriage drawn by six horses. Often, during the trip, the monarch gets up to greet the people, for which the carriage is equipped with a kind of hatch. The unusual height of the wagon makes the caret task much more difficult.