Irish State Coach Irish State Coach The Irish State Coach is an enclosed, four-horse-drawn carriage used by the British Royal Family. It is the traditional horse-drawn coach in which the British monarch travels from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to formally open the new legislative session of the UK Parliament. The original Irish State Coach was built as a speculative venture in 1851 by John Hutton & Sons of Dublin, who held a Royal Warrant as coachbuilders to Queen Victoria. Exhibited at the 1853 Great Industrial Exhibition, it was admired by the Queen, purchased and delivered to the Royal Mews. From
Mark Buckingham Page. His best man was Neil Gaiman. Mark Buckingham Mark Buckingham is a British comic book artist. He is better known for his work on "Marvelman" and "Fables". Born as Mark John Buckingham May 23, 1966 in Clevedon, United Kingdom. He initially started working professionally on strips and illustrations for a British satire magazine called The Truth in 1987 where he first worked with "Neil Gaiman" illustrating some of his articles. His American debut came the following year as inker on DC Comics "Hellblazer", taking over as penciller from issue 18. Some of Buckingham's earliest (non-professional) work appeared in early