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* -When England Crowns God Save The King' Long Live The King FROM THE moment he enters Westminster Abbey, wearing robes of red and Cap of Estate, to the time he leaves, clad in royal purple and wearing the Imperial State Crown, the King is the centre of a great religious service, which were developed at the Court of the Byzantine Emperors, who ruled from Constantinople, after the division of the Roman Empire. His first act is to kneel in private prayer. Hi? second to face his peoples so that they may express their willingness to accept him as their King. Not until, 'with one accord of heart and voice," they have cried "God Save King George," signal that they wish him as their ruler, can he be crown- the Sixth George Vivat Regina Elizabeth9 God Save The Queen9 ed. He must race them all. Four times he is "presented" to his peoples as he stands erect, bareheaded, close to the Coronation Chair. At each presentation he faces a different direction, showing himself "to the people at every of the four sides." He must promise, too, to abide by the laws and the customs of those he For the first time, Canada will be referred to in the Coronation Oath. Since George V ascended the Throne, the dominions have attained full nationhood, and tho oath has been amended so that George VI will: "Solemnly promise and swear t" govern the people of Great Britah., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa according to their respective laws and customs." At a given signal the guns from the Tower of London broadcasts the news tha&the King has been crowned. chbishop of and the choir follows up with that memorable hymn, "Thou has set a Crcj^n of Pure Gold upon His Head." The King is addressed by the primate: "Our gracious and noble King, we present you with this Book. Here is wisdom . ." and present him with the Bible. ^.._The Bible returned, the Benediction The King then lea^pp*the Coronation Chair, and ascends to his Throne, surrounded by his Lords and Officers of State. The words then spoken: "Stand firm, and hold fast from henceforth Canterbury saying, with £ "God the Seat of State of R< perial Dignity." -And a great silence i Abbey. Then comes the Royz --the King, carrying passes through the door since St. Edwaa Queen Eliza I; s Altar King re-idI Sacred Vest-d in his Robe of i Ivory Rod with West Door of y, awe-inspiring route arranged the King and awards Bucking- AND AS SHE passeth by the King on his throne she; shall bow herself reverently ■ to His Majesty. ) Not until the King Is on his throne ( _ _. the coronation of his Queen commence. When it is ended she as-' cends to her own throne at the King's' left hand, two steps lower than that' of His Majesty's. not pay 1 liege lord, as all others have donej by the time she ascends her throne. Princes and dukes and the represen-l tatives of each and every degree of) nobility have kissed her husband on> the left cheek as token of their feal- She, his wife and queen, is called upon only to "bow reverently." With him she heads the process ion j into the abbey, robed in purple andj wearing a circlet of gold. Witt him her first act is to kneel in prayer atj a faldstool before her chair or state I on the south side of the altar. From| this chair of state, which she does not leave until she kneels at the al-\ tar for prayers 1 onation, ,he sees the anointing and' crowning of her husband as he sits in King Edward's chair. Her anointing and crowning take place on a faldstool set between the! coronation chair and the altar. Four, peeresses hold a rich pall of t over her while she is anointed on the) the Queen's ring placed on thej fourth finger of her right hand, and! placed on her head. Her, ning is ..he signal for all the peer-esses to put on their coronets. She kneels beside the King at the . altar for communion, and like him of-/ fers up an oblation of a pall or altar-; cloth, and an ingot of gold. The gold) is a 'mark-weight," approximately: eight ounc One more the King and Que separated before, side by side, theyj leave the abbey to meet the loyal) cheers of their subjects. As they^ enter St. Edward's Chapel to prepare' ior the state drive to the palace, the, Queen crosses before the altar to use the door on the north side while the King enters the door on the south side. They meet inside the chapel. The separation is of seconds only. The Must of Monarchy ■esump-:Sritish Throne, who red her 11th birthday, ivn special coronet on Princess Elizabeth Will Participate The Princess Elizabetn. her 11th birthday only a few weeks behind her, has her part to play on Coronation Day. A special coronet, small as befits her years, has been made for her. A lesson this, from the last Coronation, when the princess royal, then 14-year-old Princess Mary, to her consternation felt her coronet tumble from her head as she entered Westminster Abbey. Princess P^lizabeth will have enough to do to negotiate the train she will wear without having the added worry of balancing a full-sized coronet. In addition to train, she will wear a velvet robe of scarlet, edged with ermine, the whole over a frilled white dress. White gloves •■ill them to don her coronet, with the remainder of the peeresses, when her mother, Queen Elizabeth, is crowned. She has no oath to take nor homage to pay. Her uncle, Duke of Gloucester, has that duty. As the remainder of the princes of the blood royal put off their coronets and kneel in their places, he advances to the throne and, kneeling before his brother, the King, swears: "I, Henry, Duke of Gloucester, do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship;, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folk. So help me God." Then, led by him, each of the princes of the blood touches the crown on His Majesty's head, as sign they will uphold it, and kisses the King on the left cheek in token of fealty. On no other occasion within the Empire does ritual ca'l for man to kiss man. ... splendor at the full of every flow, Bound to and from whatever ports may be. Through this beginning reign, for years to come, May fortune set your lot in happy times; Your seamen saint still marking, with his Daily, some ship of yours returning home. Though you are changed from what I^nce beheld; Though your remembered hulls are with the coral; I can not think upon your might unstirred. O sacred city of the lost sea-bird May wealth, out-ransoming the ports of old, Be yours, with spiritual gold and holy The pomp and fanfare that go with the crowning of a British king. ... A view of the procession down the Strand at the coronation of King George V, in 1911. Six-Hour Wait To See Spectacle Thousands of people v the Coronation procession will spend six hours or more in their allotted seats and take breakfast and lunch on the route. Similarly, because of the long wait and the length of the ceremonies, members of the 8,000 congregation in the Abbey will be permitted to carry with them--as unobtrusively as possible--sandwiches or other light fare to sustain them till they can return Peeresses will carry lunches in embroidered satchels, matching their Court gowns and concealed beneath their robes. Nor will flasks be forbidden. Every effort is to be made to save spectators from the endurance tests that were imposed by the long hours of waiting before and after the Coronation of King George V. and Queen Mary, and it is believed that a speeding up will be found practicable. Experience in handling crowds in reaent years shows that great numbers of people can be moved more quickly than in 1911, and that there is no advantage in attempting to close all sections of the route at or about the same early hour. Sightseers whose positions are on the return route will not be required to assemble so early as on last Coronation Day, when the much shorter route accentuated the traffic prob- On the route, too, the scheme of arrivals will be flexible, and will allow different sets of ticket-holders different times of arrival, so that the filling of the stands may proceed smoothly and the final clearance of the route be deferred till the last possible moment. A^C consecrat-_<■.!'. Il but there v site long before that. According' tradition in the reign of the Sax-King Sebert some fishermen on Thames saw a bright light appear-' on the Lambeth side. Going over, investigate they saw a venerable who asked to be conveyed the river. When he landed where the Abbey now stands, the locality became illuminated with a celestial glow of great splendour, while a host of angels descended. The stranger marked out the site of the future church with twelve crosses, then said to the fishermen: "I am Peter, Keeper of the Keys of Heaven. Tell your King and your Bishops what you have seen". The church built by Sebert was destroyed by the Danes, but was rebuilt by Dunstan. In 958 it became a Benedictine Abbey, but it was Ed-v.urd the Confessor who really founded the splendid structure we know today. Unfortunately the saintly, if weak willed King was too ill to attend its consecration in 1065 and died that year after building for himself a magnificent Royal palace on the site of the present Houses ot Parlia- Edward the Confessor, the last of the Anglo-Saxon kings was the first' monarch to be buried in the Abbey His tomb is still a great attraction. His tragic successor, Harold, was first monarch crowned THE CORONATION THRONE