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Ha SS pig v7 <8 "too badly as versifiers. v #8 When ENGLAND -- God Save The King! Long Live The King! THIN ROM THE moment he enters Westminster Abbey, robes of red and Cap of Estate, to the time he leaves, clad in royal purple and wearing ihe Im- perial 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. Hie second to face his peoples 80 that 'hey may express their will ingness to accept hits as their King. Not until, 'with one accord of heart and voice," they have cried "God Save King feorge," signal that they wish him as then auler, can he be crown- ed. He must Jace them all, Four times he is "presented" tc his peoples as he - stands erect, barcheaded, close to the At each presenta- - Coronation Chair, tion 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 is to rule. For the first time, Canada will be referred to in the Coronation OQath. Since George V ascended the Throne, the dominions have attained full na. tionhood, and the oath has been amended so that George VI will: "Solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of Great Britah., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zea-- land 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 nows that the King has been crown- ed. Prayer follows, the Archbishop of Can'erbury saying, "God crown you with a Crown of Glory," and the choir follows up with that memorable hymu, "Thou has set a Crown of Pure Cold upon His Head." 'The King is addressed by the pri. mate: 'Our gracious and noble King, we present you with this Book, Here {3 wisdem . ." and present him with the Bivle. The Bible returned, the Benediction fs sung The King then lzaves the Corona--- tion Chale, and ascends to his Throne, surrounded by his Lords and Officers of State. ) "ae words then spoken: "Stand firm, and ho'!d fast from hcaceforth tho Seat of State of Royal and .Im- pe ial Dignity." And a great silence reigns in the Abbey Then comes the Royal Procession --tie King, carrying his Sceptre, passes through the door on the South of the Aitar into Sir Edward's C.apel. Al tee same moment Queen Eliza. beih descends from her Throne and outers by the door on the opposite slide. pefore St. Kdward's Altar King re- moves his mantle and Sacred Vest- ments. aid is clothed in his Robe of Purpie Velvet. 'ne Coronation Crown then chang- ed for the lmperlal State Crown, since St. kdward's Crown is used for the Coronation only. Queen Elizabeth, cafrying the Sep- tre with Cross and an Ivory Rod with Dove, passes to the West Door of ths Abwoey. 'Together in stately, awe-inspiring procession along the route arranged for Coronation Day, the King and his Queen passes towards Bucking: ham Palace The.Muse of Monarchy The [Engiish sovereigns fare none Henry VIII was a fluent lyric-writer, and the pcems by Elizabeth and James I do credit to the royal cars. Inspiration seems to have deserted our monarchs a'i-r {ho seventeenth century. ® THE CORONATION THRONE wearing King George VI 1895 1900 1909 1913 1918 1919 1920 1922 1923 1924 1926 1926 1927 1928 1930 1931 1932 1936 1036 Queen Elizabeth (A Chronological Table) Birth of King George VI. Birth of Queen Elizabeth. Prince Albert (as he was then) entered the Naval = Training College, Osborne. Gazetted Midshipman and aps pointed to Collingwood, . Appointed to R.N.A.S. Station, Cranwell. -.Gazetted Captain in. R.AF. Appointed Squadron Leader, and retired from active list of R.A.F. and R.N, Created Peer of the Realm and took his seat in the House of Lords. Visited Jugoslavia for the mar- riage of King Alexander and Princess Marie. Betrothal to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon announced. Mar- riage at Westminster Abbey. Official tour of Northern Ire- land. Sailed for East African. tour. President of the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley. Birth of Princess Elizabeth, Left England for Australia and New Zealand tour, during which he opened Parliament House, Canberra. Served on the Council of State during the illness of George VI. Birth of Princess Margaret Rose, * . Visited the International Col- oniial Exhibition, Paris. Tours of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and South Wales. Given ranks of Air Vice-Marshal, Major- General, and Rear-Admiral. Visited Brussels with Queen Elizabeth for "British Week." Given ranks of Vice-Admiral, Lieut.-General, and Air Mar- shal, Succeeded to: the Throne on the abdication of Edward VIII I can not. think upon O sacred city of the lost sea-bird 4 May wealth, out-ransoming the ports of Coronation Sonnet By John Masefield You stand upon the highway of the sea, "Wherein the ships, your children, come and go In 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 Chimes Daily, some ship of yours returning home. Though you are changed from what I once beheld; Though your remembered hulls are with - the coral;. old, Be yours. with spiritual gold and holy laurels. ON our might unstirred. i King George V, in 1011, mp and fanfare that go with the drowning» of a British king. view of the proeession down the Strand at the coronation of Carian "Vivat Roislaa Elizabeth" "God Save The Queen' "THE 3. Gold Canopy One of the most beautiful piefes 'of work, is the gold canopy to be held by four Knights of the Garter over "the King while he is anointed and over the Queen later by four duches- ses. The cloth of gold is to ba dee- orated with 18 ' émbroidered silver eagles. < : The canopy is six feet long, four | feet wide and four inches deep. It will be finished with silver fringe and lined with 'white damask. The four poles; of mahogany and silver, were designed by the court jeweller and are masterpioces of fine craftsman- ship, The use of such a canopy dates back to the time of Edward the Con- fessor, The Queen's train of purple velvet, specially woven in Kent and made by the royal robemaker, is to bear a de- sign of raised gold embroidery which includes emblems of every country in the Empire, The high commis- sioners of each Dominion supplied tho school with copies of their em- blems which. met with their approval. The formal rose of England centres the massed design at the end of the cifcular train. Above it are entwin- ed the two E's which Queén Eliza. "both has always used as her mono- gram, . Above them again is a great royal erown. Around the English rose and interlaced in a border de sign which goes up both sides to the shoulders, are the shamrock, the thistle, the fern of New Zealand, the maple leaf of Canada, the protea lily il South Africa, and the lotus ¢f In- a. The. leck of Wales with leafy fronds and tiny roots appear on el- ther side; The wattle blossom of Aus- tralia with minute flowers in lovely sprays finishes the top. - Interspersed at intervals are acorns, seed of the Sak, representing the various colon- es, . EL 0-3 ND AS SHE passeth by the to Hig Majesty. Not unti} the King is on his throne does 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. She does not pay homage to her liege lord, as all others. have done by the time she ascends her throne, Princes and dukes and the represen- tatives of each and every degreg, of nobility have kissed her husband on the left cheek as token of their feal ty. She, his wife and queen, is called upon 'only to "bow reverently."" With him she heads the procession inte the abbey, robed in purple and wearing a circlet of gold. With him her 'first act ig to kneel in prayer at a faldstool before her chair or state 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 before her own cor- 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 gold over her while she is anointed onthe head, the Queen's ring placed on the tourth finger of her right hand, and the crown placed on her -head. Her crowning is che signa) for all the peer- esges 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 ounces. . One more the: King and Queen are 'separated before side hy side, they leave the abbey to meet. the loyal cheers of their subjects. As they enter St. Edward's Chapel to.prepare Jor the sta'e 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 glde. They meet inside the chapel. The separation 18 of seconds only. The Archbishop's Right From very early times the Arch: bishop of Canterbury has been. the only prelate with the right to crown England's King and Queen. Once _or twice this right has been. v? 'olated; but only in unsettled eras, Certain Bishops and certain nobles have their parts to play "in the solemn cere- monial; Chester had the right to carry the Sword Curtana, the famous Sword of Mercy, which has no point, and the King's 'Champion, 'who threw down his gauntlet at the Banquet and "ad- ventured his: life" agpinst any who should dispute the King's; right, to the Throne, was, first, a, Marmion, of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire, and, when the Marmions diéd out, a, Dympke, of the same-place; the Dymokes having obtained the Manor of Scrivelsby' by marriage witha. Marmion' heiress. This was part of the Coronation ceremonies until the time of 'George The most important s'teration in the Service has been the Delivery of the Bible to the King, which was first performed at the Corpnation of Ed- ward VI. The sister-Queens, Mary, -and Elizabeth, did. not continue the practice, but it was revived in later times, Until King George III was; crowned .the King' and Queen, had al- ways made their 'communion wearing their crowns; but this King began the 'custom of removing his crown for the moment, the crown being laid upon the Altar. Princess Elizabeth, - heir-presump- tive to the British Throne, who" "recently celebrated her 11th birthday, will wear her ofvn special coronet on May 12th, , and Queen Mary, for centuries the Earls of" Six-Hour Wait To See Spectacle Thousands of people who witness 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 pos- sible--sandwiches or -other light fare to sustain them till they can return _ home, Peeresses 'will carry lunches in embroidered satchels, matching their Court gowns and concealed beneath 'their robes. -Nor will flasks be for- bidden. ; 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 Cor-' onatiop of King George V. and Queen Mary, and it is believed that a speed- ing. up will be, found practicable. Experience in handling crowds in- recent years shows that great num- bers 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 Cor- - odation Day, when the much shorter Fue accentuated the traffic prob- em 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 ot the route be deferred till the last possible moment, A Pound of Gold The. King's. Offertory, was original- ly a-mark and a wedge of gold; oy it became: a' pound of gol and a pall. Palls were offered by King George V The King's sword was also offered upon the Altar and redeemed by the highest noble pres- ent. . At one time the King spent: the previous night in solemn vigil, as be fore his knighthood, The firm of service for the Coronation. of George VI lays down that the King shall take the Oath before Communion, in- stead of during Communion, as in 1911. . No Sermon is to be delivered, and the Act of Homage will be made . by the peers together, instead of in- dividually. Official Program Of Coronation Events i . The Coronation program as of- ficially issued from London is as follows; MAY 6, 6. Their Majesties. hold. Courts "at Buckingham Palace, " 10, Arrival in London of Envoys and Députations. State Banquet at Buckingham Palacée. 11. 'Presentation of Addresses and Loyal Greetings by Prime Minfgters: of- Dominions. and by | representatives 'of India and of the Colonial Empire. Luncheon Party by- Thejr. Majesties at Buckingham Palace for British "Commonwealth representatives. Dinner Party by the Duke of Gloucester. 12, The Coronation, , 13. State Banquet at Bucking: ham Palace. 14. Dinner to Their Majesties by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign Office. Court Ball at Buckingham Palace. 15. Reception for, and Depar- ture of, Foreign Envoys and Depu- tations, 19, Their Majesties drive tothe City of London and Lunch at the Guildhall. 20. Naval Review by the King at Spithead. 24, Their Majosties sttend Em. pire Day service at St, Paul's Ca: thedral. 26. Dinner to. Their Majesties by the Prime Minister at 10 Down- ing Street. ; 26. Queen Mary's Birthday. Court Ball at Buckingham Palace. 27, Their Majesties attend a Ro- ception "Hy the London County "Council at County Hall, 28, (and June 22). The. King holds levees: at St. James' Palace. JUNE 9. Official celebration of the <1 King's Birthday. Trooping the Col- or on Horse Guards Parade. 10-11, The King holds Tnvestl- tures, in the grounds at Buckingham Palace. 27. The King. reviews Ex-Service Men. JULY 1. Their Majesties held a Court at Buckingham Palace. 6-12, Their Majesties visit Scot. © land. 14:16. Their Wales, 23, Garden Party fn the grounds at Buckingham Palace, Majesties visit DN § 22, The King holds a' Leves tah St. James's Palace. Garden Party p) vv, t A "i * » L] a PN ®+ | @) x : » a x . in Fd A I'S 5 * 3 - - L F i 2 i " Lo * RR ( - a 1 4 oy '