Eastern High School of Commerce - Eastern Echo Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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' ' by ELSIE KEARN, 451 The merry peal of bells and the discharge of artillery in Hyde Park and from various ships stationed in the Thames River usher in this great day of days-the crowning of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Cheering crowds line the streets of gaily- decorated London from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace, which is the route the royal procession takes. Now there is a great swelling cry as a beautiful golden coach drawn by six cream-coloured horses. moves slowly and with great dignity between the lines of wildly excited people. People looking down from flats and apart- ments - people from foreign lands f people who have never before witnessed such a glori- ous pageant and who probably never will again, all of these have come many miles across oceans and continents and at great cost to see this ceremony that has been a part of Merry Old England since the time of Wil- liam the Conqueror. Now the coach has reached the Abbey door: the King in his crimson robe, accompanied by the Queen, descends to the Abbey, which has meanwhile been filled by the nobility and peers of all the countries of the world. Upon their entrance everyone rises and the trumpets strike up the National Anthem. His Majesty, having taken his seat on the Chair of State, bows first to the members of the Royal family and then to the foreign ministers. The religious ceremonial of the Coronation is more splendid and elaborate in England than in any other country of Europe, being so faithfully founded on former historic events. The anointing of his Majesty, which has been continued for upwards of a thousand years, takes place after the signing of the oath, the King being seated in King Edwards chair and four Knights of the Garter hold- ing over him a rich pall of cloth-of-gold. The Dean of Westminster pours some of the Holy Oil from the Ampulla ta vessel shaped like a golden eaglel into the Spoon. and the Archbishop then anoints the King in the form of a cross on the crown of his head, on his breast, and on the palms of both hands. The Sword of State has been girded on him prior to the coronation. His heels are touched with the Golden Spurs just before the crown- ing, and during the ceremony he is invested with several robes and takes the Orb. Other regalia used in the service are the bracelets. sceptres. crowns and swords. The Queen. however. is anointed only on the head. and she is not called upon to take the Orb nor be invested with special robes like the King. Four duchesses hold over her head a pall of cloth-of-gold. According to custom, the Pearl Sword. car- ried by the Lord Mayor of London, is pre- sented tat the city's western boundaryl to the King who touches its hilt and returns it to the Chief Magistrate. The Lord Mayor then mounts and carries the Sword of State before their Majesties. This is one of the most ancient privileges in the greatest of the worlds cities. The King and Queen. now King George YI and Queen Elizabeth, leave the Abbey by the west door, His Majesty now in a purple robe, and take the return procession along Victoria Embankment, up Northumberland through Trafalgar Square, Pall Mall. St. james Street. Piccadilly Circus. Regent Street, Oxford Street, Park Lane. Constitution Hill and home to Buckingham Palace, where their duties will begin. Long May They Reignfi' 'I EASTERN ECHO Seventeen

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