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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The Crown Jewels If the person who said, L'neasy lies the head that wears a crown, were thinking of the British Crown, he spoke a great truth. For the Imperial Crown. originally made for Queen Yictorias corcnation, weighs no less than three and one-half pounds. The chief jewels in it were taken from older crowns and from the Royal collection. The most famous jewel in the Crown is the Great Ruby. Since it was presented to the Black Prince in 1367, it has had an event- ful history. In 1415 it was worn by Henry Y in the coronet which encircled his helmet at the battle of Agincourt. After the battle it was found that a piece had been chipped from it. .VX tremendous blow. aimed at the King. had been turned aside by the ruby. Follow- ing is a list of the jewels in the Imperial Crown: 2,800 diamonds, 377 pearls, 17 sap- phires, ll emeralds and S rubies--a collec- tion which would make anyone forget. Tl10ll shalt not covet. .-Xt the Coronation, Queen Elizabeth will be crowned with the Queen Consort's crown -a golden circlet set with precious stones. The Queen Mothers crown has set in the front of it the famous diamond, The Koh-i- noor, or Mountain of Light. This stone has had a fateful history. Any man, so runs the prophecy, who wears it will be cursed with ill-luck. History records that no less than four Eastern rulers who wore it died a violent death. However, in 1840 the East India Company obtained possession of it and presented it to Queen Victoria, Prior to the actual ceremony of crowning, the Sword of State is girded on the Sove- reign. In the Regalia are three other swords -the sword of Mercy. which is blunt and unpointed: the Sword of Spiritual justice. which is slightly pointed, and the Sword of Temporal justice, which has a keen edge and a sharp point, emblematic of the sharpness and keenness of English justice. just before the King is crowned, his heels are touched with the Golden Spurs, which have no rowels on them. The consecrated oil with which the King is anointed is kept in the Ampulla or Golden EASTERN ECHO by OLIVE KAY, 451 Eagle. This is a vessel of gold in the shape of an eagle with wings out-stretched. The anointing spoon is also of gold, having a finely chased bowl, and in the handle are set four pearls. Four Sceptres will be used in the Corona- tion ceremonyfthe Royal Sceptre, with its cross of gold and jewels, which contains the largest drop-shaped diamond in the world: the Queens Sceptre, with the cross of gold and jewels. which dates back to the corona- tion of james Il, and was made especially for his consort, Mary of Modena: the Scep- tre with the Dove, which is borne in the Sovereigns left hand, and the Queens Scep- tre with the Dove. The emblems of sovereignty of the coun- tries of England. Ireland and Scotland are a pair of gold bracelets, first made for King Charles after the Restoration, .Ind then there are. in addition to all these wonders, the Orb of Gold. with a cross of jewelsg the smaller Orb of gold set with jew- els, which was made for Mary ll: the St. Edwards staff, which is a sceptre of gold. four feet, seven inches high, supposed, at one time, to have contained a portion of the true Cross: and the Queens Ivory Rod, mounted in gold and enamelled. Apart from the actual Regalia, but still a part of the Crown jewels, are several beau- tiful specimens of Royal plate, some of it as old as English Royalty, but some, in com- parison, quite modern-only two, three, or even four hundred years old. The Crown jewels are all kept in the Tow- er of London. heavily guarded. They are cov- ered by only a glass case, but any person who broke the glass would set the alarms all over the Tower ringing madly, Only one attempt to steal these treasures was even partially successful. In the eigh- teenth century, a Colonel Blood did succeed in making off with the jewels, but he was captured and executed. But more important, his loot was recovered, and relnains to-clay the outward sign of the majesty and splen- dor ol the British Crown. 7 Nineteen