H.M. The Queen after her Coronation

Queen Elizabeth after her anointing, crowning and inthroning by the Archbishop of Canterbury. She then rose, ascended the Theatre, bowing to her husband, King George VI as she passed the Throne and was conducted to her own Throne on the left of that of the King. She carries the Queen's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand and the Ivory Rod with the Dove in her left. She is supported on her right by the Bishop of St. Albans, the Rt. Rev. Michael D. Furse, who is seen, and on her left (unseen), the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt. Rev. Percy M. Herbert. Her train-bearers are Lady Ursula Manners, Lady Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady Elizabeth Paget, Lady Diana Legge, Lady Elizabeth Percy, and Lady Iris Mountbatten

Albans Bearers Bentinck Cavendish Consort Crowned Crowning Feb23 Furse Iris Legge Manners Mountbatten Paget Percy Sceptre Ursula

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