Receivers of alms at Maundy Money service

1953 - The Queen Distributes Maundy Money. H.M. The Queen - accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh - making her first public engagement since the death of Queen Mary, went to St. Paul's Cathedral, London, this morning for the ceremony of distributing the Royal Maundy money.. The Maundy Thursday ceremony dates back to olden times, and was a day of almsgiving, upon which the sovereign of England -through their almoners - gave money, food, and clothing to as many poor people as the kings were old. Photo Shows: 83-year-old William Irons, of stoke Newington, holds a piece of his Maundy money which he received from H.M. the Queen. With Mr. Irons is his daughter Dorothy

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