Picture No | 10652757 |
Date | May 1937 |
Description | Coronation ceremonial procession 1937 |
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The Coronation procession up Westminster Abbey's blue-carpeted nave for the coronation of King George VI: a colourful pageant as peers, prelates and heralds accompany Their Majesties to the Coronation 'theatre'. The procession starts with the clergy, members of the College of Arms and Standard Bearers of Britain, then the Archbishops of Canterbury & York, next the Queen and her ladies, and then bearers of the Regalia, towards the end the King, backed by Yeomen of the Guard.
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Source | Specially drawn for The Sphere by Iris Brooke. The Sphere, Coronation Record Number, 15th May 1937 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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