Picture No | 11802837 |
Date | 12 May 1937 |
Description | Coronation, Crowning of King George VI 1937 |
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Ceremony in Westminster Abbey, the moment when the pageant of religion and slendour, the Archbishop of Canterbury placed St. Edward's Crown on the King's head, at the sight where of the people with loud and repeated shouts, shall cry 'God Save the King'. This was followed bby the wonderfully beautiful fanfare of trumpets. During the putting-on of the Crown, only the King and Queen are seated the Queen still onher Chair of Estate. She can be seen on the left watching the ceremony and in the Royal Gallery behind are Queen Mary, Princess Elizabath (Queen Elizabath), Princess Margaret Rose and the Princess Royal.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Bystander', 19 May 1937, page 352 & 353 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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