The Prime Minister then asked the Speaker, W.S. Morrison, for guidance and the Speaker suspended the session of the House until 7 P. M. when, he said, he would resume the chair, after swearing allegiance to the new Queen, to receive the oaths of the other members. Thus ended a Parliament sworn to George VI, and opened was a new one with the same members sworn to serve as liege lords of Her Majesty the Queen. The proclamation of her sovereignty was signed by 150 Privy Councilors who attended the conclave in their colorful medieval costumes of scarlet and gold. The King died in the little hamlet where he was born and where his father George V had died. It is a little village that looked upon him as squire and whose inhabitants turned out each Sunday to see the royal family go to church.
Funeral plans are still somewhat indefinite.
Court Circular, issued from Buckingham Palace, was black bordered. Walter S. Gifford, United States Ambassador, was one of the earliest arrivals at Buckingham Palace. Back to the top of this page. Back to today's page. Go to another day.