Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-08-15
One of the Royal Crowns.

The procession to the Abbey started
from Buckingham Palace at 1890 a. m.
First came a group of mounted officers OF
came a group of mounted officers Of
the headquarters star in red and gold
uniforms, stars and medals sparkling
on their breasts. Following them was
detachment of the Household cav.
airy, the most gorgeous troops Of the
empire, with their German silver he'll
NETS, long horsehair plumes. rel
tunics, cuirasses of polished stee,
white leather breaches and high ton
boots. Over their saddles were sheen
skins, and the horses. as well trained
as the men. kept perfect step and line.
Then came eight coaches with out
riders and escorts, the coaches con
tanning the kings brothers and other
members of his family and also the
grand dukes and other representa-
tives of foreign royalties Following
them with another troop Of house.
hold cavalry was a coach, only less
splendid than the kings own, in which
were the Prince and Princess of
Wales. The coach was drawn by six
jet black horses with flowing tails.
The crowd, which up to this time had
been murmuring applause, broke into
cheers as this coach came in sight
The princes and princesses acknowI-
edged the cheers by bowling cordially
to right and left
The crowd was hardly through
shouting with admiration when more
waving plumes of the household cav
airy betOkened the kings approach.
Drawn by eight cream-colored horses.
with their outriders and escort, the
cavalcade presented a splendid an
peaTance King Edward and Queen
Alexandra, not wearing their crowns.
were easily visible through the coach
windows, and the crowd yelled rap-
turOusly. The king seemed preoccu-
pied with the ceremony ahead of him
and bowed rather absently. The
queen was more alert and bowed with
smiling appreciation in the direction
where the cheers were for the mo-
ment loUdest
After these came the Duke of Buc-
cleugh, captain general of the Royal
Company of Archers; Earl Waldo.
grave, captain of the Yeomen of the
Guard, and the Duke of Portland,
master of the horse, followed by the
equerries in waiting and the royal
grooms. The rear division consisted
Of an escort Of the Royal Horse
Guards and the reserve squadron OF
the Second Life Guards.
At the Abbey.
AS the royal party approached the
middle Of the abbey and the fanfare Of
the heralds' trumpets died away into
silence the organ pealed, and the choil
of the sweetest boy voices in England
began the anthem Il was glad wheT
they said unto me, We will go to the
house Of the Lord"
The archbishop of Canterbury in his
episcopal robes, preceded by the Gartel
king of arms and accompanied by th'
lord great chamberlain, the lord chan
cellor, the lord high constable and the
earl marshal, stepped to the front o.
the dais and a clear voice said;
"Sirs, / here present unto you KIM
Edward, the undoubted king of thii
realm. Wherefore all of you who arr
come this day to do your homage, arr
you willing to do the same?"
Immediately everybody in the able!
shouted, God save King Edward! CO.
save the king!" repeating this man!
times until the voices merged into
general shout of acclimatiOn. AS
died down the heralds lifted thei
+ trumpets and blared salute.
The Growing.
The archbishop. standing before tn
altar, took the crown in his hands an
prayed God to crown the king with al
princely virtues. The king, who hal
knelt during this prayer. seated him
self again In the chair, and the arch
e bishop, attended by other bishops an
the dean, advanced to where the kin
sat, and the archbishop very slOwl
placed the crown on the kings heaC
There was absolute silence, and the
the moment the crown touched tn
kings brow every one shouted loudl
anu well to6GbhCAl 0oA saw NAS AAAs
The heralds blew their trumpets, an
). outside guns fired a salute. At tn
same moment the peers and the king
at arms put on their own cOrOnets.
y The tumult of shouts lasted SON
moments. When 1t had subsidized, ii
archbishop prayed, and the choir san
> the following strains: BE strong an
play the man. Keep the command
n ments Of the Lord thy God and wal
in his ways" Then, when the kiI
had been presented with a Bible an
- blessed by the archbishop, the cho
spiritedly sang the "Te Deum," viii
the king returned to the chair on Il
dais near the throne.
Growing Of the Queen.
The archbishop of York then crown
o the queen In much the same manner