The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-10
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Amounting ceremony was scarcely SEEM
owing TO the canopy
The spectators were just able to dis
Germ the archbishop of Canterbury
motions.
After the prayer the king resumed his
seat, and from a scarlet silken roll on
which the prayers were printed in large
type. and which was held by the dean
of Westminster, the archbishop of Can
terbury read the prayers and delivered
the sword to the king, who did not go
to the altar, the sword being taken TO
him by the dean Of Westminster while
his majesty remained standing.
The armilIa and the orb were then
delivered to the king according to the
programme. When the king held out
his hand for the ring, the archbishop
of Canterbury had difficulty in finding
it. but finally with trembling hands he
placed it on the tip of his majesty s
finger. reading the prayer simultane-
ously, the king himself completing the
1 process of putting on the ring as he
withdrew his hand.
Later the archbishop had similar diff
,ficulty owing to near sightedness in
placing the crown on the kings head.
In fact. the choir started God Save
the King while the archbishop of Cam
terbury was still striving to place the
crown on the rulers head, and great
shout went up and the electric lights
Were turned on.
AS the acclamations died away the
changing Joy bells, the noise OF guns
and the shouting of people outside pen
etrated into the abbey. where the king
stin sat motionless, his dazzling crown
on his head and his sceptre held firmly
in his hand.
King Upon the Throne.
After singing BE Strong and Play
the Man." and a Bible having been pre-
scented the king advanced and knelt
while he received the benediction. He
then walked 10 the great throne where
he stood on Sthe dais for the first time
surrounded by the mobiles The arch
bishop of Canterbury followed, the king
being obliged to stand while awaiting
the arrival of the archbishop.
Having placed the king on his new
throne. the archbishop knelt and paid
homage, the aged prelate scarcely being
able to rise until the king assisted
him, and himself raised the archbish-
ops hands from the steps of the throne.
The archbishop, who seemed to be in
a faint, had to practically be carried TO
the altar.
The incident created considerable ex-
citement. and several prelates rushed
forward to help the primate.
The next person to pay homage to
his majesty was the Prince of Wales.
who knelt until King Edward held out
his hands, which he kissed, afterward
touching the crown as a sign of featty.
The. Prince of Wales then started to
return to his seat, when the king drew
him back and put his arms around him
and kissed him.
After this the king once more gave
the prince his hand, this time to Shake.
and the hearty vigor of King Edward
grasp showed that his hand at any rate
had not lost its strength. The Duke of
norfolk, as earl marshal. accompanied
by representatives of each grade of the
nobility, read the oath. beginning:
T. duke or earl, etc, do become your
hege man of life and limb etc.
Peers Kiss Kings Cheek.
The respective representatives next
touched the crown and kissed the kings
cheek, the Duke of Norfolk being the
only peer to read the oath. This por-
ton of the service was considerably
shortened.
The queen then rose and. accompan-
led by her encourage, proceeded to the
altar steps. where. under a pail of cloth
of gold, she was quickly crowned by
the archbishop of York supported by
the bishops.
She was then led to the throne be-
side that in which the king sat and her
enthrOnization was accomplished. The
queen bowed TO King Edward and both
walked to the altar and received the
communion, after delivering their
crowns to the lord great chamberlain.
and another officer appointed to hold
them
The pages, while their majesties
knelt. still held the queens magnificent
long train, with the rest of the mobiles
present kneeHng. The rest of the spec
tacle was impressive and was made
hri1f hx-r I,.as Gle -,
BY a great effort the archbishop of
Canterbury was enabled to conclude the
service and the king and queen repaired
to st. Edwards chapel. Neither of
their majesties returned to their
thrones after the communion, but re-
manned at the altar.
The service. which was completed
with the singing of the TIE Deum, was
brought to a close without a hitch. The
king exhibited no outward trace of
fatigue.
The departure of the king and queen
from the abbey was greeted by another
salute. the maSsed bands playing God
Save the King"
Many Remarkable Scenes.
The entire route of their majestfes
teturn to the palace was marked by
Genes of enthusiasm similar to those
which greeted their progress to the abb
oey, the more cireuitous route through
;lubland and Constitution Hill giving
ne hundreds of thousands of persons
occupying the stands, windows and
:oofs an opportunity of greeting the
new crowned king and his consOrt be-
ore they re-entered Buckingham pal
ace, which they did in the midst OF
remarkable scenes of enthusiasm, the
entire crowd from Constitution hill
downwards joining in singing the ma
tfOnal anthem. Shortly after the return
of the king and queen to the palace il
was officially announced from there
that the king had borne the ceremony
well and that they had suffered in nc
way from fatigue and this was con-
firmed when. in response to the re-
peated pldudits Of the crowd, his maj
esty, accompanied by the queen, ap-
peared on the balcony in their robes
and crowns. The faces of both wera
suffused with smiles as they bowed
repeatedly their recognition of the
warmth of the applause If there was
one impression that remained stronger
than another after watching the pa
geant outside the abbey it was that
there was more splendor, more organ
ization and less really heartfelt emo
ton among the crowd than was the
case during the last reign.
Return to the Palace
Spontaneous applause and natural
feeling were rather kept out of sight
by the strict attention to every detail
which dominated the whole arrange
ments.
The sky grew darker and 5arL,ar