Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-14
EDWARD AND ALEXANDRA
CROWNED AT THE ABBEY
ATOUcH,NG INCIDENT,
The Dazzling Coronation Ceremonial
is Carried Out With Old
World Pomp and Splen-
dor Here.

United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and of the British do
minions beyond the seas, King, de-
fender of the faith, Emperor of Ida,
was today crowned without hitch or
harm, and tonight London is nOisily
celebrating the event, for which the
world has waited as, perhaps, it
never awaited any other coronation.
Units the booming Of guns an
nounced That the browning of King
Edward and Alexandra had been
achieved the1e fingered in thousands
of minis a nervous apprehension
that even at the last moment some
untoward event might once more
plunge the nation into CONSERVATION.
When this was passedthe unrestrain-
ed jubilation was as much a tribute
to the Kings personal popularity as
it was an evidence of relief from the
tension of the last few weeks. So,
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robbed of many of those elements
that usually accompany a great pag-
cant they will long be remembered
perhaps somewhat tenderly, by those
who stood on the stands, at windows
and on the sidewalks to see King
Edward after he had won almost
from the Jaws of death his crown.
In Westminster Abbey the scene
was nothing less than marvellous.
Nearly seven thousand members of
the nobility, the clergy and the gen
try had gathered, with foreign
princes, ambassadors, colonialrulers,
Indian ~potentates, and leaders from
the furtherest quarter of the globe
where the union jack flies to do hon
or to the King. Two incidents in
the service in the abbey will live in
the memory of all who witnessed
them. The first of these, which al
most developed into a dramatic con-
tretemps, centered around the aged
Archbishop of Canterbury. At the
commencement of the service the
Archbishop had the greatest difficult
ty in reading or remembering the
prayers. The book from which his
almost blind eyes endeavOred to read
shook in his hand, and whenhe came
to place the crown upon King Ed
wards head his huge frame, tower
ing above the seated King, sWayed
so violently that the Bishopof West
minister had to support him, while
the Dean of Westminster put a
guarding hand under the crown. It
was evident that the Archbishop of
Canterbury could not see the Kings
head, and after cropping around, he
was just able to complete the most
important part ofthe ceremony, when
it was discovered that he had the
crown with the back to the front.
Slowly he raised it, but too late to
prevent the choir from prenatureiy
bursting out with loud, "God Save
the King" Amid a tension that had
grown to a pitch of painful nervous
ness. tie archbishop finally managed
ito place the crown correctly upon
the Kings head. A few minutes
later came the climax OF his feeble
ness. He was kneeling to do the
first homage of all the subjects of the
King, when suddenly he almost
tainted and would have fallen upon
his ~sovereign's knees had not King
Edward tenderly, but firmly, grasp
ed both the prelate's hands and lift
led him to his feet. The Bishops o
London, Westminster and Durham
cIasped their arms around the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, the King
kissed his wrinkled hand, the Arch
bishops head fell back, his fee
moved slowly and mechanically
and thus he was more carried tina,
led from the throne to King Ed
wards Chapel, where he was re
vived.
The tremor which this event eau;
ed had scarcely subsidized when an
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ried the proceedings, and the Kin
was forgotten in the father. Instea
of merely accepting the homage
the Prince of Wales, King Edwal
put his arms around the Prince an
kissed him, and then recalled hi
and wrung his hand with a mani
ness ofparental affection hat brougl
tears to many eyes. To those WI