Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
KING AND QUEEN
ARE CROWNED
Elaborate Ceremonial Well
Carried Out and Noisily
Celebrated.
NO HITCH IN THE CEREMONY
All the Notabies Were Cheered, hut the
King and Queen Most LustiIy-The Aged
Bishop of Canterbury Came Near Faint
Ing During Ceremony.

l., by the grace CT God, of the united
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and the British domains beyond the
sea, king, defender of the faith, en-
peror of India, was yesterday crowned
without hitch or harm.
In all respects the celebration was
Impressive, and 1t was carried out
with perfection of detail and lack
of accidents that has rarely character
lied similar displays. Though there
peryaded all classes keen recollec-
ton that only six weeks ago their
King lay in danger of death. and this
yesterday, produced thankfulness and
genuine sympathy for the man rather
than adulation of the king, yet 1t did
not prevent the public from voicing
appreciation of such military displays
as the short procession gave them a
chance to see.
Earl Roberts, commander-in-chief Of
the forces, was once more the hero Of
the hour and, next to the king himself,
received the heartiest welcome of the
assembled crowds. Lord ,loberts rode
along and constantly bowed and
| smiled ACCOMPLISHMENTS of his greet
recognized, but he was seen as he
rode with Sir Alfred Gaselee and Ad-
miral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour,
and was the crowd next favorite.
But it was for the king and queen
| themselves that the people really let
| themselves loose. Whenever their
majesties were seen their cheers were
loud and long, and especially was this
so on the return journey of the king
| and queen to Buckingham palace.
Until the guns announced that the
| browning OF Kind Edward and Queen
| Alexandra lad been achieved, there
fingered in thousands of minds a ner-
vous apprehension that even at the
last moment some untoward event
even once more might plunge the ma
ton into CONSERVATION. When this
was lassed the unrestrained jubila-
ton was as much a tribute to the
| kings personal popularity as 1t was an
! evidence of relief from the tension of
the last few weeks.
In Westminster abbey the scene
| was nothing less than marvellous.
| Nearly seven thousand members of the
| nobility, the clergy and the gentry
had gathered, with foreign princes,
| ambassadors, colonial rulers, Indian
potentates and leaders from the fur
thest quarter of the globe where the
union jack flies, to do honor to the
King. Two incidents in the services
in the abbey will live IN the memory
OF all who witnessed them. The first
OF these, which almost developed in
to drama.-c contretemps, center I'd
around the aged archbishop of CantsS-
| bury.
In the commencement of the service
the archbishop had the greatest diff
Guilty In reading or remembering the
prayers. The book from which his
almost blind eyes endeavored to read
shook in his hands. and when he came
to place the crown upon King Ed
wards head his huge frame, towering
above the seated king, swayed so vio-
lently that the bishop of Winchester
| mad TO support him while the dean of
Westminster put a guarding hand uu-
der the crown. 1t was evident that
the bishop of Canterbury could not
see the king lead, ami. after group
ing around. lie was just about to COM
prete the most important part of the
ceremony, when it was discovered that
he had the back of the crown to the
| front. Slowly he raised it, but too
late to proven. the choir from prema-
| turely bursting out with a loud God
| Save the arg" Amid tension that
| had grown to pitch of painful ner-
vousness, the archbishop finally mai.
! aged to place the crown correctly up-
| on the kings head. A few minutes
later came the climax Oh 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 the sovereign's
knees had not King Edward tenderly,
bu. firmly, grasped both the prelate's
hands and lifted him to his feet. The
bishop of Lonuon, Winchester and
Durham clasped their arms around
! the archbishop OF Canterbury. the
king kis. ed his wrinkled hand. the
| archbisAop's head fell back, his feet
! moved slowly and mechanically, and
thus he was more carried than led
from the throne to King Adward's
chapel, where he was revived.
The tremor which this event caused
had scarcely su.sided wnen another
exquislteiy human touch varied the
| proceedings, and the king was for
| gotten in the father. Instead of mere
ly accepting the homage of the Prince
| of Wales, King Edward passed his
arm around the prince and kissed him
and then recalle-. IN and wrung his
hand with manliness OF parental az
! lection that brought tears to many
| eyes.
The Associated Press learns that
| King Edward was greatly unnerved
| by the condition of the archbishop OF
| Canter. ury ano that his majesty sat
in constant dread of contretemps,
though outwardly calm, as could be
! Judged from the steadiness with which
he held the sceptre and rod erect dur
| ing the ordeal. This brave show, how
ever, did not deceive the queen. All
| through the service and especially
as the archbishop of Canterbury be-
| came more and more nervous, her
majesty palpably dreaded that the
| king would break down. With keen
anxiety she constantly turned toward
her husband, watching him intently
throughout the ceremony.
The queen browning was brief and
| simple. When the four duchesses
went to hold canopy over her males
| tvs head, the Duchess of Marlborough
! and the Duchess of Portland led the
way. At the critical period for which
the peeresses had long practiced, name
ly, the putting on OF the coronets at the
moment the queen was crowned, ar
| rived, fiutter of nervousness ran
| through their ranks and coronets
were pulled out and pinched into
shape, their faces hardened with any
iety and then all their arms suddenly
up, and coronets, large and small,
were put in place. Among the curious
-satures connected with the Ameri-
can peeresses was the wearing by
Lady Craven of old family robes once
worn by the queen Of Bohemia, who
married former Earl Craven.
Another incident relating to royalty
was the presence of the duchess Of
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