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| the blending or the cnoir ano Tue peo.
| nIe women and men. In the cry: God
save King Edward" Several times
tbis was repea ted and the Abbey rang
With loud faIGares. ,
Again the King and Queen knelt and
the Archbishop Of Canterbury walked
| to the altar and commenced the Com
munion. While the Gospel was being
read the King stood erect. supported
on each side by the Bishops In their
heavily embroidered copcs.
The administration Of the oath fol-
lowed. Standing before the Kings
chair the Archbishop asked:
"Si:. is Your Majesty willing to take
the OATH"
The King answered In firm. strong
tones: "I am willing" etc. his replies
being easily heard high up in the tri-
| forum near the roof. Then the INK
stand was brought and the King
signed the oath. He did not advance
| TO the altar. but sat in the chair he had
occupied since the service began.
While the choir sang Come. Holy
Ghost. Our Souls Inspire the king
remained seated and the Queen STOOD
up.
After the Archbishop's amounting
prayer a gold canopy was brought
over the Kings chair. and His Majesty
walked to the ancient chair While the
chclr sang Zadok's anthem.
After the prayer the King donned
the Colobian Sindonis. then 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 Canterbury read the prayers and
delivered the sword to the King. who
did not 60 to the altar. the sword being
taken to him by the Dean Of Westmins.
ter, while His Majesty remained
standing.
When the King was crowned a great
shout went up and the electric lights
blazed out.
As the acclamations died away the
Changing Of the Joy bells. the noise or
guns and the shouting Of the people
outside penetrated into the Abbey.
where the King sat. motioniess. his
dazzling crown on his head and his
sceptre held firmly In his hand.
After singing "Be Strong and Play
the Man" and the Bible having been
presented. the King advanced and
knelt while he received the benedic.
ton. He then walked to the great
throne. where he stood on the dias for
the first time. surrounded by mobiles.
Having placed the kins into his rev
throne the Archbishop knelt and paid
homage. the aged prelate scarcely
being able to rise until the King rs.
sisted him and himself raised the
Archbishop's hand from the steps Of
the throne.
The Archbishop. who seemed to he
in n faint. had to practically be carried
to the altar.
The incident created considerable ex.
element. and several prela'cs 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 hand, which he kissed. after touch.
ing the crown as a sign OF fealty.
The Prince OF Wales then started TO
return to his seat. when the King drew
him hack and put his arms around him
and kissed him. After this the King
once more gave the Prince his hand.
this time to shake.
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 portion Of the service was consid.
erably shortened.
The Queen then rose. and. accom-.
panied by her encourage. proceeded to
the altar steps. where. under 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 beside that In which the
King sat, and her enthr0nization was
accomplished.
The Queen bowed to King Edward,
and both walked to the altar and re.
ceived the communion. after deliver
ing their crowns to the officers ap.
pointed to receive them.
The pages, while their Majest!es
knelt. still held the Queens nagniti-
cent long train. with the rest OF the
mobiles present kneeling. The whole
spectacle was most impressive. and
WtS uluue uiOEc otihiaht o"'a5 w NaS
electric light.
BY q great effort the Archbishop CT
Canterbury was enabled to conclude
the service. and the King aud Queen
repaired to st. Edwards Chapel.
Neither of their Majesties returned
to their thrones after the communion.
but remained at the altar. The serv.
Ice, which was completed with the
singing of the TIE Deum. was brought
to close without n hitch. The King
exhibited no outward traces Of fatigue.
The departure Of the King AID
Queen from the Abbey was signallcd
by another salute, the massed bands
playing God Save the King"
The entire route Of their Mnjcstips'
return to the palace was marked by
scenes of enthusiasm similar to those
which greeted their progress to the
Abbey.
Shortly after the return OF the King
and Queen to the palace 1t was OIL.
cially announced from there that the
King had borne the ceremony well.
and that he had suffered In no way
from fatigue. md this was confirmed
by the presence Of the King himself
when In response to the repeated plau-
dts Of the crowd His Majesty accom-.
panied by the Queen. appeared On the
balcony In their robes aud crowns.