The Detroit times., 1910-06-29
ACCESSION BRINGS
MANY CHANGES
Interest Centers in Court Attaches
and Kings Income-New Coins
Now Awaited.

OF a new sovereign entails number
OF Changes In the royal household and
an the appointments OF the court
The present maids OF honor retain
their positions In the household oil
the queen mother, while the queen
will make her own appointments
The Observation-Disclosures poliucai
sppointments-wiil be transferred TO
the new king. but the equerries and
private secretaries Will be -eappoint'
ed or not, az King George may de
eide according % his own inclination
and the Encouragement possible IN re-
gard TO those who have been mem,
hers OF his household as Prince Oh
Wales.
Financial provision for Queen Alex
andra has already been made by stat
lutte. and, in addition TO her private
means and any provision King Ed
ward may have made from his per-
sonal estate. the queen mother now
has an income of $350,000 per annuni.
King Georges Income.
Tho provision made-under the
name OF the civil list-for King Ed,
ward VII lapsed with his death. and
King George now enters into posses
sion OF the crown revenues. He can
liz he likes, retain them. and IL Is Just
80 well to point out that under the
legal powers of q life tenant he would
be quite within his rights In granting
building leases over the whole OF the
royal parks.
| No doubt. however. he will follow
the example OF all his immediate pro-
decessors. and rellnQuish his own per
sonal life interest In these revenues
! in return for the grant OF civil list
during the rest Of his life. That Will
Re done by statute within the next
few weeks.
Parliament viii have to pass reg
ency bill to provide for the possibili
ties OF the decease OF King George
during the minority Of the Duke oil
Cornw all.
Provision will also need to be made
for the children, Of the king and
queen. This may be done immediate
IN. to take effect In the future as the
recessity arises. or the matter may
ne postponed In view Of the fact that
the Duke of Cornwall is provided TO.
TO a certain extent by the revenues
of his duchy. and that his brothers
and sisters will not need any special
provision for some years to come.
Design Of New Coinage.
The design of the coinage will b:
lchanged II viii, be about IL months
before any issue OF the new coins II
made to the general public, as 1t Il
one OF the traditions Of the mint thai
the new" coins OF any year shall
not be issued till that year Is practi
cally ever They are generally avail
able about Christmas. But, OF course
no further Edward VII. coins will 81
struck. and the new issue will bt
hurried on.
II Is a curious little point of Ell
quette that Of all coins passins
through the hands OF the sovereign
shall be freshly minted money.
i The head of King George on mis-
coinage will look 70 the left, for II Is
the rule that the position shall be al
ternated every reign, and King Ed
wards coins looked to the right This
practice has been followed since TIE
times of the Stuarts.
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conclusion OF q victorious war the
sovereign's head shall be encircIed
with laurel-has apparently been al
lowed to lapse. for neither Queen Vic
toria nor King Edward adopted 1t
The Indian coinage will show the
head crowned. ~ the uncovered head
is not sign of majesty.
On the stamps Of King Edward ant
Queen Victoria the head faced to the
left. so that apparently the coinag,
rule does not hold for the purpose O
stamps. and In view OF King George
known interest In philately the desigr
of the new stamps Is awaited with
considerable anticipation.
Diamonds Only Hired.
The crown which Queen Alexandr;
will wear IL another matter OF inter
est, for the solution Of which we mus
await the action of the king. The
crown used by the Queen-mother a
the coronation was broken up almos
Immediately after the ceremony, FOL
the very simple reason that the bull
Of the diamonds Of which II was com
posed were only hired for that pur
pose.
The queens crown. preserved with
the regalia and made for Mary 81
Modena, Is not at all likely to ID
taken into use. and the small diamond
crown which Queen Victoria had made
at her own expense was her private
property. BY her will she devised Il
az an heirloom TO belong to the Queer
Consort for the time being.
Warrants of appointment to the
late king held by various tradesmen
which confer the right to display the
royal arms, have now all lapsed
Probably the bulk will be renewed
on application. and no objection il
taken to continue advertisement that
warrant OF appointment Of a de-
ceased sovereign was held.
The Duke Of Cornwall will come OF
age on his eighteenth birthday, when
he Will have his separate establish.
ment, but until then no warrants OF