El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-17
QUEEN MARY HAS
NEW CROWN Of
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school will shout, WYATT and the
vast ASSEMBLY will rise and make OBJ
eisance. Immediately begins the ac-
tual ceremony of the browning of king
George, during which the queen is seat
ed on her throne at the right of his
The coronation of the king concluded,
that of the queen will Immediately fol-
low.
With great pomp and ceremony her
majesty will be Amounted, crowned
and given her ornaments. The queens
part begins with her arising from the
altar, supported by two bishops, and
she kneels while the archbishop says
the following prayer:
Almighty God, the fountain of all
goodness: give ear, we beseech thee,
to our prayers, and multiply thy bless
ings upon this thy servant Mary, whom
in thy name, with all humble devotion,
We ~consecreate our queen: defend her
evermore from all dangers. ghostly
and bodily; make her a great example
of virtue and piety, and a blessing to
this Kingdom; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. who liveth and reigneth with
thee, Father, in the Unity Of the
Holy Spirit world without end. Amen"
The Cloth of Gold.
She will then arise and go to the
place of her amounting, set for that pur-
pose before the altar, between the
steps and king Edwards chair. There
she will kneel while four peeresses,
specially appointed, will hold rich
pail of cloth of gold over her. The
peeresses selected are the duchesses OF
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Montrose. The archbishop will then
pour the holy oil upon her head. say
ing:
In the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Ghost: Let
the amounting with this oil increase
your honor. and the grace of Gods
holy spirit establish you, for ever and
ever Amen"
The keeper of the jewel house will
then give to the archbishop the queens
ring, which he will put on the fourth
finger of her right hand, saying that
it is the seal of a sincere faith and
praying that God viii protect her
honor.
Growing the Queen.
Then the archbishop will take the
queens crown off the altar and rev
erently set it upon the queens head"
saying:
Receive the crown of glory. honor
and joy; and God. the crown OF the
faithful. who by our Episcopal hands
Though unworthy doth this day set
a crown Of pure gold upon your head,
enrich your royal heart with his album
dant grace, and crown you with all
princely virtues in this life, and with
everlasting gladness in that life that
is to come. through Jesus Christ, our
Lord. Amen"
The queen being now crowned, all
the peeresses will put on their cor
onets. The archbishop then places in
the queens right hand the scepter
ivory rod with the dove in her left
hand, symbolizing her allegiance to
God.
The Ancient Order Observed.
Then, according to the authorized
form and order of service, ''as she pass
eth by the king on his throne. she
shall bow herself reyerently to his
majesty, and then be conducted to her
own throne and without any further
ceremony take her place on it." This
will conclude the solemnity of the cor
onation.
There are three crowns for the queen
consort The cap Of state worn by
the king at the beginning of the pro-
ceedings will be represented in the
case of the queen by the golden cir
clet originally constructed for Mary OF
Modena, queen consort Of James II. at
a cost Of s550,000, 1t consists of a
beautiful cap made of purple velvet and
turned up with ermine, which is itself
encircled with wide band of dia-
monds together with string of pearls.
The Crown of Queen Edith.
As the kings Of England are invest
ed with the crown OF st. Edward, so a
diadem which is placed Upon the head
of their consorts has usually been
known as the crown of queen Edith,
the Confessor's sanity wife. The old
crown of queen Edith was not of course
required in 1861, seeing that the king
was unaccompanied by his wife. With
the coronation of James II and Mary
of Modena in 1856 it became necessary
to provide for her majesty. This was
done, but the crown has
had a somewhat checkered existence,
owing to the fact that it has not al
ways been required at English coro-
nations. Hence it no longer finds a
place among the English regalia at the
tower of London
The crown of state worn by Mary
Of Modena, and. also, so it is believed
by her successor, queen Mary II, is a
beautiful ornament. and so richly
the gold which it contains is almost
entirely concealed.
The Queens Scepter.
The queens scepter is of much the
same character, but considerably small
er and less ornamental than that of
the king. 1t is made of gold, adorned
with diamonds and other precious
stones. but the stem is not wreathed
In the same elaborate fashion.
Tradition gives the queen consort at
a coronation purple robes of velvet
with ermine Innings and a gown of
white satin decked with pearls and
tassels of bullion.
Breaks Tradition.
Queen Alexandra, however, broke
the tradition. and decided to wear
robe of rose-red velvet. in color a per-
feet companion to the robe of state
In which the king went to Westmin-
ster, and gown of gold. At one time
It was believed to be queen Mary's in
tention to wear the mantle or train
worn by queen Alexandra at her cor
onation. But it is now known that
her majesty will wear one specially
made for her by Messrs. Wilkinson.
This viii be fashioned Of purple velvet,
lined with ermine, thus returning to
the earlier tradition. 1t was embroid-
cred by the members of the Ladies'