Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-02

INItN TO the UINAlA nhNI NuIhteH anu 4
STYLES himself "By Divine Providence /
Lord Archbishop Of Canterbury"
The lord high chancellor as the second /
peer IN the kingdom, alone authorizes all |
patents. writs and grants by affixing the /
great seal 70 them. He is the keeper OF 1
the great SEAL head Of the legal profession /
in England president Of the supreme court
Of judicature and discharges in the House |
Of Lords functions analogous to those Of
the speaker Of the House Of Commons
The archbishop Of York is the third peer.
preceding all the secular peers except the
queen consort and is her perpetual chap
lain. lie is entitled to the prefix your
Grace and is lord archbishop by divine
permission"
The title of duke is the highest designa-
ton Of nobility So preeminent I'm dignity
is 1t that each royal prince on or before
attaining his majority is created a duke. |
as II this were the superior distinction
The present kings eldest son was duke Of
Cornwall before he became prince OF Wales |
and the late King Edwards brother bears
the designation, duke Of Connaught A
duke is designated as His Grace"
The queen consort is, Of course. the first
lady Of the kingdom When Edward VII.
was crowned, Alexandra occupied the po-
sition OF honor next the king At the cere-
mony in June her place will be subordinate
to that Of Queen Mary, but a special throne
will be provided for her in Westminster
Abbey.
The roll Of ladies OF position starts as
follows
Queen consOrt Queen mother Princess .
OF Wales az any. sovereign's daughters
wives or soveregn's sons Cranddaugh-
ters, wives OF grandsbns. sigters wives
| or brothers Eunts. wives OF unccs uleces
wives Of nephews, daughters OF the Drip
cess royal, Duchess OF Fife
1t happens that there is now no Princess
Of Wales, none OF King George children
is married and the sovereign has no living
( brother. The princess royal Duchess of
/ Fife, Is the eldest sister Of the present
| King. The title is usually conceded to the
eldest daughter Of the regniny sovereign
but as 1t is retained for life. King Gcorge's
! daughter will not be known so long as her
| aunt is living The title was conferred on
the present holder by King Edward in
! November. 1905. that being the first time
| on which such a royal warrant had been
! issued since the reign Of King George H.
After the members OF the royal family
| noblewomen follow practically the same
| order as the men holding equivalent sta
| lions. First come the duchesses then the
! marchonesses. the wives of the eldcs.
/ sons OF dukes and so on down the list
The precedence of the ladies Is always de-
! rived from the father or the husband ex-
| cept in the case OF a peerless in her own
right. Official precedence such as that
| Of the great officers OF state confers no
| corresponding precedence on the wives
or daughters. Thus no superior position
is occupied by the wives and daughters
| Of archbishops and bishops.
A dowager peeress or baronetess while
a widow, by custom takes precedence OF
the holder of the title. The children Of a
] living peer or baronet have precedence of
the children OF the previous holder of the
| title. II the daughter of a peer weds
peer she takes her husbands rank, but II
she weds the son of a peer she ranks
either according to her own inherent pre-
cedence as a peers daughter, or accord
! ing to that Of her husband as the wife
of a son Of duke a marquis. an earl or
viscount. whichever is the higher
The crowns worn by the king and his
consort at coronation are especially
made for them In the kings crown there
are four arches. surmounted by a cross.
The present one was made from jewels
taken from an old state crown and other
ornaments at the command of Queen Vic
toria 1t has now, in addition to large
ruby. a large broad sapphire, sixteen
smaller sapphires eleven emeralds, four
smaller rubies 1868 brilliant diamonds
= /, 273 rose diamonds. four drop-shaped pearls
and 273 smaller pearls with the smaller
; OF the Culunan diamonds inset
only a limited latitude of chpce il al
= lowed the queen in the selection OF a de
sign for her crown. She may decide on
the shape, with regard to the number OF
, arches and their curving, but that Is all.
The crown must consist of a circle OF
diamonds resting on a narrow ermine Dor
der a cap of crimson velvet, four crosses
and four diamond fleur-de-lys. The dia-
monds are set in platinum.
The queen is following the example set
by her mother, the duchess Of Teck who
when her daughter was married, declared
that for the trousseau mot a yard of cam
brio or linen, OF flannel or tweed, of lace
or ribbon should be bought outside the
kingdom" and who kept to her word
Queen Mary is not having her coronation
robes made OF all-British materials. She
recently showed her appreciation of Irish
industries and pleased Ireland immensely
by placing an order with the countess Of
Mayo. president of the Irish School of Ar
{ Needlework. for part Of the royal out
u fit
King George Will wear the imperial man
l. tie of George ~ at the coronation, in
a stead of that worn by Edward VII. Gus
tom formerly ordained that in return 70
II various services rendered during and afte
e a coronation ceremony certain of the vest
a ments and appurtenances passed into tn
y possession OF those who performed tn
j. services. In this manner the magnificen
81 mantle Of George ~ passed into the hand
y Of the lord great chamberlain The mas
Is ter OF the robes had delivered 1t to tn
officiating dean, the king was vested in
h and the lord great chamberlain finally re
ceived it as a reward for fastening tn
III Relative Precedence of III