Evening star., 1952-02-07
Elizabeth Will Take
Oath as Queen Today;
Arrives al London
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for three or four days in the
gray, 18th century Sandringham
church. where he worshipped
every Sunday he was in residence
there at his favorite country
retreat.
One Of Elizabeth's first and
most saddening duties is to make
arrangements for her fathers
funeral.
After lying in state at Sandring-
ham and in London, he viii be
buried from st. Georges Chapel at
Windsor Castle.
Already, the dutiful Elizabeth
was Queen-from the moment of
her fathers death.
She became so in her vacation
lodge in Kenya Colony. far away
in East Africa, where she and hel
husband, the Duke Of Edinburgh
had paused early in what was to
have been q five-month round
the-World tour.
But her formal proclamation as
the new sovereign. Elizabeth II,
must follow.
Proclamation To Be Read.
The proclamation, rewritten
from historic precedents by the
Privy Council hundreds of regal
advisers, and representatives of
commonwealth countries, and the
lord mayor and aldermen Of the
ancient sQuare-mile city of Lon
don. will be read first Cat 6 am.
EST) tomorrow by the garter king
Of arms, Sir George Bellew.
Clad in medieval uniform, he
will read from the balcony of st.
Jameses Palace, built by Henry
VIII, father of the first Queen
Elizabeth.
The proclamation was published
In all morning newspapers today
and will be repeated simultane-
ously with Sir Georges reading
at Temple Bar, ancient Fleet
Street gateway to the old city of
London, from the steps Of the
royal exchange in the financial
district, and at shire halls and
guildhalls throughout the country.
It also will be read throughout
the commonwealth and empire
AS 1t is read, flags at half staff
in mourning for the dead sovereign
win be hauled to their mastheadS
ut the words God save the
Queen" They will fly for six
hours in honor of the new ruler,
then be lowered again to half staff
until after her fathers funeral.
Accession Comes First.
Accession to the throne must
come first, before the new Queens
homage to her dead father and
comfort to her widowed mother.
Prime Minister Churchill will
address the grieving nation at 8
pm. a pm. EST today.
From the palace. Elizabeth Will
be driven 100 miles to Sandring-
ham House. There, amid the
Kansas-like plains of Norfolk, her
father lay last night in his bed
room. -
The widowed Queen Mother
Elizabeth and Princess Margaret,
Elizabeth's 21-year-old sister,
prayed by his bedside in the eve
ming. Comforting them were the
Rishop OF Norwich and the Duke
of Gloucester.
s Today they drove to the little
church Just outside the estate
walls for a communion service
and later walked back to the
house.
Through last night saddened
villagers and farmers and their
wives and children stood silently
before the great gates, peerlng
down the gravel drive at the great
house where their King lay dead
Body Goes to London Sunday.
When the plain coffin Is nm
ished, the monarch's body will be
placed in it and carried a quarter
mile to the little church.
The carpenters who built 1t, the
woodsmen and field workers and
guardians of the game will make
IN the honor guard in the din1ly
lit chancel of the chapel until
the body is brought to London by
train, probably on Sunday.
A detachment of Royal
Guards regiment arrived from
London last night to join in the
ceremonial carriage of the body
from Sandringham to the little
Wolferton railway station.
In London, the Kings body will
lie in state in Westminster Hall,
chill, vaulted chamber in the
Palace of Westminster where
Parliament meets in nearby cham
bers. This is where the body of his
father. George v, lay and where
George VI last appeared to dedi-
cate the new House of Commons,
from which all Kings are barred
by the constitution.
Family Service Tonight.
Soon after Elizabeth reaches
Eandringham tonight, a family
service will be held by the Rev.
Hector Anderson, rector of the
village church.
When the time comes for the
Kings last departure, the coffin
will be laid on a gun carriage
escorted by the Kings troop of
the royal horse artillery, for the
three-mile journey to the railway.
Another gun carriage will bear
his body through London's Stilled
streets to Westminster Hall.
Today q catafalque was built in
the hall to bear the coffin. On
its planed oak top will lie the i'm
perial crown, splendidly jeweled
symbol Of . never empty throne.
The royal family and members
Of both houses Of Parliament viii
attend a short funeral service.
The rest Of Europe's major
crowned heads 1.-The Kings of Swe-
den, Norway, Denmark. Belgium
and Greece and Queen Juliana OF
the Netherlands expected to
affand o1Ca