As a princess, Lili'uokalani returned from attending this event to find that the Bayonet Constitution had stripped much of her father's power.
As a princess, Lili'uokalani returned from attending this event to find that the Bayonet Constitution had stripped much of her father's power. A poem written on the occasion of this event notes that "the Nile spills his overflow beside the Severn's dead," and begins "From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, the shires have seen it plain." That poem was titled for the year of this event and written by A.E. Housman. James Monro was made Police Commissioner largely for his work foiling a Fenian plot to dynamite Westminster Abbey during this event. Fifty foreign kings and princes were invited to this event, which served as a return to public life for its subject, who had largely entered seclusion after the death of Prince Albert. For 10 points, name this 1887 spectacle, the fiftieth anniversary of the coronation of a British monarch.
As a princess, Lili'uokalani returned from attending this event to find that the Bayonet Constitution had stripped much of her father's power.
Queen {Victoria}’s {Golden Jubilee}