THE CORONATION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 116, 26 February 1937, Page 5

THE CORONATION.

THREE SEPARATE PROCESSIONS

REGALIA TO BE CARRIED. United Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, February 24. The Coronation crowds will see three separate processions, to and from Westminster Abbey. The first procession will consist of foreign princes and princesses, 20 of whom have already signified their intention to be present. The second will comprise the carriages of princes and princesses of the blood Royal. Then, preceded by visiting sovereigns, will come the King’s procession, in which the first will be members of the Royal Household, representatives of the services, and then the State coach. The King and Queen will wear crowns on the return journey, when the King will hold the sceptre with the cross in his right hand and the orb in his left. The Queen will carry the sceptre-with the cross in her right hand and the ivory rod with the dove in her left. The House of Commons will be represented at the Coronation, according to the King’s desire, by the Speaker (Captain E. A. Fitzroy). This means that the House will not go to Westminster Abbey in procession in its corporate capacity.

ATTITUDE OF THE FREE STATE.

“DETACHMENT AND PROTEST.”

LONDON, February 24. Questioned in the Dail, Mr De Yalera defined the Irish Free State’s attitude toward the Coronation as a “detachment and prqtest while Ireland remained partitioned, and. discrimination was exercised against the religion to which so many Irishmen belonged.