THE CORONATION.
KING EDWARD VIII.
MAY BE SHORTER CEREMONY.
INDIAN PRINCES TO ATTEND.
(From A Special Correspondent.) (By Air Mail.)
LONDON", February 29.
The Coronation of King Edward—in May or June next year—is likely to differ in several respects from that of his father and his grandfather. The ceremony may be cut by one hour and a half to only two hours.
It is possible that the oath, administered in the form of a question to the King by -the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Coronation ceremony, will have to be changed slightly to conform with the altered status of the Dominions and their relation to the King since the Statute of Westminster (1931). King Edward is the Sovereign not only of all his Dominions, but of each one separately. The Irish Free State has been born since the last Coronation. The form of question to which King George V. answered "I solemnly promise so to do" was this:
"Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective laws and customs of the same?"
The chosen day is likely to be a Monday or Thursday. The success of Jubilee Day, a Monday, makes it probable that a Monday will be chosen for Coronation Day. It allows municipal, police, traffic and transport authorities, as well as the catering trades, one day s respite to make their arrangements. King Edward's Coronation will be the most fully attended in history- I port developments of the last .twenty j
five years have brought the faraway parts of the Empire so much nearer. It is known that 150 Indian princes, nawabs and rajahs have already announced their intention of attending.
Dominion colonial officers will bear part of. the Royal regalia. Dominion and. Indian troops will be among the contingents escorting King Edward in the Georgian gold State coach.
Before the Coronation, tliere will be a State banquet at the Palace in honour of overseas gueets.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 72, 25 March 1936, Page 9
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