WORTH HOMAGE.
EMPIRE'S MONARCH. Any Misgivings Effectually Dispelled. INCIDENT IN THE ABBEY. LONDON, May 13. In a vividly written description of the Coronation service in the Abbey, the Countess of Oxford and Asquith says: "A lovely little scene was enacted shortly before Their Majesties entered. The Princess Royal came in leading by the hand the two little Princesses, both wearing short purple trains trimmed Avith ermine over little white frocks, with ■white shoes to match.
"I could hear a clear whisper all round of: 'How sweet they look.' They eat down very quietly and well-behaved to await the arrival of their grandmother.
"Queen Mary arrived, a truly regal figure. She stopped, and, taking each of the little Princesses by the hand, wnlked up the steps of the Royal Box overlooking the altar, and so passed from our sight.
•The King's marvellous gravity, his dignity and the -simplicity of his movements touched everyone. I was Miiprised to notice that when the Royal couple walked up the steps to the two chairs of State, the Queen took a seat hi least two steps lower than that of the King. Ido not know why there whs thi* difference. It made me think of Oriental rites where the woman tiikcs a lower place than the num.
A writer in the "Daily Telegraph -, siys: "We have a Kim.; and a Queen worth Immune, respect, loyalty and love. As they acknowledged the crowds' salutations yesterday, they seemed to return smile for s-iile and blessing for bU's.-Miij.'. Their personal devotion to one another as they rode side by side, \\iis delightful to witness, and as both shared the day'a triumph so each for tin- other halved its burden. •Any inisjiiviiijTs rejrardinjr the future i tlmt lin-ji'ifd in nervous minds can now l.c n»>iird?d as effectually dispelled by ypstcrdayV manifestation of joyous ioviiltv. ' We now know in our inmost diMils "thiit our Kin-r nnd Queen will mn.-r fuil their peoplus. Let us see to j it that we fail neither them nor our-j : '|VP«."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1937, Page 7
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