TELEVISION AT CORONATION
BAN UNLIKELY TO BE LIFTED LONDON, October 22. It is understood that the ban on live television at the Coronation ceremony is unlikely to be lifted despite the growing weight of public disappointment. The matter will be raised in the House of Commons when the Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) will be asked what advice the Cabinet gave the Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk) before the ban was imposed. According to the “Daily Herald,” Labour members will try to force a debate after Mr Churchill has replied. Three main reasons are being given unofficially for the ban: (1) That the long crowning service of prayer and meditation, which includes Holy Communion and the rite of anointing with oil, are too deeply sacred to be relayed live to television watchers. (2) It would place an additional strain on the Queen. (3) That the public en masse should not be allowed to look on any unforeseen incidents. The “Manchester Guardian” says that, allied with the disappointment is some criticism of the Queen’s advisers. It says that the disappointment would not have been lessened, but the criticism might have been stilled if the Earl Marshal had given the reasons for the decision.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26870, 24 October 1952, Page 9
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