PROCESSION TO ABBEY
ORDER OF CARRIAGES ANNOUNCED
• LONDON,' May 26. Lists giving the order and composition of the .carriage processions to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation were issued from Buckingham Palace tonight. The Australian Prime Minister and Mrs Menzies will ride in the third carriage in the procession of Prime Ministers behind Sir Winston Churchill and Mr St, Laurent (Canada). In the fourth carriage will be the New Zealand Prime Minister (Mr Holland and Mrs Holland), then the South African Prime Minister (Dr. Malan and Mrs Malan). The order is:— Procession of colonial rulers headed by the Queen of Tonga. Procession of Prime Ministers headed by Sir Winston Churchill. Procession of members of the Royal Family headed by the Princess Royal. Procession of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret. The Queen’s procession with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the State coach.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27051, 28 May 1953, Page 9
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