KING EDWARD VIII FORMALLY PROCLAIMED

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 101, 23 January 1936, Page 9

KING EDWARD VIII FORMALLY PROCLAIMED

Oath of Accession Taken Before Privy Council

WILL FOLLOW FATHER’S EXAMPLE Life Dedicated to Welfare of All Subjects By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received January 22, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, January 22. Edward VIII was this morning proclaimed King at St. James’s Palace. Yesterday afternoon, before the Privy Council, he took the Oath of Accession. , , £ d At vesterdav’s meeting of the Privy Council, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, as Lord President of he Council, informed the assembly of King George’s death and the accession of' KfiiEdward The council requested the Archbishop of Canterbury to acquaint King Edward with what had taken place in the chamber. lhe King then waited ? across the Ambassadors’ Court to St. James’s Pahce, where the Counci was being held. His Majesty wore a Guards scarlet tunic and all his orders. He looted t Fed but his h was high and his step assured as he strode through the Guard of Honoui whose crepe draped colours were now for the first time lowered in salute to t e new ea y The Duke of York wore a naval uniform, and the Duke of Gloucester Hussais levee nr ManyXl andX officers, including Field-Marshal Sir William Btrdwood, attended thC doors of the council chamber were flung open. An official announced, “His Majesty the King.” The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. MacDonald enteied escoit g King? Edward by the hand. Councillors bowed low and listened attentively to the Kings speech. The addressing the Council, said:— . . , “The irreparable loss the British Commonwealth of Nations has sustained by the death of his Majesty, my beloved father, has devolved upon me the u y sovereignty. I know how much you and all my subjects, with, I hope 1 may say, th , whole world, feel for me in my sorrow, and I am confident m the affectionate sympa which will be extended to my dear mother in her overpowering grief. V hey father stood here 26 years ago he declared that one of the °bjecls o his be to uphold constitutional government. Tn this lam determine > r i n Alf mv footsteps and work as he did throughout his life for the welfare of ass^ s subjects. I place my reliance upon the loyalty and affection of my peoples thioughout the Empire and upon the wisdom of their Parliaments to support me tn this heavy task. I pray that God will guide me to perform it.”