PRINCESS ELIZABETH

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 16

PRINCESS ELIZABETH

PART IN CORONATION

REHEARSAL OF PAGEANT

Princess Elizabeth'will probably take part in the Royal Procession in the Coronation. Princess Margaret, on account of her age, is expected only to

"attend" the ceremony. Princess Elizabeth, who will then be 11 years old, may lead the procession of Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal. She will probably wear a ccronet, which she will .place on her head when Queen1 Elizabeth'is crowned (states an exchange). If the Princess appears in the procession'she will also, wear a robe of her rank and be attended by members of the Royal Household. She will do homage by placing,her coronet on her head when the Queen is crowned— the homage performed by 'members oi the feminine sex. . Although heirpresumptive she will not do homage with the peers, one reason being that she is a minor. The King and Que.en.and probably Princess Elizabeth will be central figures in the most notable dress rehearsal of the year—that for the Abbey pageant. • ' All those taking part will attend at ihe, Abbey in their robes after the Abbey .decorations are completed, and only a few day's before the actual ceremony. They'will •go - through the whole-of) the .'elaborate ritual of the various processions'• and the actual ceremonies. ,

/The ''dress/rehearsal,rwill, follow ; af series: of ■"sectional"-;rehearsals .... for groups ; of ..people, engaged, on different duties', o'r-;l appearing; in .'different- processions, i : -.' . :'''|ii ■' * :' ' ' ■ •■;',"