THE CORONATION

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 108, 8 May 1937, Page 21

THE CORONATION

It was Edward the Confessor who fiist.began the building^of}"Westminster Abbey, on the spot wheae \ the new Coronation' will' take, place.'- King George the Sixth will bet crowned in the chair which was made».for Edward I more than 600 years ago, and beneath the chair will be ithat famous Coronation Stone which the first Edward brought from Scone £n, Scotland. This stone has never been removed, except once when it was taten to Westminster Hall for the insinuation of Cromwell as Lord Protector, on June 26, 1657. In olden days the' coronation of a king was called in England hrt hallowing; this reminds vte that the pomp and ceremonies of the Coronation have a religious significance inour day as in days 1000 years , ago. The Coronation gives the King jan opportunity to dedicate himself to his high and responsible office and to, the-ser-vice of his country. _}■ The King goes in procession into the Abbey to be greeted by th»-; boys of Westminster School crying, Rex Georgius'-1 (Mey King Gearge hve). Then the Archbishop calls tour timet to the people: "Are you.wilting to do your homage?" And lour times; they reply, "God Save King Georap. There U the communion service, flowed by the taking of the oath of the SKihg. The King is annointed with oil poured from the Coronation spoon-it is^nade of gold, and dates from the «»rteenth century,, and then he is P'f^'l^ the Reealia, each piece with ite special significance. The King then, sits in the Coronation Chair and the. Archbishop takes the crown and "reverently puts it upon "the King's hejid. And now.the shouting andfcell-rinf-Ing begin. The King is crowned.