THE ROYAL INVESTITURE.
MARVEL OF CAREFUL ARRANGEMENT. The King's investiture at Buckingham Palace is a marvel of careful arrangement and exact timing. All the decorations are set out in the order in which they are to be conferred, and handed to His Majesty on a cushion by the King-of-Arms as the recipients approach. In conferring the accolade the King uses three different kinds of swords. For naval officers he uses the sword of a vice-admiral, for Army officers the sword of Gold-
Stick-in-Waiting, and for civilians the sword of the Equerryin-Waiting.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3370, 26 September 1931, Page 6
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91THE ROYAL INVESTITURE. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3370, 26 September 1931, Page 6
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