A CORONATION STORY.
It would seem that the actual coronation is a very lengthy affair—so lengthy (hat George IV. had a sort of lent erected to which lie several times retired to take a bath. On one of these occasions some high official entered the tent. George IV. was a stout man, whoso weakness was to have a waist. Tlie high official, on entering, was aghast to find His Majesty seated in a chair, stark naked and puffing like a. grampus, whilst preparations were being made to restrap him into sylph like proportions.— ‘ Truth.’
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Lake County Press, Issue 979, 12 September 1901, Page 7
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94A CORONATION STORY. Lake County Press, Issue 979, 12 September 1901, Page 7
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