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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1049, 24 June 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE REGALIA. St. Edward s The Golden The Sceptre Staff, borne l»y Spurs, borne by with the Cross, a Lord in Waiting ; a Lord in Waiting ; borne by a his Coronet his Coronet Lord in WaitiDg; carried by a carried by a his Coronet Page. Page.' carried by a Page. The Third Curtana The Second Suordj borne by borne by a Sword, borne by a Lord in Waiting; Lord in Waiting; a Lord in Waiting; hia Coronet . his Coronet his Coronet carried by a carried by a carried by a Page. Page. Page. Bbck Rod. Deputy Garter. Lord Great Chamberlain of England; his Coronet borne bv a Page. The High Constable of The High Constable of Ireland, Scotland, his Coronet borne by a his Coronet borne bv a Page. Page. The Karl Marshal The Sword of The Lord High of England, Estate, borne by a Constable of with his staff ; Lord in Waiting; England, attended by two his Coronet carried with his Stiff, Pages. by a Page. attended by two Pages. The Sceptre Sr. Edward's The Orb, borne uith the Dove, Crown borne by the by a Lord in borne by a Lord in Lord High Steward, Waiting, his Waiting; his Coronet attended by Coronet carried by a Page. two Page?. carried by a Page. The Patina, The Bible. The Chalice, borne by home by borne by the bishop of tho Bishop of the Bishop of Bangor. Winchester. Lincoln.

The Gentlemen at Anna with their Standard Hearer.

THE KING AN'D QUEEN, in their Royal Robes of The Crimsou Velvet, The furred Bishop with Ermine and Rishop o: Bath bordered with Gold of and Lace, wearing the collars Durham. Wells. of their Orders; Their Majesties' Train bearers, followed by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household (his Coronet borne by a Page), followed by the Grootu of the* Robes.

Tho Gentlemen at Arm* with their Lieutenant.

| Lords and Ladie9 of their Majesties' Respective Households. The Gold Stick of the Life The Master of the Horse; Guards in waiting; his his Coronet borne by a Coronet borne by a Page. Page. The Captain-General of the Royal Archer Guard of Scotland; his Coronet borne by a Page. The Captain of the Yeomen of The Captain of the Band of the Guard; his Coronet Gentlemen-at-Arms; his borne by a Page. Coronet borne by a Page. Keeper of His Majesty's Privy Purse. Ensign of the Yeomen of the Lieutenant of the Yeomen ! Guard. of the Guard. 20 Yeomen of the Guard. The Prebendaries, on entering the Choir, ascend the theatre, and pass over it to their station on \ the south side of the Altar, beyond the Queen's j chair. i The Lord Steward of the Household passes to i his seat as a Peer ; and the Vice-Chamberlain, ! Treasurer, and Controller of the King's Household, the Lord Archbishops of York and Armagh, and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, pass to their seats. The Dean of Westminster, the Great Officers of i State—viz., the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord I Great Chamberlain, the Lord High Constable, the Earl Marshal—with the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, ascend the theatre, and stand near the great south-east pillar. The Princesses and the attendants are conducted by the Officers of Arms to the Royal box. The Princes of the Blood Royal are conducted to their seats as Peers by the Officers of Arms ; and the Noblemen who carry the coronets, and the : train-bearers of their Royal Highnesses, go to the places provided for them. | The High Constables of Scotland and Ireland are conducted to their places as Peers. The Pages, upon ascending the theatre, deliver the coronets and staves which they have carried to the respective Nob'emen, and go to the seats provided for them. The Gentlemen-at-Anns remain at the foot of the steps ascending to the theatre. The Officers of the Yeomen of tins Guard stand within and near to the Choir-door, and the Yeomen of the Guard stand in the nave on the outside of the entrance of the Choir. The King and Queen, ascending the theatre, pass on the south side of ttieir Thrones to their Chairs of State, on the south-east side of the theatre, being the recognition chair, and after their private devotions (kneeling on their faldstools) take their seats, the Bishops, his supporters, standing on each side, and Noblemen bearing the four swords on their Majesties' right hand, the Sword of State I being nearest to the King's person, the Lord Great ! Chamberlain and the Lord High Constable on j their Majesties' left; the other Great Officers of i State, the Noblemen bearing the regalia,, the Duke | of Westminster, Deputy Garter and Black Rod, j standing near the chairs; the Bishops, bearing the Bible, the chalice, and the patina, stand near the pulpit, and the train-bearers, the Lord Chancellor | of the Household, and others behind their i Majesties. The Master of the Horse, the Gold Stick, the | Captain-General of the Archer Guard of Scotland, I the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen-at-Arms, I and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, pass j to their seats as Peers, and the Keeper of His I Majesty's Privy Purse to a seat provided for him.