BACK TO THE TUDORS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 40, 27 January 1936, Page 5

BACK TO THE TUDORS.

Reminiscent Ceremony at Windsor.

SPECTACLE AT PROCLAMATION Of KING.

Pi ess Asaociatlon— Ooiryrleht

London, Jan. 25

Under the shadow of Windsor's ancient castle.walls below the half-masted Union Jack at the summit of the massive Round 'lower which is lowered only when a dies, King tdward VIII. ■ was to-day thrice proclaimed King with ccmnony datmg to Tudor times. The proclamation was made firstly at the statue of Queen Victoria, the sceptred aim of which was extended as in blessing, then at the Henry VTII. Gateway and at Windsor Bridge on the boundary of Leikshire and Buckinghamshire.

Heralds and a mace bearer led the procession from the Guildhall, including the scarlet, robed Mayor, ceremonially garbed Aldermen and officials. ColUstrcam Guards in full dress uniforms with bear skins, crossbelts and overcoats, supplied a guard of honour and tne Life Guards ■ Band the music, their trumpeters in red, gold and silver sou.iding a double fanfare.

Precisely at noon all civilian heads were bared in reverence for the dead King while the Mayor read the proclamation. Three cheers were given for the new King.

Th° dean and canons, dressed in scarlet, attended the ceremony at the gateway. The vice-provost and the masters of Eton, with the school's smartly uniformed officers training corps, fire brigades and the local youth organisations participated in the riverside observance. The ancient car ( from which the sheriff proclaimed the King has been similarly employed in the proclamation of the last six sovereigns.

The King has gone to his private residence at Fort Belledere, Sunningdale, to rest quietly during the week-end. He spent yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace attending to a mass of Slate p-.pers. Later he visited the Duchy of Cornwall offices and conferred lengthily with the officials regarding the Duchy s future.