PROCLAIMED WITH ANCIENT CEREMONY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20326, 27 January 1936, Page 7

PROCLAIMED WITH ANCIENT CEREMONY

THREE INTERESTING INCIDENTS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 26, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 25. Under the shadow of Windsor’s ancient castle walls, below the halfmasted Union Jack on the summit of the massive round tower, lowered only when the Sovereign dies, Edward VIII. was thrice proclaimed King, with a ceremony dating to Tudor times. The proclamation was made first at the statue of Queen Victoria, the sceptred arm of which was extended, as in blessing; then at the Henry VIII gateway, and at Windsor Bridge on the boundary of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The heralds’ mace bearer led the procession from the Guildhall, including the scarlet-robed Mayor, and the ceremonially-garbed aidermen and officials. The Coldstream Guards, in full dress uniforms, bear skins, crossbelts and overcoats, supplied the guard of honour, and the Life Guards the band music, their trumpeters, in red, gold and silver, sounding a double fanfare. Precisely at noon all civilian heads were bared in reverence for the dead King, and while the Mayor was reading the proclamation three cheers were given for the new King. The Dean and Canons, in scarlet, attended the gateway ceremony, the viceprovost and masters of Eton, with their schools, the smartly uniformed officers of the training corps, also the fire brigades and local youth organisations, participating in the riverside observance. The ancient car, from which the Sheriff proclaimed the King at Bristol, has been similarly employed for the proclamation of the last six Sovereigns.