Princess Deputises For King At Maundy Thursday Ceremonies
LONDON., April 14 (Recd. 6 pm)—Carrying a traditional nosegay of sweet herbs to guard against infection, Princess Elizabeth took His Majesty’s place at Westminster Abbey at the Maundy Thursday ceremonies which, from ancient times, have been marked by gifts to the poor.
The Princess watched a Yeoman of the Guard in Tudor uniform walk through the crowded nave bearing on his head a great silver dish from which the Lord High Almoner, the Bishop of Lichfield, distributed pence in silver—as many pence as the King is years old—to 54 men and s*l women.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 16 April 1949, Page 5
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