THE GRAND ORDER OF CORONATION PROCESSION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7190, 25 June 1902, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE GRAND ORDER OF CORONATION PROCESSION.

AS SANCTIONED BY CUSTOM AND APPROVED BY THE KING. The Prebendaries and Dean of Westminster. Officers of Arms. r . Treasurer of His Majesty's Controller of His Majesty's Household (attended by Household. two gentlemen), bearing Crimson Bag with Medals for distribution. His Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, attended by an officer The Lord Steward of His of the Jewel-office, bearing Majesty's Household; his on a cushion the Ruby Coronet carried by a Page. Ring and the Sword of the Offering. The Lord Privy Seal: his The Lord President of the Coronet carried by a Council; his Coronet carPage ried by a Page. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, attended by his Purse-bearer; his Coronet carried by a Page. The Lord Archbishop of Armagh, in his Rochet, with his cap in his hand. The Lord Archbishop of York, in his Rochet, with his cap in his hand. The Lord High Chancellor, attended by his Purse-bearer; his Coronet carried by a Page. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Rochet, with his cap in his hand, attended by two gentlemen. PRINCES OF THB BLOOD ROYAL. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in a Robe of Estate of Purple Velvet; the Coronet of His Royal Highness borne by a Lord in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, in a Kobe of Estate of Purple Velvet; the Coronet of His Royal Highness borne by a Lord in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in a Robe of Estate of Purple Velvet; the Coronet of His Royal Highness borne by a Lord in Waiting. PRINCESSES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL, each in a Robe of Estate of Purple Velvet, and wearing a circlet, of gold on their heads, their trains borne by the Ladies of the Household, assisted by Pages.

THE REGALIA. St. Edward's The Golden The Sceptre Staff, borne b/ Spurs, borne by with the Cross, a Lord in Waiting; a Lord in Waiting ; borne by a his Coronet his Coronet Lord in Waiting; carried by a carried by a his Coronet Page. Page. carried by a Page. The Third Curtana The Second Sword, borne by borne by a Sword, borne by a Lord in Waiting; Lord in Waiting; a Lord in Waiting; his Coronet his Coronet his Coronet carried by a carried by a carried by a Page. Page. Page. Blaok Rod. Deputy Garter. Lord Great Chamberlain of England ; bis Coronet borne by a Page. The High Constable of The Hieh Constable of Ireland, Scotland, his Coronet borne by a his Coronet borne by a Page. Page. The Earl 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 St. Edward's The Orb, borne with the Dove, Crown, borne by the by a Lord in borne by a Lord in Lord High Steward, Waiting, his Waiting; his Ooronet attended by Coronet carried by a Page. two Pages. carried by a Page. The Patina, The Bible, The Chalice, borne by . borne by borne by the Bishup of the Biihop of the Bishop of Bangor. Winchester. Lincoln. THE KING AND QUEEN, in their Royal •g Robes of j= .The Crimson H! 2 Velvet, The 5 a furred O S »; Bishop with g.™ ™ 2 Ermine ■ re.S £ § and Bishop •»' 2 <** of Bath bordered r£ -g-g with f = e-g Gold of fg. S § and Lace, a h» §;£ wearing § 2 s= the collars Durham. ■" j= •S ■ Wells. of their a » Orders; -• j≥ Their Majesties' Train bearers, =• H followed by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household (hie Coronet borne by a Page), followed by the Groom of the Bobes.

Lords and Ladies of their Majesties' Respective Household s£.\ The Gold Stick of the Life The Master of the v Horse ; Guards in waiting; his his Coronet borne by n 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 Parse. 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 ou the south side of the Altar, beyond the Queen's chair. The Lord Steward of the Household passes to 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 State—viz., the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord 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 Anns ; 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-Arms remain at the foot of the steps ascending to the theatre. The Officers of the yTeomen of th» 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 QueeD, ascending the theatre, pass on the south side of fciieir 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 «eats, the Bishops, his suf porters, standing on each side, and Noblemen bearing the four swords on their Majesties' right hand, the Sword of State being nearest to the King's person, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Lord High Constable on their Majesties' left; the other Great Officers of State, the Noblemen bearing the regalia, th,e Duke of Westminster, Deputy Garter and Black Rod, 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 Majesties. The Muster of the Horse, the Gold Stick, the Captain-General of the Archer Guard of Scotland, the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, pass to their seats as Peers, and the Keeper of His Majesty's Privy Purse to a seat provided for him.