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Together in stately, aweâ€"inspiring procession along the route arranged for Coronation Day, the King and his Queen passes towards Buckingâ€" ham Palace. Queen Elizabeth, carrying the Sepâ€" treâ€"with Cross and au Ivory Rod with Dove, passes to the West Door of the Abbey. The Coronation Crown then changâ€" ed for the imperial State Crown, since St. Edward‘s Crown is used for the Coronation only. Before St. Edward‘s Ailtar King reâ€" moves his mantle and Sacred Vestâ€" ments, ard is clothed in his Robe of Purple Velvet. At the same moment Queen Elizaâ€" beth descends from her Throne and enters by the door on the opposite side. Tae words then spoken: "Stand firm, and holid fast from henceforth the Seat of State of Royal and Imâ€" pesial Dignity." And a great silence reigns in the Abkey. ; Then comes the Royal Procession ~â€"the King, carrying His Sceptre, passes through the door on the South of the Altar into Sir Edward‘s Chapel. The King then feaves the Coronaâ€" tion Chair, and accends to his Throne, sun-oun)(_igg,by his Lords and Officers of »State. 3 Â¥ The Bible is sung. The King is addressed by the priâ€" mate: "Our gracious and noble King, we present you with this Book. Here is wisdom . ." and present him with the Bible. Prayer follows, the Archbishop of Canterbury saying, "God crown you with a Crown of Glory,‘" and the choir follows up with that memorable bymn, "Thou has set a Crown of Pure Gold upon His Head." At a given signal the guns from the Tower of London broadcasts the news that the King has been crownâ€" ed. "Solemnly promise and swear t~ govern the people of Great Britain., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zeaâ€" land and the Union of South Africa according to their respective laws and customs." For the first time, Canada will be referred to in the Coronation Oath. Since Goorge V ascended the Throne, the dominions have attained full naâ€" tionhood, and the oath has been amended so that George VI will: He must promise, too, to abide the laws and the customs of those is to rule. He must lace them all. Four times he is "presented" t« his peoples as he stands erect, bareheaded, close to the Coronation Chair. At each presenta; tion he faces a different direction, showing himself "to the people at every of the four sides." His first act is to kneel in private prayer. His second to face his peoples so that they may express their willâ€" ingness to accept him as their King. Not until, ‘with one accord of heart and voice," they have cried "God Save King George," signai that they wish him as their ruler, can he be crownâ€" ed. ROM THE moment he enters Westminster Abbey, wearing robes of red and Cap of Estate, to the time he leaves, clad in royal purple and wearing the Imâ€" perial State Crown, the King is the centre of a great religious service, which were developed at the Court of the Byzantine Enmperors, who ruled from Constantinople, after the division of the Roman Empire. Two little Princesses, daughters of the King and Coronation. _ Our photo shows the lightweight crc Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose. They mounted with the crossâ€"plate and fleurâ€"deâ€"lis. When ENGLAND CROWNS fe SIXTH GEORCGE returned, the Benediction God Save The King ! Long Live The King ! SPECIAL CROWNS FOR WEE ROYAL HEADS by he In the estimates published it is disâ€" closed that £524,000 will be required altogether, but towards this £70,000 will be realized from the sale of seats aong the route of the procession. The last five Coronations have cost: The Coronation of King George and Queen Elizabeth will cost the Treasury £454,000, a far greater sum than has been spent on any preâ€" vious Coronation. Coronation Costliest In English History the King and Queen, need special Imperial headgear for the ae s alea ns BEnl . T T p > 7 wns which are being made in London for are of silver gilt, with jewelâ€"like chasing and George IV., 1821 .... £238,238 Willam IV., 1831 ...; 42,298 Victoria, 1888 ......., 69,421 Edward VIL, 1902 .... 193,000 Gsorgs V., 1911 ..... 185,000 Comparing the estimates with those for the Coronation of King George V., the greater part of the increased cost is in the estimate of the Office of Works for the preparaâ€" beheld; Though your remembered hulls are with the coral; 1 can not think upon your might unstirred. O sacred city of the lost seaâ€"bird May we]adlth, outâ€"ransoming â€"the ports of Old, Be yours. with spiritual gold and holy laurels. Expenses estimate but not in 1911, are; War Office ....... Ait (Ministry ~...... Foreign Office ..... Admiiralty â€" ......... Offices India Office Miscellaneous in euter}.amx;xént Mu;t Royal and other guests Earl Marshal‘s Office D&n}ipions and _ Colonial Another item in the Office of Works estimate is £140,000 for the erection of stands. Other detailed estimates for this year‘s Coronation compared with the costs it 1911 are; "Decorations along the route of the procession, floodlighting and the decoration of other public buildings in London and thousands of Governâ€" ment offices in the provinces, such as Post Offices and Inland Revenue ofâ€" fices, have never been undertaken beâ€" fore by the Office of Works." work more intricate, and add. to the cost considerably. Sound amplificaâ€" tion and broadcasting arrangements are two other new items to be paid fc: by the Office of Works. An official of the department said recently: "There are a number of reasons for the increased cost. First, there is the advance in the cost of materials and labor since 1911. Then there is work for this Coronation which has never been done before. "Increasing the accommodation inâ€" side the Abbey to nearly 8,000, about 1,000 more tran in 1911, makes the tion of Westminster Abbey and anâ€" nexe and the erection of stands along the route. This ‘has increased from £88,000 to £354,000 â€"less the £70,000 for the sale of seats. M. Household, includâ€" 3 entertainment of yal and other guests £100,000 4,000 r*stsstsers: â€"~ 20,500 sssrsrrris_ _ 14,000 estimated for this a +o se e a8 se n e n e + 0 seee un ce + £1,000 ce e en e e 500 se es se s6 + 8,000 csirsres s â€"28,000 4,000 $90,000 3,500 year, 15,000 37,000 5,900 l a yeoman of the guard, invited him _ to the table on which stood a huge joint of roast beef. The supposed yoeman set about it with a will and made a huge meal. _ When the disâ€" guised king had finished, the Abbot exclaimed: "Well fare thy neart! and here in a cup of sack, I remember the health of His Grace. I would give a hundred pounds on the condiâ€" tion I could feed so heartily on beef as you do. Alas, my weak squeamish stomach will hardly digest the wing of a small raubbit or chicken." The Beef Eater then departed and a few days later the Abbot to his amazeâ€" ment, was arrested and conveyed to the Tower, when for a short time he was fed on bread and water. At length a piece of beef was put before his which he proceeded to eat with the utmost enjoyment. While he was thus enjoying himself the king enâ€" tered and demanded £100 for having . restored to the Abbot his appetite for roast beef! The Abbot paid up and was released and henceforth the yeomen of the guard became known as the Beef Eaters owing to their &a~~ sociation with this story. & The Yeomen of the Guard, popuâ€" larly known as the "Beef Eaters," march in the rear of the procession and assist the great officers of State in carrying up the dishes of the sovereign‘s table at the Coronation Banquet. ~There .are many stories concerning the origin of the term Beef Eater. The best authenticated connects that title with Henry VIII. The story runs that bluff King Hal was hunting in the neighborhood of Reading with some of his yeomen and had disguised himself in their uniform. He became separated from the party and called upon the Abbot of Reading who, thinking him to be Yeomen of the Guard ‘"Vivat Regina Elizabeth" "God Save The Queen" The sceptre which King George Vl will receive at his coronation. The" King‘s Offertory was originalâ€" ly a mark and a wedge of gold; later it became a pound of go‘ld and a pall. Palls were offered by King George V and Queen Mary. The King‘s sword was also offered upon the Altar and redeemed by the highest noble presâ€" ent. At one time the King spent the previous night in solemn v‘gil, as beâ€" fore his knighthood. The firm of service fer the Coronation of UGeorge VI lays down that the King shall take the Oath before Communion. inâ€" stead of during Communion, as in 1911. No Sermon is to be delivered, and the Act â€"of Homage will be made by the peers together, instead of inâ€" dividually. One more the hiurs and Queen are separated before side by side, they leave the sbbey to . meet the loyal cheers of their supjecs. As they enter St. Edward‘s Chapel to prepare 10r the state d.ive to the palace, the Queen crosses before the altar to use the door on the north side while the King enters the door on the south side. They meet inside the chapel. The separation is of seconds only. cloth, and an ingot of go‘ld. The gold is â€" a "markâ€"welght." approximately eight ounres She kneeis besige the King at the altar for communion, and like him ofâ€" fers up an oblation of a pa:l or altarâ€" Her anointing and crowning take place on a faldstool set between the coronationâ€"chair and the altar. Four peeresses hold a rich pall of gold over her while she is anointed on the head, the Queen‘s ring placed on the fourth finger of her right hand, and the crown placed on her head. Her crowning is le signal for all the peerâ€" esses to put on their coronets. onation, <he sees the anointing and crowning of her husband as he sits in King Edward‘s chair. on the south side of the altar. From this chair of state, which she does not leave until she kneels at the alâ€" tar for prayers before ner own corâ€" With him she heads the procession into the abbey, robed in purple and wearing a circlet of gold. With him her first act is to kneel in prayer at a faldstool before her chair or state She, his wife and queen, is called upon only to "bow reverently." She does not pay homage to her liege lord. as all others have done by the time she ascends her throne. Princes and dukes and the represenâ€" tatives of each and every degree of nobility have kissed her husband on the left cheek as token of their fealâ€" ND AS SHE passeth by the King on his throne she shall bow therself reverently to His Majesty. Not until the sing is on his throne does the coronation of his Queen commence. When it is ended she asâ€" cends to her own throne at the King‘s left hand, two steps lower than that of His Majesty‘s. Pound cf Gold For some time past Princess Elizaâ€" beth has become more aware of her importance for in comformity with a policy decided upon two years ago, her public appearances have increasâ€" ed in number and she has been taught to acknowledge correctly "greetings and meetings" and other public maniâ€" festations. This is a very important part in the rearing of a personage destined for an exalted position. â€" It is realized that the training of a British Sovereign cannot begin too soon. The mistakes and errorg of former queens might be very costly if repeated in the latter half of the twentieth century. Fortunate indeed is it that even as a child, Princess Elizabeth shows all the traits which have endeared the House of Windsor to a vast Empira. The most important sweration in the Service has been the Delivery of the Bible to the King, which was first performed at the Coronation of Edâ€" ward VI. The sisterâ€"Queens, Mary and Elizabeth, did not continue the practice, but it was revived in later times. _ Until King George III was crowned the King and Queen had alâ€" ways made their communion wearing their crowns; but this King began the custom of removing his crown for the moment, the crown being laid upon the Altar. From very early times the Archâ€" bishop of Canterbury has been the only prelate with the right to crown England‘s King and Queen. Once or twice this right has been v‘olated; but only in unsettled eras. Certain Bishops and certain nobles have their parts to play in the solemn cereâ€" monial; for centuries the Earls of Chester had the right to carry the Sword Curtana, the famous Sword of Mercy, which has no point, and the King‘s Champion, who threw down his gauntlet at the Banquet and "adâ€" ventured his life" against any who should dispute the King‘s right to the Throne, was, first, a Marmion of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire, and, when the Marmions died out, a Dymoke, of the same place, the Dymokes having obtained the Manor of Scrivelsby by marriage with a Marmion heiress. This was part of the Coronation ceremonies until the time of George IV. The Archbishop‘s Right a future king and solemnly crowned by Pope Leo IV himself. This legend, however, seems to have been , exploded, and we are left to find ou" mR firstâ€"indubitableâ€"Csronationâ€"ofâ€"avitihg of all England in that of Edgar in 973. i This _ serviceâ€"book contains. an order for the Coronation of a king; and though we cannot with any. cerâ€" tainty namée a sovereign who was crowned with this ceremony, we know that this is the oldest Coronation rite ex‘sting in the Christian world. It belongs to the eighth century; and the Angloâ€"Saxon Chronicle gives us the names cf two monarchs before 800 who were "hallowed to king" â€" Egferth, King of Mercia (785), and Eardwulf, K‘ng of Northumbra (795). Whether they used th‘s venâ€" erable rite we cannot say. There is a story to.d of Alfred the Great that, when he was sent to Rome as a small boy by his father, Etheâ€" wulf, King of Wessex, he was singlâ€" ed out (though only a third son) as This ~stoty, it will be noticed, makes no mention of unction or crown; it does not in fact belong to the main tradition of Coronation. Our connected story of Coronations in England must begin not with an event, but with a book, the soâ€"called Pontifical of Egbert, Archbishop of York. It telis how the saint saw in a vision an angel holding a book of glass, "concerning the apppointment of kings." The anzel appeared on three successive nights, and the book bade Columbia go to the holy isle of Ionaâ€"the Mecca of the Gael"â€"and there consecrate Aidar King of Dalâ€" riada. Columbia was reluctant, for be preferred Aidan‘s brother, logeâ€" nan; bit the angel struck him with a scourge, and thereafter he did as heâ€"was bidden, laying his hands on Aidan‘s head (as in the consecration of a bishop) and blessingâ€" him and his posterity to the third and fourth generation. The earliest record of the conseâ€" cration of a king on British soil is very dim, and authorities differ as to whether it can be rightly cal.ed a consecration at ‘all. The story comes from the life of St. Columbia, by St. Adamman; and aithouga the event to which it relates belongs to the sixth century, the manuscript is of the th:irteenth, and may have been edited in accordance with the sacraâ€" mental ideas then prevailing. The First Coronation raining a Princess