1953-06-13 — Page 4

́THE CHINA „MAIL, ‹ SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1953.

LONDON CORONATION SCENES & SIDELIGHTS

THE supreme moment of the Coronation, The Crown of St. Edward, held by Dr Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is placed on the head of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen holds in her. left hand the Rod With Dove (for equity and mercy), and in her right hand the Sceptre With Cross (ensign of kingly, power and justice). (AP)

THE Queen, with the Imperial State Crown upon her head, leaves Westminster Abbey at the conclusion of the Coronation service. Her magnificently embroidered train is borne by her six Malds of Honour, who are dressed in white embroidered with gold and silver, The Queen's gown is embroldered with the emblems of the United

Kingdom and Commonwealth. · (Express) ...

PATIENTS and nurses fill balconies and windows of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hackney Road, as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh drive through London, on the first of their state drives after the Coronation. (Reuterphoto).

THE Prime Minister, Sir, Winston Churchill, beaming happily, arrives at the Abbey with Lady Churchill to play his part in the historic ceremony. (Express)

PART of the Scottish section of the infantry contingent in the Coronation pro- cession. In centre foreground, nearest to camera, is RSM Boyde, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who is well known in Hongkong. (Army News).

OUTDOOR revelry in London's Trafalgar Square on Coronation night as crowds celebrate the Queen's crowning by dancing in the streets. (AP)

Party Rules

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the Coronation, and Mrs.

Marshall engaged in an animated scene with Sir Winston Churchill at the door of No. 10 Downing Street when they went to lunch with the Prime

Minister.” (AP);

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LEFT: The, Chief of the' Imperial General Stai General Sir John Harding, on his mount just before the procession, 1^hi

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