EGYPT’S KING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 247, 30 July 1937, Page 5

EGYPT’S KING

INVESTITURE CEREMONIAL. YOUNGEST REIGNING MONARCH. A BRILLIANT GATHERING. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) CAIRO, July 29. Scenes of great enthusiasm marked the investiture and acclamation of King Farouk of Egypt, whereby lie becomes the world’s youngest reigning monarch. Huge crowds lined the route of the procession from the palace to Parliament, where a brilliant gathering, including the Queen Mother and Princesses, witnessed the taking of the oath ceremony in the Chamber of Deputies. There was no coronation, as modern Egypt has no crown. King Farouk was 17 years of age last February. WESTERNISING INFLUENCE. WOMEN’S FACES ALMOST UNCOVERED. (Received This Dav, 10.45 a.m.) CAIRO, JTuly 29. Significant of the westernisation ‘of the East, the faces of women were almost uncovered at the investiture of King Farouk. The Queen-mother, princesses, ladies of the court and others wore small white gauze veils, covering only the chin. The King took his seat oh a throne of gold, green and velvet, overhung by a canopy and surmounted by a massive crown. This and the crown outside the building, held aloft by four eagles 40 feet high, were symbols of the King’s office.

Prominent among the sightseers were sheikhs and fierce-looking desert tribesmen in flowing robes.