QUEEN'S TRAINBEARERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 19

QUEEN'S TRAINBEARERS

KING'S COUSIN INCLUDED

SIX INVITATIONS ISSUED

The Queen has invited six ladies to carry '. her ' train at, the Coronation (states fthe "Daily Telegraph"). It is understood that they include Lady Iris /Mountbatten; the 17-year-old daughter of: the Marquess of "Carisbrook; Lady Ursula Manners,'/elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, who is 20; Lady Elizabeth Paget,' second >. daughter of the! Marquess and Marchioness 'of Anglesey, who is also 20.

| Lady Ursula Mann-sn- is a keen rider. ; to hounds.*: She had a narrow escape from1 drowning in 1935 when her horse, slipped' from: a bridge into a flooded ditch when' she was out with the Belvoir! Lady Iris Mountbatten, who is a cousin; of the King, was. a bridesmaid to the Duchess of Kent. •-. Queen.Elizabeth is following the precedent set by Queen Mary, who had six ladies as train-bearers at the Coronation in' 1911. Queen Alexandra's train was carried by pages. . . , The train-bearers; with the,Mistress1! of the Robes, take a prominent part in one of the most impressive .'moments of the entire Coronation. After- .the Queen has been anointed and crowned she walks slowly from the Sacrarium towards the King/s Throne.and makes an obeisance 'before :him. ".':.:"■ //-■ ,' ~" As she does; so :the'Mistress .of'the Robes rand'^the ;'six'train-bearers;: bow ■with her' and'-then: range'themselyesbehind the /Queenvas; she -.takes ? he* place- on her, -Throne.. '/ v ■.;;"&-*:'■■•;•"■>& •' . '•: \ : ' -IN -ASMEKW^]' -, Work is now nearihg completion1 on the elaborate telephonei'systeni /.which Post Office engineers,rare- installing.:in ■Westminster. Abbey ;arid;.atVStJ,James's Palace for "the,' Cbronationrvvi "■'■}}■, ::: ;' I -..When1 it is; complete!:ali: the irnain points, on the processional-route,; a number of keyi positipnsVin^ihesAbbey, Buckingham" Palace, "and: the Earl Mar- , shal's office -will be. linked .together. Six /specially selected ;;:6peratorsjjwill be-in charge of ,the:'maih exchange, at St.- James's PalaceVswhich -will/have the'; i riumber-..Whitehall ;4422;S ;■; ■. _•' j

■Stands at the tfollqwing,'points' will also be ,connected:;Jwith,-;the' board: House's of v Parliament; --, Embankment,: Parliament Square, Duke of York's Steps, the.Mall,".-Constitution Hill, Hamilton^ Gardens' .Marble: Arch, and' Grosvenor;;Gate;/ Q: '-."'■ V;.,,';,;";•■:■.••;

: One operator will,.be stationed at a special switchboard 'in 'the'; Abbey, itself. He. will be able to speak to: another operator in .the Annexe at the West Door, while a, first-aid station: outside the Abbey will be included in the telephone network also. ' As the. Crown is placed /on the King's head the, operator at; the Abbey switchboard will teleph.bne^.o.tp ~St. James's 'Park;!:'the': Tpwerj^anajWindr sor. Castle, and give: the signal for the salute to be fired. ...