CROWNED BACK TO FRONT
' EDWARD VU
NEARLY DROPPED.
Incident Recalled Of Earlier Coronation.
Press Association —Copyright. Received 11 aim. London, Feb. 4. How King Edward VII was crowned back to front, was relat. ed by Mr. Lawrence Tanner in a speech at Westminster. He said that the Crown was handed over with difficulty by the Dean of Westminster to the equally aged and infirm Archplshop (of Yorfci It wat feared for a terrible moment that the Archbishop of York would drop Kt The Crown shook above the King's Ihhad but, howdver, the Archbishop got it on though it was back to front,
But it did not matter, because everyone was thankful that the Crown was actually on.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 352, 5 February 1937, Page 5
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117CROWNED BACK TO FRONT Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 352, 5 February 1937, Page 5
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