CORONETS TO BE WORN

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 357, 11 February 1937, Page 2

CORONETS TO BE WORN

By Peeresses At The Coronation. The Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, as foreshadowed in the “Daily Telegraph’’ on December- 14, has issued orders that coronets will be worn by peeresses.' attending The Coronation of King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth. His orders, issued in the “London Gazette’’ for the drefcs to be worn by peeresses repeat the directions of the orders given for the Coronation of King Edward VII., with important addition concerning coronets. This change in the official Order is made necessary by the ceremony of the crov.’ning of the Queen at the forthcoming Coronation. It is at that moment In the Coronation service that the assembled peeresses put on their coronets. Coronets will be according to the degree of the peeress —ranging from the circle or rim with six silver balls upon it worn by a baroness, to the duchess’s circle with eight strawberry leaves, all of equal height. The Order further states: “And that the caps of all the said coronets be of crj'mson velvet turned up with ermine with a gold tassel on the top.’’ Feathers and veils will not be worn, but a tiara must be worn. The “Gazette” also contains an Order for the dress of peers in the same terms as that issued for the Coronation of King Edward VIII.