Before his accession, George had been known as Prince Albert, Duke of York; his regnal name was chosen in honour of his late father. The official record of the ceremonial, published in the London Gazette, describes the seating plan: "The Lords Spiritual were seated on the North side of the Area, or Sacrarium, the Lords Temporal in the South Transept, and the Dowager Peeresses and Peeresses in the North Transept. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949. This official souvenir programme was sold at 1 shilling, whereas the gold stitched production with 36 pages and therefore more information was sold at 2s.

The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen

The coronation of George VI and his wife, Elizabeth, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, Emperor and Empress consort of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Wednesday 12 May 1937. The procession was broadcast on the BBC Television Service, which had only been operating since the previous November. In the mid-1920s, he engaged speech therapist Lionel Logue to treat his stutter, which he learned to manage to some degree.

in length, making it the longest coronation procession up to that time; crowds of people lined the streets to watch it, over 32,000 soldiers and sailors took part, and 20,000 police officers lined the route.

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The newly formed British Broadcasting Company wished to record and broadcast the event on radio, but the Abbey Chapter vetoed the idea (although the Dean, Herbert Edward Ryle, was in favour). Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, edges and corners a little creased and worn, surface of covers a little grubby, staples rusty, surrounding area stained, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear. Two days later, he wrote again: "I really think it would gratify her if you yourself proposed the name Albert to her. A large complement of British merchant ships ranging from ocean liners to paddle steamers were also present. The Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office then handed the regalia to the Lord High Constable, who in turn handed them to the Lord Great Chamberlain; the items were then handed over to individual peers, who are listed below.His elder daughter and heir presumptive, Elizabeth, took on more royal duties as her father's health deteriorated. Major (George) Raymond Seymour (1923–2010), grandson of Lord Ismay, and later an assistant private secretary and equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The coronation was commemorated by the issuing of official medals, coinage and stamps, by military parades across the Empire, and by numerous unofficial celebrations, including street parties and the production of memorabilia. While the King and Queen were in the chapel, the Officers of Arms arranged the procession out of the abbey, which was similar in form to the procession into the abbey. His mother, the Duchess of York (later Queen Mary), was the eldest child and only daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, and Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck.

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The Statute of Westminster 1931 had already acknowledged the evolution of the Dominions into separate sovereign states. In the words of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) George Hardie, the abdication crisis of 1936 did "more for republicanism than fifty years of propaganda". Ten British battleships and battlecruisers were present, and for the first time at a coronation review, four aircraft carriers.

An infatuation with the already-married Australian socialite Lady Loughborough came to an end in April 1920 when the King, with the promise of the dukedom of York, persuaded Albert to stop seeing her. Both were uniquely constructed streamlined express trains, with the intent of matching the level of luxury surrounding the event and the royal family. Although the reign of the British monarch begins on his or her succession to the throne, the coronation service marks their formal investiture.