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Queen Elizabeth Ii Proclaimed
Topic Started: Sep 7 2008, 08:15 PM (215 Views)
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March 23rd 1952

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The accession of Queen Elizabeth II was publicly proclaimed with ancient pageantry yesterday throughout Britain and in many parts of the Commonwealth. Earlier the Queen, at her first Privy Council, had made her Accession Declaration, and had pledged herself to uphold constitutional government and to advance the happiness and prosperity of her peoples.
In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, traveled by road to Sandringham. Last night the coffin containing the body of the King was taken from Sandringham House to the neighbouring church, where it will lie until it is brought to London on Monday. It was announced yesterday that there will be no general suspension of work on the day of the King's funeral, but it is the Queen's wish that a two minutes silence should be observed during the service.

BRIEF MOMENT OF PAGEANTRY LONDON SCENES
The public proclamation of the accession of the new Sovereign was made in London yesterday with befitting pomp and colour. Outside St. James's Palace, at Charing Cross and Temple Bar, and from the steps of the Royal Exchange, the proclamation was read by one of the Officers of Arms. It was read at the Tower of London by the governor, Colonel E. H. Carkeet-James, and from the balcony of the Middlesex Guildball, Westminister, by the High Sheriff of Middlesex, Mr. J. D. Craig. Royal salutes of artillery carried the tidings far and wide among the citizens.

It was the first occasion of pageantry of the Queen's reign, a momentary note of rejoicing interposed between the long- drawn mourning rites for King George. The first keen grief at the King's death is not yet purged, or even assuaged; nevertheless, by old custom the flags were run up yesterday to their full height for some six hours from the time of the earliest reading of the proclamation. In London the sun itself seemed conscious of its status as a symbol of the mutability of existence, and behaved accordingly. Now it was in, now out, now hidden in light clouds. As the guardsmen, in grey greatcoats and bearskins. were lining the Mall and the approaches to Friary Court, on the east side of St. James's Palace, the grass in the park was still smudged with lingering traces of a light fall of snow in the night.

Towards II o'clock the sun waxed stronger, then vanished till the end of the brief ceremony, to come out cheerfully again for the concluding words, "God Save the Queen," and the National Anthem. The music was played by the band of the Cold- stream Guards and the second half of the verse was taken up by many voices among the great crowd.

READ FROM BALCONY
The proclamation was read by Garter King of Arms, Sir George Bellew, from the balcony of the palace overlooking the yard. The centre window of the room behind had been removed, and prompt on the hour the chief personages came out and ranged themselves in line. At each end stood two state trumpeters, next to each pair a mace-bearer (one of these in naval uniform), and in the centre the Kings of Arms, Heralds, Pursuivants, and Sergeants at Arms, with the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Halifax, High Steward of Westminster-a row of gorgeously appareled figures.
Mr. Churchill was watching from a window to the north of the courtyard; Cabinet Ministers and other eminent spectators looked on from the battlemented Tudor skyline, of an architecture at once martial and domestic, or from a stand on the south side of the yard. The trumpeters sounded a fanfare, and the troops presented arms. In the crowd all men's heads were bared as Garter King of Arms, before a microphone, read from his parchment. When he had ended he and his companions removed their cocked hats, the regimental standard in the courtyard was lowered, and the band-whose drums, like the standard, were draped in black-played " God Save the Queen."

At 10-second intervals there came from Hyde Park the thud of guns, firing a 41-gun salute. A few minutes later the procession left St. James's Palace for Charing Cross, departing by the north entrance to Ambassadors' Court and moving down Marlborough Road into the Mall. CROWDS AT CHARING CROSS ROADS- LINED BY GUARDS Long before the procession was expected at Charing Cross the roads and pavements surrounding the statue of King Charles I were packed with a mass of people, including many foreign visitors with cameras. During the waiting a sharp wind swept across Trafalgar Square, streaming out flags flying mast-high on the surrounding buildings; for a moment the sun broke through the clouds, but faded weakly as the wind renewed its vigour.
The way of the procession was lined by the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, as far as the junction of Buckingham Street with the Strand, and from there to St. Clement Danes by the Ind Battalion, Scots Guards. At the foot of the statue of King Charles I were grouped the Corps of Drums of the Brigade of Guards, and, opposite, at the head of Northumberland Avenue, the band of the Grenadier Guards. All trumpets, drums, and colours were draped. Shortly after 11.15 the "Blues," the Royal Horse Guards of the Household Cavalry, clattered beneath Admiralty Arch from The Mall and across Trafalgar Square towards the Strand. In a car which followed rode the High Steward of Westminster and the Mayor of Westminster (Mr. A. Sciver). Then came four closed carriages in which were the Kings of Arms, the Queen's Heralds, and three Pursuivants, with the Sergeants at Arms carrying their maces. The coachmen and footmen were arrayed in red cloaks, with black silk hats trimmed in gold, each with a black cockade. Behind were four state trumpeters and, at the rear, the red-coated and white-plumed Life Guards of the Household Cavalry. When the last of the four carriages stopped at the statue, the hood was lowered, and the Lancaster Herald (Mr A. G. B. Russell) read the proclamation to the throng, his voice being relayed by loud-speakers.
Waving his hat, he ended with the prayer, " God Save the Queen."

The state trumpeters sounded a fanfare, and the band of the Grenadier Guards played the National Anthem. Throughout, the crowd watched motionless and mostly silent, drawing a strange admixture of sorrow and welcome from what they saw On the site of Temple Bar, the City boundary, the procession met the traditional check: a red cord barred the way of the royal messengers who bore the news from the Court in the west to the merchants in the east. Over the years the historic hindrance has been emptied of one meaning and charged with another. Yesterday the Lord Mayor and high officers made their show of usual challenge only that they might the better rejoice in saluting their new Queen.

Outside the Law Courts entrance the carriages of the Kings of Arms, Heralds, and Pursuivants halted, and, while trumpets parleyed in medieval notes, one of the Pursuivants advanced to the barrier. The Marshal of the City of London, Colonel J. H. Taylor, in crimson jacket and plumed cocked hat, rode out to meet him with the curt challenge: ' Who comes there ? " The Pursuivant answered: " Her Majesty's Officers of Arms, who demand entrance into the City of London in order to proclaim her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth LI." Preceded by the City Marshal on his charger, the Pursuivant was then conducted over the City limits to the Lord Mayor,Sir Leslie Boyce, in his robes of office, and the Aldermen and Sheriffs in their scarlet gowns. Having-received the Order in Council requiring the proclamation to be made, the Lord Mayor replied: " I am aware of the contents of this paper, having been apprised of the ceremony appointed to take place, and I have attended to perform my duty in accordance with the ancient usages and customs of the City of London." The Common Crier, Commander J. R. Poland, then declaimed the Order in Council, and the Lord Mayor directed that the mes- sengers be admitted to the City, whereupon Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, Sir Gerald Wollaston, read the proclamation at the junction of Fleet Street and Chancery Lane.

AT ROYAL EXCHANGE PROCLAMATION WATCHED FROM ROOFTOPS

The approach of the cavalcade along Cheapside was signaled to the throng of City workers gathered at the steps of the Royal Exchange by the excited cries of those who watched distant events from the rooftops and high windows of banks and offices above. During the cold period of waiting the eyes of the spectator sought out the details of the Imposing frontage of the Royal Exchange, which is a symbol of the City's greatness, to be reminded of the institution's association with two other Queens of England by the inscription: Ann Elizabethae R. XlII Condituin Anno Vietoriae R. VIII Restauratumn. - Thoughts of the past were banished by the sound of hooves, and in a trice the shining armour and the plumes of the mounted soldiers were seen. The escort rode on along Cornhill while the Officers of Arms and the Lord Mayor and his party were received at the Cornhill entrance of the Royal Exchange. The aldermen, sheriffs, members of the Common Council, and members of the Gresham Committee then assembled in the courtyard of the Royal Exchange and accompanied the Officers of Arms on to the steps of the building. The Lord Mayor walked with Clarenceux King of Arms, Sir Arthur Cochrane, and the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, Sir Gerald Wollaston. The Officers of Arms stood on the bottom step, in front of the Lord Mayor and all the aldermen, sheriffs, City officers, members of the Common Council, and members of the Gresham Committee. From the top of the steps the state trumpeters sounded a fanfare, to which the City trumpeters, stationed on the portico of the Mansion House, replied. Clarenceux King of Arms then read out the proclamation, raising his voice at the end to declaim: "God Save the Queen."

The music of trumpets again filled the air, and the trumpeters at the Mansion House provided a joyful echo. A pause, and the National Anthem was played by the regimental band of the Welsh Guards. The last notes hardly had died away before ready hands were hoisting the Union flags to the mast tops on all buildings. This was a moment of rejoicing. "Three cheers for her Majesty the Queen," cried the Lord Mayor; and with one accord the multitude in the streets, the office-workers at windows and on balconies, and the wind-beaten spectators silhouetted against the bright blue sky on the rooftops, waved their arms and raised their voices in loud acclaim.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II PROCLAIMED NATION-WIDE CEREMONIAL ACCESSION DECLARATION MADE TO PRIVY COUNCIL
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May the new Queen lead Britain and her Commonwealth to prosperity and peace!
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Japan congratulates Queen Elizabeth II with her appointment and hopes that the tight bonds between our nations can be continued as before.
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The West German government sends its gratualtions for the new Queen.

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The Swiss Confederation would like to congratulate the new reigning Monarch of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth II.
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Congratulations from the House of Mohammad Ali in Cairo.
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