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The King's royal procession

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photo of the King's royal procession

The King's procession passing through the nave of the west door of Westminster Abbey, after the coronation. The King, now in his robe of purple velvet, is wearing the state crown and bears in his right hand the sceptre with the cross, and in his lef the orb; all peers are wearing their coronets.

Copyright photograph: The Daily Mail, London<
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book 1937