1937-05-12 [P A-5]

COST OF CORONATION RUNS INTO TENS OF •- MILLIONS A__ PRICELESS JEWELS IN GREATPARADE British Government Spends New Ruler Seems Destined Koh-I-Noor Diamond in $2,000,000 on Entertain- to Follow Footsteps Queen’s Crown Alone Val- ment and Incidentals. of Father. ued at LONDON, May 12 (/P).—1The cost of $10,000,000. today's coronation pageantry runs into Bs tire Associated Press. By the Associated Press. tens of millions of dollars—in govern- LONDON, May 12.—A quiet, serious- LONDON May 12.—Diamonds that whose ment and private funds. minded man, youthful face be- have left a flashing trail across the 41 was the It ranks as the most expensive one- lies his years, focal figure history of centuries, velvet so rich for the adulation a day show in the history of modern today of half bil- it requires three weeks to make a society. lion persons in his coronation as their yard and gowns embroidered with Revenue from the coronation sea- King-Emperor. pure gold thread which sewing girls son, direct and indirect, is estimated Studious, reserved, soft-spoken, not have stitched for months’—all were es high as $500,000,000—with over- given to flippancy in any form, George on parade today at the coronation of seas visitors contributing a good share VI seemed destined to follow closely a King. Of that. in the footsteps of his father, George From Queen Elizabeth to little and aside from V, ever obedient to tradition and the Financially, quite Princess Elizabeth, who may one day and and austere of the ruler of a pomp ceremony splendor, duty quarter star in a similar scene of regal pomp, VI of the earth. the coronation of King George the women of the royal family made has been out in dollar of his Britain's spelled large Stripped royal robes, a rare pageant of purple velvet, monarch stands as a man who signs. family ermine, jewel-studded gowns and glit- To the a 40- his own fireside and give general public prefers country tering gems unequaled since the World time it took the home life to the minute show—the splendor of palaces. War toppled kings from their thrones. coronation to any In he is of procession pass appearance good height, From the crowns of their jeweled the given point along route—required straight, angular almost, with slender heads to the heels of their handmade months of preparations and pound face, generous mouth, blue eyes and slippers, they were royal mannequins notes the basketful. dark blond hair. His features are by for English dressmakers' and jewel- and $2,000,000 Government tost. steady well controlled. There is ers’ arts. still a touch of shyness in his manner. As a coronation it is more costly cv» aLteinpLcu 10 estimate me Denied Robust than any Britain has known. The Constitution. value of the gems which blazed from government will have spent $2,000,000 An absteminous, vigorous life has their heads and throats, although the him a before it is over, in arrangements, in given sound body, although ill- famous Koh-I-Noor diamond, flash- building grandstands for 80,000 per- ness during his undergraduate days ing in Elizabeth's crown, alone was has sons. in police and traffic and in the denied him a really robust con- valued at $10,000,000 at the great ex- entertaining of foreign royalty and stitution. hibition at Hyde Park in 1851. He other distinguished guests. is thoroughly democratic and as The 106-carat gem, for which Sul- Duke of This compares with a million dol- York he spent a period every tans fought and died, made a fiery at lars for the coronation of King George year the boys’ camp which bears center for the Queen's new platinum his V in 1911 and $1,202,000 for that of name, swimming, playing and liv- crown, which glittered with diamonds George IV, the most expensive up till ing the ordinary life of the camp. from the regal circlet to the orb and As a now. naval officer—plain Mr. Johns- cross surmounting its purple velvet To build grandstand seats—for a ton during the World War when he cap. stood in a 40-minute procession—the govern- gun turret during the Battle Ivory Satin Dress. ment allotted $700,000. The royal of Jutland on May 31, 1916—he gained Queen Elizabeth's dress was of household alone spending $500,000 the respect and admiration of both ivory Elizabeth. satin embroidered in with the in entertainment of guests. Ad- Queen King George VI. —A. P. Photos. sailors and brother officers. gold floral emblems of the British Isles and miralty expenses, including the coro- He came to the throne well-versed the Dominions, and peppered with nation naval review yet to come, run of white embroidered tribute in the problems of Britain and the shimmering satin, quickly swelled and deepened diamante so that it flashed to more than $100,000. in the down the front in a panel of pearl and in volume. empire through a knowledge gained But this a small light. represents only “gold-wheat" beads. When the at last turned from practice. He knows British in- royal party Over it went a robe, or share of coronation costs In their en- from contact with its 6-yard train, MILLIONS HONOR But for the Queen, the high point to leave the balcony King George was dustry personal of tirety. Individuals di- royal purple velvet, lined and bor- participating of the historic service in the the last to operation and social problems by see- lay go. dered and caped with the ermine that rectly in the coronation—peers and firsthand what is to be ancient words of prayer intoned by Both he and Queen Mary evidently ing remedied peeresses and others—have spent a has marked royal robes for centuries. the of were moved. Albert Frederick Arthur George, sec- Archbishop Canterbury: deeply The stately Queen too, was embroidered in with combined fortune on clothe;. Private ond of It, gold this Mother, greeted with a tremendous son Hung George V and Queen firms have amounts in Multiply thy blessing upon a crown, the double "E" which is spent large' OF was December MRECALLED Mary, born 14, 1895, in servant Elisabeth ovation, seemed almost to decorations. All the of Lon- thy ready weep. Elizabeth's cipher, and the floral em- boroughs York on -•- cottage the grounds of don allotted for their own blems of Britain and the dominions. money Sandringham House. decorations, for street parties for Elizabeth Is First Scottish Queen Mother Mary, who defied tra- Edward in Poor Health at Is Descendant of Sent to Naval School. children, for special coronation fes- Coronation FREE STATE BANS Hanover dition to see her son crowned, was a tivities. Ruler Crowned in In company with the then Prince of brilliant regal figure. As she moved Abbey Time—Little Excitement and Member of House he Immense Revenue. CORONATION FETES Wales was instructed by tutors in down the abbey aisle with erect bear- in <Continued From Fourth Page) French, singing, dancing and riding. ing and measured tread, the masses of To more than compensate in most 800 Years. Marked Event. of Windsor. He played foot ball with the lads of jewels she always has loved to wear cases, however, there's the coronation By the Associated Press. cessional there was no escape from Sandringham village; led the life of burned like the lights of a at revenue, which spreads all through Rejoicing and Ceremonies of (As a young Canadian-born By the Associated Press. city night LONDON, May 12.—A smiling com- the rain. any normal English boy. from her head and throat. British trade and industry. Railway newspaper man, Sir William Goode, LONDON, Maj' 12.—King George VI, moner shared with her royal husband So Northern Ireland Contrast i At the age of 14 he was sent to Diamonds on Neck. companies, ca- tightly hemmed in were the an Associated Press writer third of of Sparkle steamship companies, the of staff sovereign the House Wind- homage millions today for her crowds that those in rear- naval training school, and for five Above her famous terers, restaurants, hotels, dress- only the from 1896 to 1904, covered the coro- sor, can claim blood with pompadour blazed coronation as Disapproval. relationship Queen in Westminster most ranks and in the more remote years ashore and afloat studied the lore the diamond-studded diadem portion makers, wine merchants—all share in nation of King Edward VII at nearly every reigning monarch in Abbey. DUBLIN, May 12 (A>).—In Ulster, of the of the crown she wore at the money Thousands side streets could hope for a quick Westminster on navy. When the World War her own being spent. Abbey August 9, Europe. 1 In the of Northern Ireland, bonfires, bunting, coronation 26 of workers throughout Britain have breath-taking splendor escape to dry clothes and shelter. 1902.) started he went to sea with his ship, years ago. On her the fervour and In South- Descended from the old German benefited. coronation scene, the girl who Others faced hours of before flags, rejoicing. but late in 1917, after he had been neck sparkled more diamonds. waiting House of Hanover was Lady Elizabeth was ern Ireland, the Free State, official through both his forced ashore Silver and diamante Bowes-Lyon, heavily burdened streets and convey- BY SIR WILLIAM GOODE. ; by gastric disorders, he embroidery In detachment and aloofness and father and his mother, George never- a dedicated to the high position she ances could dissolve the immense protest, was transferred to the naval branch cascading design of roses and LONDON (4s).—England was a theless is a member of the British could scarcely have dreamed of when disapproval.

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