PRINCE
RUPERT
DAILY
NEWS
Coronation
1953
Coronation
1953
TWO
TUESDAY,
JUNE
2;
1953
Constitutional
.Questions'
Up
lo
Prime
Ministers
Single
System
of
Justice.
Unites
Empire
Nations
Qn''n
U
Sole
Source
of
Law
v
Throughout
Many
of
Its
I.aniN
The
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ire
Coronation
Stamps
Link.
All
Empire
New
IftKiie
Will
do
To
Many
Mil!on
Tlirnuclintil
Win
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Governrm-nt
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f
wnen
tne
I'rime
Ministers
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njn,
Comrno
land,
the
Queen's
Dominions
beyond
the
seas,
the
Realm
of
conrlries
gather
at
No.
10
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.
miuii
luuni
as
v.ommonwealth
economic
Policy
they
,r.
.inri
every
one,
Ihe
constitutional
advisers
f
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By
J.
A.
Alkinton
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h
hold.
l.,i
Down
E.mpire
hiirhv.-ays
mir!
luinti,-!.
in
nir
v.ommonweaitn
tn
iicnls
is
formed
in
nrrnrHmr.
uiil.
I
i
R01"-:
jungle
triiils
goes
the
fjustrvii)
reminder
and
e
love.;
to
ail
.1
sinole
Oeen
on
Ihe
conduct
of
her
policy.
with
a
one
it
Canada,
the
Union
of
Sr.ulh
Africa
and
C
ommor;
wealth
ol
Australia,
the
Union
of
New
Zealand,
the
Commonwealth
of
Pakistan
and
Ceylon
are
drawn
together
into
a
single
system
of
justice,
equity,
government
and
order
that
stems
direc.ly
from
the
F.nsrjish
monarchy.
The
Queen
is
the
sole
source
of
law
throughout
these
lands.
Across
the
extraordinary
diversity
of
the
world's
climate
tle
Q-ieen's
justice
will
be
administered
according
to
forms
ami
.'
hnnd'H
rlo
'n
from
the
Middle
Afw
to
the
Parliament
of
O.cet
Britain
nnd,
from
Westminster,
of
fVred
to
the
world.
i
'
'-
C'n-.''.i!:onnl
Monarchy
to
which
Queen
F.lir.iijell.
II
it
enthi
ined
is
one
of
the
jrealeat,
Ion-yes-
i-'r.eri
-mri
j-.dc-..
one
'
)e
most
mysterious
untitiitiom
in
thJh.Jiif.rv
ol
f.-f-.ht
It
has
been
said
recently
that
is
thai
the
tvn
ucj
spnns
the
world
and
family
,e
onimonweaiin
is
ine
most
tm-
rank
as
Die
it
,lan:
and
durante
alliance
In
Hie
and
n,.
i
r,
'
v"llh
one
in
love
and
loyally
io
tlir
,Mn,l
.k
..
.
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Queen.
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Y"v,"i.
(whirh
fl.M
Pkisrnn
and
Inrtin.
hlSlorv.
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.
""iiinioii
e!.t...
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nniuiice
wiitioui
lurniai
ooii'a-k,,s
or
written
promises,
"i-onailn.!
day
presents
a
fitting
.lenr.
In
look
closely
at
the
ii
.ue
structure
of
loyalty
to
Her
,
i.-.iv
a
"Head
of
the
Common-.i.ilih".
Last
winter
tlie
Prime
linistcr
ot
lh'
Comm-inwe.-ilih
'-x.-imlncd
Ihe
for
mulas
used
In
the
(
oronallon
.
C
e
r
e
m
o
n
v
to
sre
whether
tlieV
conformed
wilh
cur-
Indeed
our
present
Constitutional
Monarchy
is
the
Conslit..i'ii'n:ii
,
:
Monarchy
of
England,
married
I
o
!
tlie
ancient
Monarchy
''
Scotland.!
;(r.
f
I'Mfieaillrvi
and
then
extended
l,y
an
iniiniiei
series
of
a-
aohons.
nr.
allies
aim:
-
term
r.mriire
Mv,
lo
nomininns.
anr'.
.
to
T,
mnnweaitt,-,.
Pnkk(an
;
UPrn
nvi
i..
liiplomatic
ingenuities
In
meet
thr
neis
of
peotile
in
every
-
)
A
V
'XC'
4-
it
!
Xa
QunB(
tsl
.
We
flirt
not
cam
our
Coristitn-
,mm
'lie
Mv
nt
Ihe
reminder
new
stamps
one
of
the
Commjr.iveiillh'i
rare
Coronation
uusueii.
The
only
olher
of
its
kind
in
six
reigns
since
postage
stamps
as
we
knew
them
hegan
in
1840.
was
the
commemorative
ol
King
(jeorsre
Vi
s
coronation
in
l37.
The
new
stamps,
designed
around
a
photograph
of
the
Queen
taken
by
Dorothy
Wild-inH.
are
strikingly
like
a
fnmous
colonial
issued
nearly
100
years
ago
in
Queen
Victoria's
reign.
These
Victorian
stamps
were
taken
from
a
porlrait
painted
hv
Allied
Chalon,
K.A.
The
Queen
vvas
ko
pieased
with
it
she
ap-ixjinted
him
her
painter
in
watei
colors.
How
these
Victorians
have
soared
in
value!
A
New
Zeaiani'
penny
carmine
ot
lis.V,
used,
-s
priced
now
up
to
1180
(accord
""""
'""'""
(I'mioasl,
i
I
rent
usage,
and
with
Ihe
sense
of
hhe
woids
as
tlie,
are
t'l-lav
con-'
I
,!iiied.
nonal
Monarchy,
as
ome
nation,
rave,
by
"going
constitutional
:
l-ei-e
k
nn
sinr-le
vi'l'ilten
Code
of
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t'.mm.i
had
ionstitutionnl
prnitue
that
lay
T
U
e
,r.ivn
Ihe
nowers
of
our
new
-"in-
a
Lommonwenltii
n,
on
January
4.
lot,.
y
self
a
Kenuhlie
nml
H,...,.
TIipv
r.nrhpd
njain
nnp
of
thnsr
comtnomiep..
whuH
hnv
hlr'l
to
Eileen,
or
of
Parliament,
or
ot
the
etnet
n.mern
ol
our
law.
We
have
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i.
ik.
f..m..,..,ui,'.
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MitViiiM!i,
irrived
at
our
Constitutional
Mon
r.rr-hv
Iw
.1
serifs
tjf
accidents
i
ai;iian
was
n--ii:m
is.
iinttv
iinioup
(n
vmln
history.
nrise
r'irimr..,.,.n.t.
and
chances
of
history
which
we
.
.
11-
useir
was
ha.dlvknntt'noiit.l'
nay
well
be
excus-n
ininKim;
Lckv
citrines,
or
wcll-cnnt;
iveii
wirtcnls.
At
the
danger
of
a
lit'l"
amnencss
we
are
enlilled.
at
the
narrow
l!mit
of
iilian
nr.t
4
-se-
Ihe
lime
of
the
Inst
cnronaiior,
Lis....-
i-'-.i.
ret
now
Pakistan
u.k
niaie
as
one
of
th
mot
fir-
'si.iin.sneii
ccnnttii-s
in
A-ia
The
w.irds
"flead
of
the
Commonwealth."
first
used
to
meet
In
l'JIO
the
problem
of
repuhllcnn
li.'tia's
desire
to
remain
within
the
Commonwealth,
were
arcepled
by
tlie
fiime
Minlsiers
as
the
ele-xent
v
hlch
should,
he
common
to
all
forms
of
Ihe
rovnl
title
Used
throughout,
Ihe
Commonwealth.
And
from
that
all-cmiii'ins
si
undfmint,
the
prime
Ministers
WILLIAM
TH
CONQUEROR
receives
the
crown
ot
Encjland
on
Chriatmcis
Day
o(
lOliC.
His
w.as
Ihe
lirst
coronctlion
lo
inko
place
In
now
famous
Wer.lm'nr.ter
Af)hry.
"
'
"e
Tlo-lem
Wflrlll
nival
Comnufiw-'al'h.
India
h.i.
taken
a
rti'fu-
x.
ai
nut
Admiral
I,
i.oiiij
viiiiininniter
rerrwinwi
.N"W
Pclld
as
(;ov,'rn..r-Gwl
.lller
teliiKiiii.h.nn'
Ihe
omiwumi
ii
ik
i
i
niii
tniyjiaa.4
wigfi4mmmKym-mtKiti0''t','ammn
mm
nl
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of
the
title
suitable
for
use
in
the!"'"""""
vireiov.
Immnl;
rdividu.n
countries
of
the
ton
'ln
'
,lVi"
nresei.teil
in
Diet
To
Take
Pari
TMIfC
strange.-!
animal
lo
be
given
a
part
in
the
Coronation
pageanirv
is
now
being
ricaled
in
a
Chiswick
studio.
It
is
Ihe
Yale,
one
of
th"
Kit.
tall
"(jut-en's
Beast"
which
w'il
sit
upright
outside
the
ntran?e
to
lhe
annexe
of
Westminster
Abbey
All
the
111
heraldic
beasts
I
hey
include
the
Lion
of
Kng-lanrt,
I
ho
Unicorn
of
Scotland.
Ihe
Dragon
of
the
J'udnrs
and
Ihe
Hull
of
Clarence
ai
e
being
designed
by
sculptor
James
Woodford.
It
was
at
fust
thought
that
(he
Vale
would
lake
the
shajie
uf
a
rhinoceros
or
rarn.
The
designs
be.ng
prepared
by
Mr.
Wuodlord
are
still
seciei,
but
it
is
alnu.st
'certain
that
his
Yale
will
be
a
goat.
When
Mr.
David
Kc'les.
Minister
ot
Works,
liist
re(en::i
to
ttie
"Queen's
Beasts."
lie
described
t
lie
'ale
a
"the
Yale
of
the
Beaufort
s."
Further
research
has
oiselosed
the
Vale
as
a
"mythical
munsler
derived
from
F.thiopa."
was
first
known
as
"the
Kale."
The
heraldic
animals
will
follow
tradition
in
colour
as
wet
as
shape.
The
Yale
Is
expected
to
be
white
Willi
gold
spots.
It.
will
have
golden
tusks
and
a
golden
mane
and
will
be
one
ot
the
fiercest
looking
of
th-;
animals.
One
ol
Ihe
"authorities"
being
followed
in
the
production
,.i
the
Yale
is
a
Kith
century
Gaiter
Siull
plat!.-
in
St.
George'
Chapel,
Windsor,
which
bears
the
impression
of
a
Yale.
"These
animals
were
first
thought
of
hundreds
of
)"ars
ago,"
an
expert
in
heraldry
said
in
London
today.
"People
drew
on
their
imagination
to
'create'
fierce
animals
which
thev
believed
exisled
in
foreign
lands."
ninnwe.illh:
the
foimsthat
will
tie;1'.'1
laiuainenl
r-nvivint'
l
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5
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;
.
.
I
.iS-d
officially
for
the
fust
l
inei
r.rrhies
;
of
India"
Irom
Ui
Coronation
of
a
new
uueen
to
took
..aok
on
the
history
of
how
we
-ame
to
be
as
we
arc
a
United
Constitutional
Monarchy
with
.'loniininns
across
the
seas.
And
we
may
ak
ourselves
how
Britain
has
avoided
the.
worst
disasters
of
history
that
have
befallen
others
he
anarchy
of
the
Middle
Ages,
nnd
the
destructive
revolutions
ol
'lie
nearer
centuries.
Today
the
Queen
is
the
source
;t
law
in
seven
sovereign
conn-t
Ies,
and
her
writs
run
through
-nme
,11
colonial
possessions.
Imagine
the
Intricacy
of
that
government!
She
has
Coverniir-Cenerals
and
Governors,
Ambassadors
and
Residents
who
represent
her
abroad:
she
has
seven
loyal
Parliaments,
and
manv
provincial
assemblies
under
them.
She
has
Lieutenant-Governors
id
Provinces
and
Puisne
Judges
who
carry
her
justice
to
the
Polynesians
of
the
(iilbert
Islands
or
the
lonely
fisher,
men
of
the
Antarctic
Imagine
the
fantastic
intricacy
of
all
Ihe
legislation
passed,
of
nil
the
corn-T.isions
sent
forth
ami
all
the
lodgements
hanrterj
down
in
the
name
of
the
Queen'
l-ook
on
tier
l.keness
printed
on
the
postage
stamps
ot
the
world
and
marvel!
Origin
of
Rule
-
-vf
w
run
Hiscern
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dim
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law
stood
at
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the
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state.
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India.
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f
cyl.n
nnde
the
Commonwealth
v
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ing
to
condition).
An
unused
toi
mint)
stamp
is
marked
up
to
l.)7.".
Yes,
stamp
collectors
seek
the
rare
und
Ihe
beautiful
and
aie
ready
to
pay
for
them.
What
of
the
new
stamps?
Who
designed
them?
A
stocky,
genial
little
man
whose
office
window
al
Wimnledun
looks
on
a
flagstaff
flying
Ihe
Union
Jack
Name
Krnesl
James
Jackin;u-(ys.
a
lifetime
on
the
job).
Round
the
portrait
of
the
Que-Ti
tie
built
a
design
wler.-i
Her
Majesty
etiuse
from
20
sub
mitted
by
his
lirm,
Brudburi
Wilkinson
&
Co;
and
its
rivals.
The
new
stamps
will
be
used
by
millions
of
Kmpire
cituer.-
living
in
til
colonies
and
terri
turies.
Through
these
land
the
Empire
spirit
weaves
a
story
ot
courage
and
adventure.
And
the
story
of
sone
ot
their
stamps
lielungs
to
the
highest
realms
oi
philaiely.
Let's
call
on
British
Guiana,
a
slice
of
Kmpire
buunded
by
South
America
and
the
Atlantic.
It
is
a
British
Guiana
one
cent
black,
on-ivd.
It
was
issued
in
MMrm
and,
compared
wilh
the
vivid
British
colonials
of
today,
it
seems
faded,
ugly
and
worn.
Yet
it
is
the
rarest
stamp
in
the
world
This
fabuluus
piece
of
paper
Irom
the
gold-and-diamond
land
sold
for
$3tS.(tt.
(then
KtottU.)
al
a
Paris
auclion
in
the
early
HWtis
and
the
last
lime
it
came
on
the
market
ill
New
York,
1BJ0,
a
secret
deal
was
put
thiough
by
Alacy's,
the
big
department
store.
Neither
the
price
nor
the
buyer
was
named.
But
JJO.uoo
(f,14,2Sr
al
today's
exchange
rale)
Klin.Kih
II.
In
VJH.
ImliA
wai
in
11
rr
of
litimui
hf-r
rnipx
cm-'
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could
Ihe
Sovereiun
J
-
,
,
-
-
.
.L
r.'
K
:Int
A
i4lof
of
many
creed,
be
iiru-
A
.
1
i
,
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'W
17
H-
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'iveisally
rtes-imialed
'Tn-lender
uf
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c:..f-'
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I,
:
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,
,
.
,,tV
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try'-
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v
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f
.'tl'(
Further,
the
,,rm
"Dnnininn"
t,.-
,
'W
V
,
'
-JJ
A
"
'
had
heron-.e
tinarC-r,-nrde
amonj
'W
-t
'
Z-l
'
,
!
1?
rr.emh-rs
nf
the
cmrnon-v.HIh
'
?
v
..fyt
.
,
4Jf,
',
0
1
i
'-"ttilv
hi'sienine
alom:
the
mad
or
.'.
-Y
'
'
!'!.
,
-
.ecnstitutional
nVven.mt
It
was
fcC.
vjf
J
'
,
J
'
'
m'-i
'le-lled
iiH-ii
,L,
thai
iridi
rl-.sitn.il
ii-"-ri;
.i..,
ii;u
ion
itin
ill
nl
ni'-iir-
mem-
-'
"J.
'-
,
i
'i-
j.
a-
"
'-'if-
-i
-
,,,
v-
l
fff
:
:
..
O.T
suites
as
"Dominions"
should
LfRa'!,M,&"
,,'-'
'
iuf-..
.
riuar,r.,r.
disappear;
that
lhat
lk
the
f
Queen
would
iitilA
,-.
'fx
V
.
,
.
k
H"
-
-
-
-
now
rul'
tli'-r
e
,
memher
.,
,.',,,
.
'
'
'
"
J
JT
a
,....-.-..
stales
'
eparat"lv
.1.,
as
.1-'
tlfeir
own
..
ifwirtul
ccniip
tavjU'H
romp
I
unuirt
mini
uip
bmio
gins
of
this
complex
network-
of
,.
,n,4u
i
I
lllllllr
iM'HTU,
Will!
UHA"'U'
Mile
in
Ihe
simple
garnering
01
inn
Wise
Men
the
meet
thai
Egbert
the
Gre;-t
called
around
him
l.OuO
years
ago
at
Ihe
ancient
town
of
Kinuston-on-Thames.
Perhaps
it
is
unt-H
Rf-nublican
aiiira!
inns
,
.t.a
romnmmti'M
peering
too
tar
into
history
to
Kce,'
AH
lh-
rpflwlion
of-
Ihe
liuii
The
rMih
a
ih"
r
Ci
anan
ronihtjnns
nf
thr
0m-
i
.inti
n
ir.tilnxii
ill
;nrru
CORONATION
Or
QUEEN
VICTORIA
June
28.
1838.
Queen
wrot
in
her
journal:
"I.wiif.
tlton
f.eoled
upon
St.
Edwurd's
Chair,
then
followed
all
various
things."
rnonivtalfh
an
rfcnvntvti
in
thr
t
nim'd
lo
bv
Mi.
Attlet-
uu!
u'
Ihe
origin
ol
our
niiisniuiuui
among
these
rude
Saxon
prince-
ferent
from
the
monarchy
we
lings
who
made
Kingston
their
.know
today
and
yet
very
much
capital
for
the
Pillowing
2u0
years,
more
complicated
indeed
than
the
lint
i-ertainlv
ue
canniil
unriei
standi
ine
circle
of
Ihe
court
thai
was
forms
of
Ii1i
now
lo
he
wr
In
jOomftinnwallh
Mmi-tprs
'
f;(
h
inrllvidual
roiintlV
UtiniirPnrt
nf
I
I'd
,i
tv.
-..:..Per:al
.1
Kniihlic
nt
3JiK:inf
"d
9
i'i
our
own
nation
witnoui
turning
a
the
Norman
kings
had
for
hark
at
least
to
the
great
Conquest
government.
The
Tudor
monarch
Tn
iMHn-irilo
nf
..
lh
vat
iffl
f
ihn
Pmu
ii
India
n
a
of
England
hv
the
Normans.
It
had
manv
troubles
and
many
said
to
have
changed
nanus
lorrrT
of
IiU
'btipp!
on
bv
Hip
I
ihouuh,
main'ii'nfd
a
ri?1
Pifnwr
nt
their
rdtifci
oue
In
i
Inliotwhin
In
Itw
Rri
I
ish
lr
weaknesses
besides
his
wives.
Wej
and
the
stamp
is
si
ill
in
America,
need
to
be
reminded
that
he
had!
When
the
owner
took
it
to
be
virtually
no
power
to
raise
taxes,
televised
recently
he
took
an
I
mulan
nrt
fi
inlUm't
lihnt
it
rfiv
n
riMl
hv
dfTlannS
ia.
iv!
i
.t.Kin
And
hm
hers
io
be
"Hm'
j
and
neither
had
he
that
expensive
armed
guard,
loo.
This
stamp
modern
addition
to
monarchy
a
royal
standing
army.
The
kingdom
Ihe
It'nlleH
Ivinnrlnm
nl
r:ret
5orh
lire
the
VerV
nlrt
Itrllain
nwA
N,.rll,Arn
IrnlnnH
nn.l
rh.n.ic
Ihnl
hlVC
ini
fl
CSSfl-
('!
im
Hie
tnrm
im
style
m
of
her
oiher
Healms
and
rer-
was
thai,
fust,
that
made
us
a
united
monarchy
nd
gave
Queen
Klizabeth
U's
heritage
its
toughness
and
durability.
King
William,
the
victor
of
Hastings,
won
himself
the
whole
kingdom
rd
England.
When
we
see
the
chaos
of
feudal
wars,
the
haionicl
suite
that
tore
Normandy
and
Kranre
for
Ihe
following
hundreds
of
years
we
must
be
tiMiiddtil
for
that
Conquest
which
niarte
William
the
absolute
master.
One
of
ihe
first
great
assets
thot
went
to
making
of
our
const
it
ution
was
eeveial
hundreds
of
years
of
comparative
internal
peace
at
the
time
when
every
nlher
country
On
U..mireliv
inn
he
nriH-eii""
rilnries
Queen.
Head
or
the
Com
.,rr.M'nii,,n
sinre
Ihe
.-tin1
monwealth.
Defender
of
the
Fatih.
Fakittlan
Kli7.aheth
the
.Second.
the
previous
icln.
CJuecn
of
lh
Dinted
Kinedo-n
and
These
chants
could
all
h"
kM
was
dexterously
balanced
on
the
pyramid
of
medieval
society
Ihe
King,
the
Lords
and
the
Church.
Then
came
the
crisis
of
English
hislorv.
We
do
not
need
to
tell
the
story
again
the
embitlered
Catherine
cast
aside,
the
young
and
beaulilul
Anne
Boleyn
announcing
her
pregnancy
to
the
King,
the
des.perate
hurry
lo
legitimize
and
provide
Henry
wilh
an
heir
and
then
the
fatelul
or
her
other
Kealms
nnd
territories.
Head
of
the
Common-
expressed
in
tne
nemiinu'
sonorous
word
read
ul
heralds
on
a
clear
r.,ld
mon.in:
trehniarv
1HW
l
I""
lim''.r"
of'
Minlielh
II-
Itf
;1
thei
Accession
,1...
.........
I
illl.II'll
IH
,
f
I
1
H
S
'--i-'ffrfvtlte
'Continent
was
seething
tur-i
'
rrrntf-
-nt
.-tmwtftAm-lttvaWyr-olerr-)
pu.'led
Ihe
few
.mlnaker
salt
!
:
l.n
,,rlv.ii)
Of
St.
-131"
ancn
anil
iinpermanence.
i"
s
.,,.,-
wnn
1
1
mullein
uiui
plie
unwanted
girl-child.
Klizabeth.
of
ii
i
'nlace
was
the
presence
For
that
stability
on
which
the
would
inherit
from
her
father
a
il.'.n
lrn.sl
nsi'CllC
IK'HI'""
her
...
:.',
ititfh
f'imni-s
strengthened
kingdom
and
the
Kin-.-'s
peace
was
founded
we
must
llmnk
the
tough,
campaigning
I
Hike
of
Normandy,
William
the
Bastard,
.who
cotviuerert
England
er
for
the
Republic
of
I
giory
ot
a
long
and
victorious
e
.na
n
niV-
CI
V
-
reign
),..l!
rur.rac.nlntiVD
llf
The
crisis
for
our
mnnnr,hu
In
f
I
j
I
'C
'
;
.
s
f
HI
i
.
1.....1.,
i.s
niesent
fnr
the
tin
15.'!0
turned
Henry
towards
his
people,
lie
needed'
monev.
and
of
a
new
nueen
But
hi,-,
.
.i,
nss
rea
ilv
oi
gem
was
discovered
by
a
schoolboy,
Vernon
Vaughan,
when
rummaging
through
old
family
papers
In
British
Ouiena.
He
sold
it
cheap
because
he
preferred
some
flashy-lookine
foreigners.
And
thoii-.Th
he
was
a
collecloi
all
his
life
the
died
three
years
ago)
he
never
found
anolhei
"
treasure.
Whv
Is
the
stamp-
worth
as
much
money?
Because
M
I
the
iiniv
one
of
its
klird
known
to
ex-
Stamp
of
Mauritius'
J
Now
over
to
Mauritius,
iplce
Island
in
the
Indian
Ocean
Some
or
its
stamps
are
famous
and
dis
played
at
exhibitions
nil
over
the
world.
In
the
treasure
class
en
two
orange-red
penny
issues
on
nn
envelope.
Only
14
ot
these
stamps
are
believed
to
be
left
out
of
,riS)
printed
so
that
Lady
Comm,
wife
nf
the
Governor
of
Mauritius
in
1847.
could
use
them
on
her
invitations
lo
a
garden
parly.
She
sent
an
Invitation
to
n
Mend
in
Bombay.
'
Year--
later,
a
British
stamp
collector
named
Howard
bought
the
enveio-i
in
r-n
Indian
bazaar
for
ffiO
II
sold
it
to
a
Umdon
dealer
tor
I.Wt0.
The
envelope
went
to
New
Vork
collector.
Altred
Lichen
stein,
who
is
said
to
nave
re
fused
f.io.nnn
ror
it.
Why
such
an
offer?
Becai
s-It
is
the
only
envelope
known
with
two
nf
these
used
penny
stamps
on
It,
I.ichenstein's
danchler.
Mrs
John
Denny
Dale,
displayed
it
nl
a
London
exhibition.
King
George
was
showing
part
nf
his
collection.
So
was
Carol
the
former
king
or
Rumania.
support,
and
an
army.
And
he
othr
Kealms
nnd
Ten
Hones"
Ivit
omits
reference
In
the
"United
Kingdom
of
Grcnt
'Britain
and
Northern
Ielniid.''
All
Ihe
changes
were
suhieri.
nt
course,
to
the
concurrence
nf
the
Parliaments
or
'he
Commonwealth,
is
laid
down
hv
th"
Statute
of
Wetmisler
ot
l')'!l
Th"
preamble
to
the
Statute
Is
of
interest
tr,
re-cull,
contained
the
i-illo'vlng:
"Inasmuch
aj
the
Crown
Is
Ihe
clunisv
SII'II1IIA--'I
hrase-"Hcail
,
-.
!
"-
nionweall
h".
could
only
have
these
by
building
and
altoted
it
amnne
his
companies
under
a
law
that
preserved
great
rights
for
tlie
King's
rights
That
couid
not
he
insisted
on
by
the
unlucky
kings
of
France
and
Germany
for
manv
hundreds
of
years
'1
here
was
comparative
jieace
in
Kngland
because
Willinm
and
his
conquering
Normi.ns
insisted
that
private
war
was
illegal,
even
be
Some
doubters
may
"
'
"'
.ue
sirengin
or
Parliament
and
gaining
the
support
of
his
people.
Because
Henry
was
In
a
personal
crisis
the
monarchy
gained
ner-
rAmml,n.'M
th
tU-'O
1
"
'
si-
,
out
at
v
"Kmoire"
Is
iKttently
e
wilh
the
presenl-dav
nn,u
rnmmnnwMlll
"'IS
"
QUCEN
ELIZABETH
aF.'firut
openinq
of
Parliament
in
lior
rr,cin
moves
in
solemn
jiroriror.s
Itirouqlt
the
Royal
CJallry
to
Throno.
Kctrl
Alnxandor
is
in
front.
'-"iv.
iMiznnein
inherited
a
tween
barons:
that
only
the
King
.rf.....
Tiiev
mnv
sn
symbol
of
'he
free
association
of
,ri
nameninrv
system
of
govern-nient
while
across
Ihe
Channel
couid
strike
coins,
and
that
the
..
.io.
rnnnnt
the
members
or
Ihe
Dritish
Com
,e
nn,--'.,,,,,,
in
hrance.
the
medieval
monarchy
evolved
towards
the
mighlv
des.
potism
of
Louis
XIV
The
nrili.h
caie
ri
so-i'-
"'"'."
m,j
King's
justices
would
travel
Ihe
country
and
sit
in
"assize"
to
give
the
King's
judgments,
(they
were
roon
assisted
by
n
jury
to
help
India
ano
r
,i.
p,
monwenllh
of
Nations,
and
as
Ihey
are
united
hv
a
common
allegiance
lo
the
Crown,
it
would
be
In
accord
with
the
established
con
armies
taring
ne
.
Pn(!
monarchy
can
Indeed
he
thankful
quinines
nave
ion
i
mese
extremes
were
avoided
stitutional
position
nf
all
the
members
or
the
Commonwealth
In
re
Africn
at
the
tmiten
-v
recently
the
O-teen;
.
M.
a
ineni
won
local
inlormat
ion.)
Ilius
was
established
the
great
medieval
balance
of
nower
in
Fng-land
with
three
elements.
King.
acoriann.
meanwhile,
was
still
a
separate
kingdom.
It
had
nurtured
'
'
;
hn,lt
the
e;
lation
to
one
another
that
anv
alteration
In
Ihe
law
touching
the
Succession
to
tJie
Throne
or
the
linronnge
and
People.
Because
"ee".ee
''.::'
r.rwnMli
for
United
K'ni""""
''
,.,,
nnril
there
was
stability,
and
a
lair
rie.
us
patriotism
In
n
series
of
wars
with
Ihe
English.
But
hv
this
time
it
was
clear
that
Ihe
continuance
of
two
warring
kingdoms
In
one
island
was
wasteful
to
say
the
Ih.
Perific
Defence
Roval
Srvle
and
Titles
shall
here
pree
of
peace
the
great
nermanent
A::"11;
nn
important
mntler.
after
renuire
the
assent
as
well
of
to
he
et
t
iti'iiiiiunns
had
a
chance
to
grow
Ihete
riitrlclllties
hove
Ihe
Parliaments
of
all
Ihe
Do
iilif1'
Ihe
Kings
Court,
Instead
of
wand
easr
uy
good
fortune
the
two
kingdoms
were
united
hv
inhor.i.
n
i
.
l.,n
CnmmnnwcaiHi
.,n!
minions
as
or
Ihe
Parliament
ol
'"''"Vr
.....
....
nL
112
ance
in
the
person
of
Jnmes
VI
ot
Scotland
and
James
I
of
England
the
United
King-lnm."
When
Cenrire
VI
look
the
Oath
ments
Wit
no
1
1
.
nri
It.
undcrtnktni'S.
it
Is
,""
f
lacl
"'
an
attack
on
one
"
"nn,
I'
.,ii
r
lc
nssiimed.
Inrniii-
y
..rmBiiiea
two
separate
king
I
asked
Mrs.
Dale
If
the
ramtt-
doms
under
the
AJ1
mo
Linn
tV.i-'
...
1.1
1
hA
noAlnru.
r
mv
...
An
enp
.
nt
his
Coronation
Ihe
rniestinn
put
to
him
hv
the
Arrhhishnn
was
in
the
fnllowinff
rorm:
"Will
ynu
Corimonwealth,
that
"
J
,
imnT.Hnaa.,,,i,ea,'sbefor'"F:nK-,
chanpe
It.
She
replied:
"N-
!and
and
scot
and
w.r.
..niiaa
....
,.
M
:
y
M
,
.J
;
q
I
sLo
1
f.i.?
!
0
.!.'o
3
0-
flip
,,,,
i'
-
...rrtTi
rorl
's
in
common
-
i,
swr
the
past
the
greatest
,kA
.nio
i7,
.
--.
Ior
al,
lne
niinK
in
IviMyinn.
solemnly
promise
and
swear
In
So
If
vou
have
friends
In
overn
the
pennies
or
flreal
Britain
ering
with
him.
started
to
settle
and
establish
nermnner.t
ndmini-sirative
office
The
Kinc
called
hi
barons
tnpether
regularly
and
made
them
the
first
House
ot
lords
Then,
later,
other
king'
wanted
to
tax
Hieir
subjects
and
gathered
together
representatives
of
Ihe
borough
and
the
counties
lo
make
Ihe
first
Commons.
Al
the
same
time
an
agricultural
revnlu.
tinn
made
property
law
more
eom-plicated
and.
out
of
the
rigid
of
buying
and
selling
Innd.
there
grew
up
the
Code
of
Common
Law
that
Is
now
disseminated
across
the
world.
....
(;'
"i
yueen
MlinC)
inio
8
sincle
United
Kingdom.
In
our
search
for
a
Constitution
ror
our
mnnnrehu
.
Mauritius,
ask
them
tn
look
throueh
their
old
family
tellers
frelnnd.
Canada.
Australia.
New
been
home
hv
',r"".-,o,iiiilr"
sn
accepted
thnt
theOiieen
'
are
united
hv
a
mmmi
Zealand,
and
the
Union
of
South
ir
thev
find
even
one
of
these
Africa,
of
vour
nosse-islons
nnd
the
nerrlect
-the
part
played
hv
Crnm-
early
penny
orange-red
stamps
,he
Commonwealth
the
thev
will
he
Interested
to
know
system.
'the
'
,.
''ih
reset1'
CnnsriVtV
and
tl;?'J
heco
J
or
the
sterling
Cimm1
orner
territories
to
any
nf
them
belonlne,
or
nertnlnina.
and
of
V,
"
"'"'em
',
upland.
And
lliet
the
dealer
cataloeue
price
Is
vour
Kmpire
of
India,
according
In
i3.r00.
held
as
one.
This
ts
material
fflil!
account
nf
h"
'
i-,ves
a"'
'
relationship
"
inuinci''11
tr
tne
Norman
Conquest
Is
Ihe
,
c
,
,
,
,
nj,
we
mny
asK
,
how
a
movement
that
executed
King
Charles
I
in
Whitehall
could
be
said
to
enhance
the
monarchy
;
Partly,
it
worked
bv
opposite.;
After
the
experience
of
Ihe
con-'
fusion
and
uncertainties
of
renub-:
boon
vears.
the
people
of
England,
never
uanted
lo
he
without
ik..
Next
itop
Bermuda
the
Island
of
no
Income
tax
where
sunshine
and
flowers
moke
summer
out
of
winter
and
Postmaster
Peret
made
history
'.n
nhout
half
a
doren
easy
move-
rirst
pood
fortune
Brilnin
h.nt
in
account
the
em-'
'
Tuiice
Through
the
Oneens
her
hi'tnrv
which
helped
lo
mnke
the
monarchy
of
Flizahelh
11
sure
uniform
'Vstem
of
r'Z,rry.
for
Parliameniarv
demjpn(,h
their
respective
laws
and
customs
To
this
the
King
renlied'
"I
will"
Tlie
form
of
thp
Oath
will
neces-
cnrilv
be
changed
at
Ihe
Coronal
ion
of
Elizabeth
II
First,
there
will
he
no
more
mention
or
Ireland,
which
became
a
Henuhlic
tin
special
relationship
with
Ihe
Cnmmnmvealth
In
respect
or
cltlzenshinV
hv
sn
Act
nf
P,irl'-mrnt
In
10)7
The
t'nlled
Kingd
im
ments.
He
took
a
hand
pressure
and
well-loved
and
const
ilutional
Ihe
rnuris.
u
.,i.tl)1i,1.
--
t
then
the
second
stroke
of
Eond)rPr"'n
sheet-anchor
of
a
monarch!
s,nmp
f
like
the
one
they
use
In
or
lie
rights
fortune.
(thourh
It
mnv
seem
I
'lead
of
the
State.
The
English
nrnlerteil
Pff
F'ranEet.
was
'he
stnhhornneis
nf
ivi
ifir
n
.
,
twv
if
.
nuuiuiiiui
v
revolution
was
a
very
conservative
revolution,
(al-
of
Africa
tn
Ihe
in
''-'"
w.
inoueh
it
appeared,
at
the
time
violent
to
strike
off
a
king's
head)'
or
-
"
r;angcs
..iipirt
I
'
u-.,nn
The
Oiicen
as
the
post
office
to
date
a
postal
order)
pressed
it
Into
the
Ink
pad
and
then
stamped
Ihe
words
''Hamilton
Bermuda"
and
Ihe
year
"1848".
Above
the
figures
he
wrote
"One
penny"
and
below
them
"W.
B.
Peret".
These
were
Bermuda's
first
I
Commonwealth"
hrj"-
f
tr
nn
ii
continued
for
nearly
40'
vears,
trom
the
first
protest
of
Klnrr
Henrv
VIII
the
annulment
of
his
marrfaee
tn
Cnthcrino
nl
Araeon.
the
break
wilh
Dome
and
the
resultina
Impetus
it
cave
to
Rritnin's
rrentness
nnd
to
her
Parliaments.
iThe
Kineriom
nf
Knuland
thnt
fienry
VIII
ruled
was
very
dit-
or
t.reat
Britain
and
Ireland
is
now
re-defined
n
thp
United
Klnedom
nf
C.reat
Britain
nnd
Northern
Ireland.
Other
words
will
he
changed
In
the
Oath
because
there,
are
tin:
one-riiinrter
ol
tne
"'",,,,!
(re
"l
Sv
tie
iicunpnen
at
paving
an
unjust
tax
until
a
l-ina
who
wanted
to
dt..
earlh
n
J
inCtl
rtom
lhat
t-nte
his
rei?on
to
his
people
was
rmstaee
stamps.
Today
truj
cat-
lh"
p"''"'(
th.
oare.t
"
ith
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
IN
THRONE
ROOM
of
Buckingham
Palace
with
Commonwealth
Prime.
Ministers
during
h
.
Commonwecflth
Ecpnoraic
ConIxenc
in
Not.-1954.
compelled
to
flea
the
country.
alogue
prices
tham
at
f700.
three
crcal
sovereizn
ennui
tie
Unloved
hv
r-HIent
wtutli
hsv
tlit
tim
status
and
Roman
EuipuS.
.