PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS Coronation 1953 Coronation 1953 w TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1953 THREE &m W- fe.fi "n 1 wnjSi, mm ) i ii'tfywwyi mm 1 n 1, , 1 1 1 m n n 1 mm mi Queen Was Groomed For Role From Her Earliest Childhood . ft i, t,.r'., '.'.-.A 'I v 1 " , .. - ... Monarch's Young Life Spans Quile a Distance! Official Seal F or Packages In Britain s Changing Social History By Robert Temple A the great golden coach cornri in tight, million waiting at I lie curb or by a television ! may think of the life of our young Queen. Thry may look back on the lile thai they have witched develop to be crowned on this day. They may remember that their Queen was born London townhouie not half mile from the in , a route of the procession, very early on a si yT . ; (-Si ;v -' ;.-V , V . lA-J v ..j v lint !prw morning in i -u. I he house was si i Bruton street, and was the old fashioned home in London ol the Larl (CORONATION visitors to Bond " Street tins year will find their parcel and package purchases ucjiinu an oinciai scat a c,uaiaritee Inal the nuods have been buunnt in the lamuus shopping ttioi uugliluie. 'lite sais will tie minialuie re-pruuuctiuns o a blue and golo piaujue winch Hie Bond Street Association have devised lor display in uieuioeis shops. A umu l 8u ot me plaques have alieauy been conipleleu. . 'Hie plaques have a design representative ol lue end wi lite lith centuiy Hie penuu when bond toiiucl began lu De ,Strathmore (the Wiwen t grandfather.) The Duke and Duchess of York converted a room . L I II ... . nlo 1 nursery on uir secuna rioor ol inis house which, tlmnah numhr.rH in Krulnn street Klually faced Berkeley Square. But the Queen cannot go back to look at her birthplace because the old house was 101a and demolished ome years later and '-1 princess should make nc-i oiuad now a great block ol modern olficet stands on the lile. Al- casL Siim waa umy i-i. i ne iiuvio- ikoueh the Duke and Duchesa modernized the place to come pnune u a lucuiuuiii auu a,ttiui -ilenl, it is itrange to recall that even iuch a little while ago Hit innu'Uint'ul: uiaoy wuiiuvieu iiow ine young Pruiceu auiiuugu ihese great town housea were run with many more servants than the Princess had later when ihe managed her own home nt i very seit-twuieu cnuuwuu,u umu iniougn lilt- uidetii. Bui her voice was itmarkauie, all tnoe wno neaiu loui one. Claienre House. And when I 7 Bruton itreet wai acquired for Jfmolilion, the contractor! found in its basement a curious relic oioaucast must reniemotr nit Juke should continue hib naval j uattrci imu wiiicii nu hau put &uj .liuca eaL'iauM una uuiMy. fcu tim r'linctaa laucu lue niu&pucl a kiiauL'ty untenani luiuie wiln the htaviet xuaiJuu&iuuiUL-A. Oi! out inuix btt vas ueteiuiinea clear lam, ltsunanl tune in whici uf the Victorian age a row of 20 copper baths which each ihe uiuaacasi was more man a morning the servant used to carry to the guests' rooms and fill from hot water cam brought through the winding corridors. PRINCESS ELIZABETH as heir apparent in May 1937 after King George VI. was. crowned at Westminster. . revelation ul cnaiuclet: it wa a uniquely -modern pointer uf pcuai- The infant rrincesi wai in mat stie wuuid have an em.rci) iiew or mouLiiiiiea hume ui nt own, inaue tu ner own uesugn tu tiit neideU. il u bei-eveu tnul u me in uie uiu ui a iuiuiu shaven was at first determined that no Ijindon for only the first three particular attention should be raid ua Wuoc-ii muiv wnu luaue Lilt nonlhs of her lite. I hey were troubled monthi but ihe. at acceptauiy suctiun tnal Ciai-ence Huue, ui lue Man, biwutU to the Princess and. like any otlier child, she was taken In her pram into the park. But the people would not have it. In a few weeks Itait. was not touched by the General Strike which took place such large crowd was reeularh siaitins at the tale into Hyde Park hen. After her chmtening in ie moucinueu lur tiiu uu.ic s,uupte. Ciaienue Huue had been buui tor me uutte ut cunencA.', u.ji an eiueny idiiiaui, bu tieie ! another navai aauciuuoii', v.tu later Ocean iu tviiu aj wuuu.n VJ Day the victory culebrations found lice at liuckinnain faiace. icl all me exvileuieul tmd gaiely ol the milling crowd ouuuae the t uiacu into winch the riinct-ss iruisied on mingling did not uuue culiccal uuin ncr the lutuie ui incicdouig itspoiis.ouilies lull tuoiiieu unt-ad. uu ici loin birthday the Prmccu tiao uiiicianv come ui ag;u, and but-udtl oviuie Ihe wi vuueu, taken .ici piace un a Council ui Keency. .u lue aoatuce ul ner tallicl. fvacv oiuught Uulit. Hie Princess ucKun tu euipiuy a small priv that the Duchess had to decree the chapel at Buckingham that the baby should take hr aJrint! In the orivale eurden nn v 'ace. she travelled north for Before the Prinoevi was thiee he first time to her anctei.t heritage of Scotland. ihe house iUvu mua not t-,... lively iuie vf paici ntdiiua-tel it wa builicteui lu piur... uie piinevaa a.iu ner niuounu vtn,, 4 line hUiie ot pnvaLe apaiuiieiw. n auuittun tu lite slave diJuivtiiL'ii Glamis Castle u a noble 'tftp. gloomy, lofty and re-ilendent with barbaric history. on me kiuuuu iiuui nowever, mjuneu a grtai ate tec, canal bla.1 ol tier own lu uuk uilei nci vntaycnicnls. itiic cun,inueu to live ui uucaingnain raiace wilh a tpt'iai auile ul lourns c-l aioe loi net. Ainuiig lile dul-,cs ui reluming peace veie many There Macbeth received rib ihancs: there the ancient regalia aueiuiun auu ine frmwfM ..iUlh ui ji.i iituv, evta ol Robert Bruce lay hid. ue.oicc. . paiu jfl, ',SLr .iuvcu iniu it tu Mtty ciainuruus ' invilaliuiia 101 in iiotai laimly lu visit ca.n anu auu. she hsd herself none on s lime lournev wilh the eves of the country uoon tier. She travelled wilh her grandfather, the Kine. who went to convalesce at Bonor alter his attack of pneumonia Tr-ere the Kinz and the loddlini' tiitlo itiH strolled hand In hand for a few brief weeks In the troubled life of monarchy. Mister Arrives The creates' evenis in a child's life ire the advent of brothers and slslers. The Princess Elizabeth was soon rv:er to see the babv sisler. Marraret. h, was horn at Glamls Castle. The Duke of York was now. more than ever, i tnmllv man. A problem was diseussod in the Roval Family where shiuld the Duke of York and his familv make their homeT It mav seem to the public that the choice of a residence Is never a problem lor Kovally. But. cvoiy one ul llicii uu.iuinuns. Comfortable Home It is, and remains, the horr.e of t,. kri nf Strathmore and It :;M?' 3 LJ- . ' i lie rung ucciUcu thai lie wuuid go with the wnuie launiy 10 suu.i Africa, li was mule than a year ud b' en converted by the pre tent k-n'. .mnitfather Into a fine .lowevcr, and a rather bleak posl- md oimlortable country lesidence ciarente liuue has uuly been oy ijur tauiiiiti 4iiiue n .as uUilt nuk uiuuj itiuic tnait ..uu yt aia ayu. riie ursi was tnai at Vvuliam iv; me t.ecuua v. .,oi..et tdke uf idinuuru, int ,on Oi IJtvn Viclui.a; t.tc Lhuo vas friiite arlnui ui Cu.iuaufH. . ju lvea in ine Mail iui in a.,. eaa; ana ii(e luuiui a "uic " umuuiMii ui our uu. wai year uelure me Koyai fany tell Puruiiioulli aboard 11. MS 1 lh adnilion ol a mouern m. . uj. iliere lliat the Princess Vanuuaid on hebruui'v 1. 1U47. But ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY in 1944 young PrinceE begins busy round oi her iirst ofiicial duties. YOUIiG PRINCESS makes her lirsP broadcast- talking to the children oi England abemf the war. iint lire first lununer of her baby- the i year was vciy happy and .VI. Mid. Rtismi'mu li,i- ihe Princess. :m0 had Kami the Oucen'l roung life met the young Prince Philip of Uicece, (as he was known), in her : ' - v -:: 1 W'&- sins quiie t distance in Britain's nji'lly changing social history. fhTweri'iIie19-,n which are now s Isr-off and ilmost. histoi'i-..i ihnt with the scarlet and tiUt, tK'iU.tf tiu v tu-.u .utl pul-iua tiiuu tiuiuj kit wtvte. lue juiih 4 -4 vr sUfaUi,t tllC II.U.VUI 'Jll.i. H-iMCTT' r)d of luxury and privilege -rhiHigh thi fibric wis wearing rndtare. ,,, . Ths Duke of York, la the t King s icond son, was perhaps able to J mnn npnr V I I K m Ul I" nt liked than ever cuuiu m. p,mr r Wale. The life the Duke otYork chose as his Ideal was that t 1 quiet-living country mini v. vi interest! Iv in the care of his Mtslci tnd gardens, and the pui-iiunre of benevolent, una.ssum- H life as family ma". He hsd married utay r.ntoui-.. Bmet-Lvon, descendrd through an ftnnt lin from the kings Of Peers Busy' Picking Pages For Coronation Procession V'OW busily engaged in picking their pages are the pens ' whom the Queen has chosen lor special appointments- in ,lie fjoronaliun procession. They have to choose boys between 5ft. 3ins. ind 5ft. fi'ni. In height, aged between 10 and 15 Most peers have no difficulty in finding someone sui'aU", But Lord Haslni(!S. who holds one ol the Spurs, is "quite woi ii"d." No one he knows flu. The other Spur-holder, Lord Churston, has no such dilli-culiv. Says his wife:, "He has the perfect page a nephew. William (Jrosvenor, Lord tbury's son. "lie Is 12 years old and at a prep, school. He is very good-lookina and very obedient. And he can wear the same suit as the last page wore in l'-OT." l.ord Portal, wartime chief ot the RAF, has made an original choice. He has asked lor Winston Churchill Jun., the Premiere 12-year-old grandson. Mrs. Pamela Churchill has not yet replied to his Invitation. She will llrst consult lather Randolph and then sound grandfather Wlnslon. , Other choices' Lord Salisbury his nephew, Hugh Cecil, 11 son of Oxtord don Lord David Cecil: Kicld-Marshal .id Alexander-his younger son, Brian, now at Harrow. 1 he duties ol pages? They walk betiind thir peprs carrying the coronets. A moment belore the crownin;j they hand thee over and retire to their places. Scotland. And. under the Influence ,u Attiuio.ui anu uu ji,u uUa ut miiicu tu ai'e ine yuuim uui.c u.aL. u.iim lluiui lUi d Ul.ci avu,y. x .vuncuiuei wfuuuiij! vv a iiiie 1U11'. 11 vtt (M-'lllUUS L..C ituMtJ't.-i.. kcicuiaUun teuiiuuu nuu oecn iui keneiatiuiu 4 tie atniwop.itjie vtu. one ut aijuiil aiiv.it anu ,aiv,ijr. i he 1 itiicc lutuiiKu iu oaliu iiiiynam iui chiiatmaa with ttu iUiauy, UK it-, pia.i iui ptL.ttn, s-iai cice 1 iuuae ui ot uei v c v ayain uieUaMra. rue uumou..!. :iau alieauy inspetvitd lue 110 -jv liiurouKiiiy. ineie v& a gca auai lu ue done a. id lue r'n.c .uitipiauieu ab mum aa ny utov nuiuuie peiauii ot ine; iuwiic vtln whiui hex uecuiutiuiu wui. v.onipleteu. U 1 Me re nt OeiKiii .lie and the Uuke- had dilleient dcj.Kiieta pitpaie plan iui Uiv.. at pa. ale utuiX''ouiib. ine tun. eiei L taaa aunieLiiiiiK lalliti and inleniiuuaiiy naval ui Ut uuKe a tuuin uiU a yielding aiu teiUAeU eueel 111 pastel tii.ouis u tue rtiuceaaa own aiiiia-iuoiti tsuuii, uu.tvei, litVAa came lua. the iltee j S eiiugeineiila hu t his wife who was liter io oe 9un. he idopted much of the lir snd the manner of a Scottish laird. Certainly Hie family life ol ths York household was very far Iron Msvfair'i glittering round. Kl her. their life, and so the life of the Princess, was traditional snd conducted with a simplicity rut must have made the childhood ol the Princess hanpv and well-related. The little girl was in "is charee ol a Scottish nanny n same who had cared for her mother. Life in the nursery was ulivmed with delight at the 'thai of "Lilibet's" first pet loa(tei;ilonate Chows. Empire Era The lO'id's. as well as being the oeen caneeiiea. iue tountiy iiupeu . Mm h :4 a 1 1 duldhood; they wcie both, as cnu- iui an nen lu me imune. t nu. in tact Rcvall f very circum-.rihr..i. kinu George V possessed lopo vaa ieaiiz,Lo uu tMukembei 14, uivu, al tut; tveuuinii u, i iuut uvuigu anu Piuicma AiaiiuH u. iU-iis, six moiiiiib ueioit lite bum- Jiecce. uuiiiik Uiv vai caia. a numhrr of houses and these he ollered to his ns The Prince of uuiuna ntuveu mlu L.iaiunee iioasu iitlii' hau De-en iiivilv-u lu bucK ' uf extras agant parties. was the Anu the uelta told Bnlaiti thut tnej iiuoam l-aiactt lor cveiul aiioi I Wales made hl home at rorr o- , -prlr-re The Duke of York and his r'rinieb haj a ibe bauy. t't hn the Roval bantilv oe-ae conscious of Britain's over-s interests end needs. Until KlIlR nui until ne relumed uu. tvas , ., ,,... H.. had nut u rvirhess found Roval l.odne at Windsor suited their taste. diailes. ine-ie been lUolittiia iu iit-lb iliui loe riinccu ('free V announced to everyone's TO'ternation after his coronation. kiaul mel r'nuce filitlp. Kuul Charles since Hie lolncKin; bluart who seiuiied Nell liwyn liUniuur noun acciucj mai cue "at he would so to New teim, 'lift hullt hv Sir Kriward l.lltvcnsl .U-yeai-uid t-iinceas and lue n- rut a shot i tune Ihe Princess ui ' ner husband were allowed lo li- for the hurhnr. the nionnrchv had Th education of a Princess mlrht h fillin? uhiecl for argument between nhilnsophers Is It 'enrninsr that rrtnke a lust ruler? Or is it het'er that a ruler should lie unversed In srhnlnrlv art In nrrlur In enme Irt rh tn of rtiHnt? .edi-oiU naval t.eucv-iittiii - otja-uuKiim auu uasiiiug wcie lucai.j ,Mf:i,.,'.nU. Ht "rit , -, f--Vr,'! t,mmnm,m 1 iiia.cuvU. ine un ul fiiiKu u a, ew ul Vtttit-ct.', t-iiiupk K'""" n amazingly Insular But. afler f" first World War. the world- connections of Brilnin. both V'tim and oulside the Empire, las was still eallcdi were paid ever-Jwming attention bv the Roval TOUR OF KENYA finds Princess greeting Prince Ein Salim alter he had been overcome by shynccs. IS QUECH in OctoVir 1052. Eliabolh II in r-o-Tv.-., ol blacli end v.hi'.s talin -'c;:.civ5 rs;-.I l-'rV- ,' ttuiei, was r'liticu lajuid ui i4l ciiueiK wtiu huu, ruincu, a uia-iiiiKUtAiied navel caivci auu uau (nn HpHaiH Rnl. far hi iiiaiticd rrincesi Alice, a iuuu- ! , : r-i r inn " rffTillV. TV Prince ol Wales set out en travels uhioh unre In 01V him uuuuoici ol wuueii Viciwitu. C3u Ihe lile ol any young couple wi Itieu lirst-biii n. But ueioie lui. t-hilips nuvu! duties culled him Multa whc-ie lie wa apuitil "Jiniiny the Une". b'ust Lieute anl, ol Ihe inyule 'Chequeis". I was being Kiuuined lot the coi mund ol ins own Innate. the"Mii pie", whicn he took uvei in Mi. 19&U That tie was shown no pi ferentiiii Ueainienl was obviou the Pnncess hud W fly lo Man tu spend Ihe Christmas ol I'.)-, wilh him because he was nut dew tor home .tuve. The iijIiwii. I toy al Ihe Diith ol P'-iricess Anile in Auisusl litou was iiiiwsu u.iuuul-111 anu nui uuouuiiu die uuin descended Hum llitr fcioj. '"n as the Wandering Prince of r.mpire Aid when in l"27 the anon rl-r tbnt o hmr rp n' iir(ri lnrl Wfll- T'ntM venm 11 Ptinrnt.nn b nnrmnt ou1t rrlnvv1 Put nnri o rervinih11iv turf-jahIh kriit rtn hor hv th" Hhrfl- uc-en. Nu Alliiouncclii"iit The Koyal puny leit Iui Sui:i niunweann or Australia pian- ne to inaugurate Its first Pnilla-Ji'M in the new capital at Can-7r"- Australia Invited thp Duke Jf York, with tha Duphss. to ""id as his father's renresen- Allien wiinuut miiiuuuuiiu an ""on nf hnr nnrlp Kina Eriwar cnuuuuiiiuni. bui lu rmiviM TIT Lift IMvWhI 'tive. Whether the absence ol hort-lived It hud ben obvious wu. uiuiiiaiakabiv lauianl miu i J-mur nau it iikIiu.v mai Hit uutai rainii odd iiuciueu . iu itualuoiit: If nn hr fomnwtlnn nv -ll.nKsh n liwttrv Kt"W nn hr M'p loi some lime thai lite King wns ai I'niiti we I l.e&s IIihii a veal ihe uiiiiuuiicciiii-iil until uiei lue -v;. u - nfgAr ! i K Ail ..itt. m-i nnhnnnu daw 'n Cptpm. i-i incuw i ll OulhUu.v. Ihe KuVUl visit lu cuultt Allien A as uve'iwlieliinuif and slienuuus, uui a uecesas. 1 he luui ilsdil Knr 1'' tvhn wr hroVn nit Tn it lei Briloiif hart acclaimed W ic- J., .rverv tnim serious ley opciti- , r.toti. thev were once aain . v anxiously wxtching Ihe bulletin Kards oulMUe tiucKiiinhani Puiui c. . cold Ihe Kinu had cauuht enny t. p' consciousness of Ihe Infnnt "Hires, s nnt ,nf,wn. She spent " time of her parents' lournev !.''rn, Ihe world first wilh her "mal Siandparenls in Bucking- Palsee. and then wilh her "r Eiondnarent.s. the Strath-?nrw. st their Engl. sit cnunirv "ome. Prhnns It was then lusl " si was first siltinj un "nd nl ,s herself, that there he-.11 L,ne vprV real and cleat meaiil uavellimt lu.uuu nines in twu months. I lie h,u,n. desPUe ,n lUil developed into inllu nu I-a tnd a le iimnlhs laler he uniier- Vtj, Atnl a lunu nieratmn Foi a st.oil t ..- -IM hnvm n hf ihe already uainiui aisatineiiun ui Ins I, -us. was elelui mined lu e-unl- .,m1nnnn nt hff HI" WhT uletu Hit- wHule oi ui am. His tM if monn In MlW H"" f,,r,s Wuecii and his duujlttc-is Invd In time he seemed to raHy. ana nc lusted in carrying out a mvy lake some ol m ouruen uoni nun. 'mt npnortl'nn tn TMV ?""T Mhnnitnn, mrf ihrsif fnr fun "iriment "".mi or-iweer between the Prince' ,. i,ieht..f nil Iwtn hv IhP a Ih "nd her ernndmnther OnHri rth'-tA'tctv It WW fin nPUPt 'fir TVImTc p.v thn P.k nl rpmtltf wore nn 4nr Pinlm tfc"l wnrp fvpn PorP snr-'nnwvt inn hn Imnospd np , M"r.v- Certainly we enn u. ,:. "II Ihroaeh her ehildhourt Ihe "''"Princess being taken nu and """he hand in hand with the minified, cultured Wueon Huke and Duehes- of York Zl L"lv ,nu,lrt 'I a wrench to he vo 'rnfn theii "'."M ehter. When I hey reltirn"d i'u.. ii. trHhlv nvr -; " ' v:-''' -i: t . . 5 Sn- I I h' '3; I t: . . ! -i I ' It"" Z ' ' . . A L tourainu.e of public appearances, out it was a wan lired-loi'Kins man who walked on to the runway it London airport in January lat ar to watch hts daughter and el hUKlauit take oil lor lour o, -RSI Ali'ica and Australia. A few days later Prince Philip took his wife 4or a walk In til? grounds of the house built lor them as a wedding present bv the people of Kenya. He .told her what a shocked world already knew. Thot same evening the girl who had arrived In the Colony a few days before, laughing and gay. w a flying home bereaved to hei mournlnc family to fore rtfr In ihe suininci ul mi m en Kanemeni wa annouiie-cd Harlia nicnl gave Us uliiciut saiie-liun tu the Diuuusfd marriaiie ol the heiress uresuinullve. ana Prince Philip ol Greece almiiduiitrl his claims lo the Grefk throne and rut fiireiun title and Oeian.e U Philiu Mo iiil'mllcn KN unlil he was en-nolilcd bv his luiuiH father-in-law tu lake Ihe title Hie Uuke ol Mm burh The date ol the weddine was fi.xed lot Nuvenihei W. Immed- inlelv thi. Pi ess was taccd with uu-Hl doineslii resoonsibilities As the helrc to the throne she would have to keep' an official household in an ollicial residence. She aUo wanted to maintain a " cot'nirv home. 11 had been decided that the "''s had sltofldv hee'n mnde fnr Ilium M? ho-sl'S- hr, wrr ppetrtftod Ih" to move Into ami! her town ne1H ihrsm pii-H "Hh rrrnil- In k wl,'''h- to Lond'incrs. enme ! "ssoontert vvilh the two T? 'I wa 145 Picen'tlllv I ""use n hv no ntenns tin If -f n 'n ih rt,,M mtnnrr - Mi nnv n"t fl-tt-rt Men.fle,r tn'n wnioih.np ""f1 .Ul n tn . mt" T'"n m 'p t' u--" i.,ii !"sl anolher nld-rnshioneil ,'" nus. ,n t In- rnvv nt the stnulh inn -i trtHn rs'lrr Pl"r. GUEST Or PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN in Wash- ington ai part of a thre day tour of United States. " J ON CANADIAN TOUR in western Canada Princess and her husband examine gilt from ; Indian , tribe. it. pari. -! pleend v Queenship and to open a new chapter in the history, of the Commonwealth. , . neslrovd hv a hnmhiirln" rnr PncAM nf nrn"",', ,n nr euplRJ Europe) that Hie your.. '" ar;. The Duchess of YorK