(In the mean time, the King attended and accompanied as before, the four Swords being carried before him, shall descend from his throne crowned, and, carrying his Sceptre and Rod in his hands, go into the area eastward of the Theatre, and pass on through the door on the South side of the Altar into Saint Edward’s Chapel; and as they pass by the Altar, the rest of the Regalia, lying upon it, are to be delivered by the Dean of Westminster to the Lords that carried them in the procession, and so they shall proceed in state into the Chapel. The Queen at the same time descending, shall go in like manner into the same Chapel at the door on the North side of the Altar; bearing her Sceptre in her right hand, and her lvory Rod in her left.) (The King and Queen being come into the Chapel, the King, standing before the Altar, shall deliver the Sceptre with the Dove to the Archbishop, who shall lay it upon the Altar. And the golden Spurs and Saint Edward’s Staff are to be given into the hands of the Dean of Westminster, and by him laid there also.)
(The King shall then be disrobed of his Royal Robe of State, and arrayed in his Robe of purple velvet, and wearing his Imperial Crown shall then receive in his left hand the Orb from the Archbishop.)
(Then their Majesties shall proceed through the Choir to the West door of the Church, in the same way as they came, wearing their Crowns: the King bearing in his right hand the Sceptre with the Cross, and in his left the Orb; the Queen bearing in her right hand her Sceptre with the Cross, and in her left the lvory Rod with the Dove; all Peers wearing their Coronets.)
God save our gracious Queen,
long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
happy and glorious,
long to reign over us,
God save the Queen!
Thy choicest gifts in store
on her be pleased to pour,
long may she reign!
May she defend our laws,
and ever give us cause,
to sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!
An English Coronation 1902-1953
