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Royal Gems From India Africa and Spain Shine in Coronation
Eight thousand invited guests will view the crown jewels for King George VI's coronation at Westminster Abbey. The Kohinoor from India, the Black Prince's Ruby from Granada, and the Star of Africa from South Africa are among gems set in the royal regalia. The procession routes from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey are mapped, then back through central London. George I, a German by birth, began the Georgian line, leading to the present king.
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London
George VI
Scots Guards
Tower of London
England
Westminster Abbey
Treasury of England
Henry VIII
India
Punjab
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandria
Queen Mary
Granada
Pedro
Castile
Black Prince
Vittoria
Don Pedro
Pretoria
South Africa
Dominion
Edward VII
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Mall
Whitehall
Abbey
Victoria Embankment
Trafalgar Square
Pall Mall
St. James Street
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
Regent Street
Oxford Street
Hyde Park
Constitution Hill
Royal Palace
George I
George
Hanover
Ernest Augustus
Sophia
James I
Georges
Grenville T. Emmett
U. S
Netherlands
Parliament Square
Parliament Building