Americans in London Attend Coronation Festivities
A wide American presence watched the coronation procession from London hotels and streets. Notables including J. P. Morgan associates, ambassadors’ families, bankers, merchants, and social leaders gathered at lodgings such as Gloucester House and the Carlton to view the pageantry and share remarks on the scene. The parade drew praise for its grandeur and conveyed universal peace.
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John Fowler
Ralph Shainwald
New York
Hermann Oelrichs
James N. Jarvie
Kenyon V. Painter
Carlton
John J. Sinclair
William A. Nash
Col
Col. Sinclair
F. J. Middlebrook
C. Tiers
Willis §. Paine
Frank Scott Gerrish
Isabel Jex
William Strauss
Miss Strauss
Robert A. van Wyck
Judge Coyne
Marc Klaw
Ritz Hotel
G. D. Widener
Philadelphia
Amsinck
Miller Graham
William Draper
Sam Newhouse
Seward Webb
Astor
Berkeley Hotel
John Nicholas Brown
H. T. Duryea
Oscar Insigi
William du Pont
Whitney Carpenter
Robert Chapin
R. M. Fairbanks
Hubbard
Wiborg
Robert Sands
Otto H. Kahn
Piccadilly
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
W. H. Moore
Clarence Moore
Frederick Townsends Martin on London's royal procession
Special Cable to The New York Times from London reports Frederick Town send Martin’s impressions of the royal procession. He describes sleepless hours on Piccadilly, the crowd’s patient vigil, and the nation’s 1800 years of glory felt in the moment. He notes crowd enthusiasm arose before the royal carriage and reflects on the king bearing the crown’s weight alongside his people.
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Martin
England
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Newcastle
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Westminster
Eet
York
Archbishop of
Canterbury
King
India
Coronations Contrasted in London and Westminster
Frederic Harrison in The Times recalls 1838 and 1911 coronations, noting similar essentials amid vast changes. He praises public order, imperial scope, and enduring monarchy while detailing pageantry, royal regalia, and the ceremony’s solemn ritual with modern crowds and military organization.
Processions to Westminster Abbey in London
Three processions moved toward Westminster Abbey on June 22. The first carried royal guests in fourteen dress carriages drawn by royal bays and blacks, with coachmen and scarlet-liveried footmen. Trumpeters and Royal Horse Guards led the parade as crowds cheered ambassadors and princes.
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Royal Horse Guards
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United States
France
Germany
Unofficial Inspection Sparks Hope for Peace
The speaker recalls an unofficial and surprise inspection in his car, noting the French and American envoys as popular and the Japanese prince as respected. He says he will sleep tonight with better hopes for the immediate future and for continued peace of the civilized world.
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