Coronations Gallery

Rev. Dr. A. C. Don, Dean of Westminster

The Dean of Westminster, according to ancient traditional rights, assists the Archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of British Sovereigns, in particular at the Unction, the Investiture, the Crowning and the Administration of the Holy Communion, the most solemn moments in the great service. Our portrait of the Very Rev. Alan Campbell Don, K.C.V.O., Dean of Westminster since 1946, shows him wearing the historic cope which was made for the Coronation of Charles II. Dr. Don, who was born in 1885, is Dean of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. He was a Chaplain to the King, 1934- 46, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret, Westminster, 1941- 46, and Chaplain to the Speaker, House of Commons, 1936- 46. Date: 1953

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Romanian coronation 1922

The coronation of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania at Alba Julia in Transylvania on 15 October 1922. There was no historical tradition of coronations in Romania. A church was specially built for the religious service that preceded Ferdinand's coronation: the ceremony itself took place in the town square. Queen Marie, typically flamboyant, arranged the ceremony and designed the costumes. Her crown was based on a fresco of the legendary Princess Despina Doamna at Curtea de Arges

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Coronation/Herbwoman

The King's Herbwoman, assisted by six maidens, strewed flowers and herbs in the path of the King - this picture shows Miss Fellowes at the Coronation of George IV

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