"Look Inside" illustrations from ROYAL CORONATIONS
from Royal Coronations, photo caption: "The portrait of Edward VIII...had to be hastily adjusted when the king abdicated in 1936. The invoice stuck over the new version indicates that Albert Collings was paid 21 guineas to change the head of Edward VIII for that of his younger brother, George VI.
from Royal Coronations photo caption: "A picturesque scene...as the peeresses in the congregation simultaneously put on their coronets at the moment Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.
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