Chapter 713 The Elizabethan Era Arrives
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"When the sun rises tomorrow, England will usher in the Age of Elizabeth."
Alan Wilson, who came home from work for dinner, enjoyed the cooking of his wife Pamela Mountbatten and said with a smile, "Except for the London citizens who are expected to go out on the streets, 60% of the citizens will watch the Queen's coronation through live television. , the rest of the population will listen to the proceedings on the radio."
"The Comet airliner has been prepared and will send a documentary of the entire process to the Commonwealth countries and major colonies. The company has been notified by Whitehall!" Pamela Mountbatten got a glass for her husband who was talking happily and said to herself The situation here is, "The Navy's ship review will be held later. After the live broadcast at Westminster Abbey, there will be a total of eleven aircraft carriers together with the Commonwealth fleet. Ridgway has accepted his father's invitation to watch."
"I hope the general can successfully achieve his goal." Taking the wine poured by his wife and taking the initiative to have a drink, Alan Wilson asked with a smile, "My dear, I wish our country can go well."
Tomorrow, the family will celebrate the Queen's coronation ceremony in different places. Mountbatten will attend the ship review, and Alan Wilson will rush to Westminster Abbey.
Of course, no matter from any aspect, after the sun rises, the whole of Britain will become a sea of joy.
At the same time, Mountbatten and his wife, like their son-in-law, were full of expectations for the daytime coronation ceremony.
He also wanted to take the opportunity of the ship review to meet with Ridgway, and lower his profile to meet with Eisenhower's subordinates during this war period. Discussion about rearming Germany and Italy.
Through the words of his son-in-law, Mountbatten knew that the presence of the Royal Navy was quite embarrassing in the cabinet. This was not because of the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore that visited to participate in the ship review, although this heavy cruiser has a displacement of 17,000 tons.
But in the short term, the Royal Navy may not start building new warships, except for the nuclear submarine program that is being planned. This is all to divert military spending to the needs of the Royal Air Force and ballistic missiles.
Of course, there is also the Army. Even if Britain is an island country and has a naval tradition, at this critical moment, the Army's investment cannot be reduced. The choice between face and life is still clear to the cabinet at the critical moment.
If the current standing army of 800,000 people can be maintained, it will be a victory. The navy will not purchase new weapons for the time being. This made Mountbatten very helpless. He was finally only one step away from the First Sea Lord, but the navy was in a secondary position. He felt that the imperial army was not in vain.
With their own emotions,
Countless Londoners fell asleep, waiting for the dawn to come, including Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, as well as Princess Margaret, a nuisance in the eyes of a certain civil servant.
Of course, London breaks free from the shady world, and this significant day has officially arrived.
On the morning of June 2nd, today was not a bright and sunny day. The sky was dark, like a precursor to heavy rain. But this cannot stop the enthusiasm in the hearts of British citizens. Everyone knows the significance of this day.
The 16th Duke of Norfolk was already waiting at Westminster Abbey, assuming the responsibility he had held since 1386, arranging the coronation ceremony for the new king.
"If you give me another single lens, a top hat and a civilized stick, I can go back forty years ago." Alan Wilson, like a puppet, kept turning and driving as his wife Pamela Mountbatten fiddled with her. A joke about the classic image of Britain in the eyes of other countries.
"This kind of occasion must be more formal, right?" Pamela Mountbatten looked at it for a moment and commented with satisfaction.
"But I am the group of people outside the church, standing and cheering with the overseas commissioners, not the nobles who entered the church." Alan Wilson was not complaining, he didn't care about this kind of thing.
"I'm also curious, why are you standing outside?" Pamela Mountbatten heard this and asked in confusion.
Of course it was for the sake of progress, but Alan Wilson did not say so directly, but talked about Mountbatten also hosting the ship review. The division of labor is different, and there is no excuse for this for the sake of the empire.
In the morning, Buckingham Palace maids, cooks and gardeners gathered in the Great Hall of Buckingham Palace to watch the Queen make her way to Westminster Abbey.
The whole of London seems to be temporarily free from intense work. All classes are eagerly awaiting the Queen's coronation ceremony. Off the Thames River, a huge army is reminiscent of the Royal Navy in 1914. The huge fleet for the ship review has been assembled, including two heavy aircraft carriers in post-war service, 11 aircraft carriers, and the battleship formation of the battleship Vanguard, waiting for the start of the ship review.
Aerial photography aircraft kept circling over the fleet during the parade, recording this scene.
King Farouk I of Egypt was also by General Mountbatten's side. He was in a good mood and asked his royal photographer to take a bunch of photos with the fleet as the background. It is used to reflect the lack of fear of power during this visit to the UK!
At this moment, the streets of London are crowded with more than two million people. London has never seen so many people. Near Westminster Abbey in London, tens of thousands of people have set up tents to spend the night just to participate in person. to the ceremony of the coronation.
Reporters from major British newspapers were already waiting outside the church, preparing to broadcast the coronation ceremony in real time to let the world know that the Elizabethan era was coming.
The weather was not good, it was drizzling in London, and outside Westminster Abbey, many officials from Whitehall were holding umbrellas and whispering, but the sudden rain did not disturb the coronation ceremony for even a second, neither to reporters nor to the crowd of citizens. So true.
British citizens living outside London watched every move of the coronation ceremony through television broadcasts.
The Archbishop of Canterbury crowns Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony dates back centuries and displays all the pomp and pageantry of the greatest royal celebrations.
All royal paraphernalia such as the royal orb, scepter, holy oil and the Great Crown of St. Edward are on display. The new queen had fully rehearsed in advance and looked dignified and generous during the ceremony.
Queen Elizabeth's coronation dress was sewn with gold and colored silk threads and decorated with diamonds, crystals, pearls, amethysts and rose-colored gemstones. It took six embroiderers three thousand hours to complete. The dress also features patterns characteristic of Britain and the Commonwealth: Canadian maple leaves, Pakistani wheat ears, South African lotuses, English roses, Welsh leeks, Scottish thistles and Irish shamrocks.
The Queen's husband Prince Philip, in front of everyone, expressed his loyalty to his wife who became the Queen. Inside Westminster Abbey, countless nobles in luxurious clothes followed Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to pay allegiance to the crowned Queen. The Duke of Edinburgh stands next to the Queen as he becomes the first member of the royal family to pledge allegiance to the Queen.
Outside the church, under a field of umbrella flowers, there was another scene. Whitehall officials held an open-air office.
The overseas commissioners holding umbrellas around Alan Wilson were also talking about their jobs.
"The momentum of Farouk I coming to London this time has made the whole of Egypt very concerned. He wants to talk to the cabinet about the Suez Canal issue."
"The situation on the Gold Coast is generally stable, and we have reached an understanding with the new leaders of the independence movement. However, it cost a lot to bribe them."
"Soldiers, especially officers who participated in world wars, have always been the key targets of the colonies. For example, the local officer class in Nigeria has at least reached an understanding with the colonial government."
"We all expressed our intention to leave the country in the hands of trustworthy and reliable people at the right time."
Burke Trend was opposite the group of overseas commissioners. Looking at Alan Wilson who was surrounded by them, he had a strange feeling in his heart, but then he stopped laughing and secretly sighed that he was thinking too much.
When the Archbishop of Canterbury raised the Crown of St. Edward high in the air, then lowered it and placed it on the head of the undisputed Majesty the Queen, the whole of London and even the whole of Britain burst into a uniform cheer.
In this crowded and economically strained island nation, people are always complaining about themselves, complaining about politicians, the weather, prices, and foreigners, who need something or someone to make them proud to be British.
As Elizabeth sat on the throne where Edward I once sat, with a crystal ball and scepter in hand, and answered the Archbishop's question with "I do" as to whether she was willing to shoulder the burden and make the sacrifice, the words echoed across Westminster Church, spread to the streets and across the ocean, everyone firmly believes in it.
It unites the British people. Everyone was staring at the delicate and elegant black-haired woman in the center of the picture.
Queen Elizabeth, who was wearing a heavy dress, slowly walked out of the church at this time. The crowd outside the church was immediately silent. The Whitehall officials outside the church all put away their umbrellas, and the tips of the umbrellas touched the ground, as if they were all tall and tall. The knight of the sword came to express his loyalty to the queen.
Queen Elizabeth bowed her head slightly and got into the golden carriage. The carriage drove towards the cheering crowd. Thousands of soldiers in crisp uniforms, some on horseback and some on foot, marched for several hours. A quarter of Londoners braved the rain just to witness this scene and enjoy every minute.
When he saw the enthusiastic people on both sides of the road who came to watch despite the rain, *** still smiled and waved to the people along the way.
Off the Thames River, a huge fleet review has been launched under the auspices of General Mountbatten. There are also formations of aircraft flying low in the sky. The Royal Navy fleet is celebrating the arrival of the Elizabethan Era in its own way.
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