King George VI Coronation Tray
c. 1937This tin tray was made to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who were crowned at Westminster Abbey on 12th May 1937. The tray has a central picture of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth but also includes small oval pictures of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in the lower left and right quadrants. The pictures were based on colourised black and white photographs from the time. The back of the tray is gold coloured but the whole tray is very tarnished.
The coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was performed at Westminster Abbey on 12th May 1937, the date that had been scheduled for the coronation of Edward VIII.
King George VI was born as Albert Frederick Arthur George on 14 December 1895. He was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947 and the first head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949.
Albert was the second son of George V and only ascended to the throne as George VI in 1936 after his brother Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.
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Below the picture of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the wording
Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Below the picture of Princess Elizabeth the wording
H.R.H Princess Elizabeth
Below the picture of Princess Margaret the wording
H.R.H Princess Margaret Rose
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