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BRITAIN'S
LASTGASPOF
JOY
ANO SPLENDOR
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
W HY
did Britain stage it? The royal wedding of the Prince of Wales
was the most colorfu l and glorious show
any nation could produce. The answer has significant connection
wit h the Second Coming of Christ.
T
HE GRANO
and glo–
r ÍOUS royal wedding
cost the Queen and
Br ita in severa] mil–
lions of pounds. Britain is
now in economic depression.
One wou ld think the nation
cou ld ill afford so ext rava–
gant a show of pomp and cer–
emony at this time. Yet that
is undoubted ly the very rea–
so n the government d id
afford it.
No ot her nation on eart h
could put on so glorious a nd
colorful an extravaganza.
lt
was
a spectacle unparalleled.
The British have the equip–
ment: the gorgeous horse-drawn
state postilion landau, open car–
riages and state h orse-drawn
coaches in bright gold trim, with
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red-coated gold-braided coachmen
r iding both fore and aft. All were
drawn by two or four of the finest
horses- with horsemen in bri ll iant
uniforms and cost umes parading
at a trot down the Mall , lined
with brilliantly uniformed armed–
service men, and accompanied by
gaily uniformed mounted police,
on the flag-bedecked procession
route.
The bright sunny July morning
provided a spectacle seldom wit–
nessed . There were severa! such
coaches. They paraded British
royalty. Earlier, by motorcar, had
proceeded many of the crowned
heads of Europe, Crown P rince
Akihito of Japan, and the C rown
Prince of Jordan , brother of King
Hussein- both of whom 1 know
personally. Also of my acquain–
tance were Prince Rainier and
Princess Grace of Monaco. King
Baudouin and the Queen of Bel-
gium were there. Although 1 do not
know them, l am well acquainted
with the King's father, King Leo–
pold 111, whom 1 hope to visit
again.
T he service was held at St. Paul's
Cathedral, officiated by the dean of
the cathedral and the Archbishop
of Canterbury, Robert Runcie.
Assisting were the Roman Catholic
Card i nal and the head of the
Methodis t Church in Britain . The
spectacle in St. Paul's, all shown on
color television, was equally bril–
liant.
T he precise timing of every–
thing, the professional d ignity with
which it was all executed, neared
perfection.
It was estimated that a million
people lined the Mall and Fleet
Street, Jeading from Buckingham
Palace to St. Paul's, and shouts
were loud, vociferous and enthu–
siast ic.
It
was a t remendous psy-
The
PLAIN TRUTH