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Show MILLIONS MADE A NOTE OF THESE FOUR... . - " "' i ; I . r' " " Dl. SCAN DAVIDSON, 11-year-old nephew of the Duke (if Norfolk, the Karl Marshal, was the first to climb the steps of the throne in tile Abbey yesterday anil honour the Queen. Alter the Queen hail been lifted to the throne, Duncan p ctured on the right dressed i" satin, silk, and lace, walked from the south transept, faced the Queen, and howed. With courtly grace and no sign of nervousness he climbed the live gold-carpeted steps to the throne. He laid at the Queen's feet the scarlet and gold cushion on which the Archbisl op of Canterbury, royal duke;, and peers knelt to pav homage. Then he stepped aside and, one after the other, he took in turn the coronets of the Dukes of Kdinhurgh, Gloucester, and Kent, Millions of TV viewers watched his calm and dignity, his faultless backward retirement down the steps at the end of the ceremony, and his own bow of homage. |