George VI in coronation robes: the Robe of Purple Velvet, with the Imperial State Crown Size:M: 60 x 40cm Ruins of the banqueting hall

Ruins of the banqueting hall of Haberdashers' Hall

The rumours had the effect of bringing attention to the fact that the British needed to prepare for self-defence and gave further impetous to the Volunteer movement

with a carriage and sedan chair

Queen Victoria at the City banquet at the Guildhall banquet

George VI in coronation robes: the Robe of Purple Velvet, with the Imperial State Crown Size:M: 60 x 40cm Ruins of the banqueting hallGeorge VI in coronation robes: the Robe of Purple Velvet, with the Imperial State Crown, 1937. A coloured plate from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, (London, 1937).