[GEORGE VI (1895-1952, King of Great Britain), and ELIZABETH (The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, his Queen)]

Typescript address on their coming Coronation by Sir Percy Loraine, (1880-1961, from 1917 12th Baronet, Ambassador to Istanbul), to the British congregation, talking of the Empire as now "a free association of free peoples ... the greater the freedom the greater the responsibility", and besides their prayers for the King asking them "by your friendly converse with the inhabitants of this ancient country" to show "that ... good neighbourliness ... and international. harmony are as much a part of your heritage as your rights and privileges as the King's subjects", given at the Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, title and 7 single sides 4to, British Embassy in Turkey, 9th May



Item Date:  1937

Stock No:  53199      £125

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