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Procession from Albert Hall, Windsor to St George's Chapel
From 10.55 am, Members of the Royal Family arrive at the foot of the West Steps where they are greeted by the Lord Mayor and conducted to the Great West Door where they are received by the Chapter, the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of York before being accompanied to their places under the Dome.
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Engel, Matthew (2 July 1999), "Something for everyone as Scots at last put history behind them", The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 September 2022 , retrieved 14 September 2022 Goodey, Emma (5 February 2022), "Accession Day 2022", Royal Family, archived from the original on 20 February 2022 , retrieved 8 September 2022 In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted, and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union. [83] In November 1956, Britain and France invaded Egypt in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to capture the Suez Canal. Lord Mountbatten said Elizabeth was opposed to the invasion, though Eden denied it. Eden resigned two months later. [84] With Commonwealth leaders at the 1960 Commonwealth Conference The Duke of York will also miss the service after contracting Covid, as will the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, who is also ill with coronavirus. He will be replaced by the Archbishop of York, the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell. a b "Indian group calls off protest, accepts queen's regrets", Amritsar, India: CNN, 14 October 1997, archived from the original on 3 May 2021 , retrieved 3 May 2021
The Procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch
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