At about 10:30 am, George left Buckingham Palace with his wife Mary. They were in a huge procession, leaving after the smaller processions of royal guests for the wedding and the rest of the royal family. 50,000 troops took part in the celebrations that day, many of them walking in the royal procession.
Many people wanted to celebrate the coronation and had parties. Houses and shops put up bunting and decorations, and some towns had fairs and races. Lots of schoolchildren got half the day off, and received special coronation mugs with some sweets in.
A photograph of the coronation decorations on a street in Weston-Super-Mare
Tea parties were very popular, partly because Queen Mary was famous for them. Some of the food served might have been sandwiches, biscuits, fruit cake, ginger cake, chocolate cake, scones, currant buns and coffee éclairs. You can download your very own recipe card for making scones here:
