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170 THE BLACK PRINCE'S RUBY.
and
his Queen, Caroline of Brunswick. When, therefore, it became known that
the Queen was not to be crowned along with him, her partisans were very
indignant. The King was in the Abbey in the middle of the gorgeous
ceremony when amid the frantic cheers of the multitude Queen Caroline
drove up to the entrance attended by Lord Hood. The doorkeeper however
refused her admittance, and after a long parley the Queen was obliged
to turn away. Meanwhile George iv. was going through the fatiguing
foolÂeries which he had insisted upon reviving for his own
glorification.
Six
long hours the ceremony lasted, and as the day was very hot and the
King very fat, he spent most of the time wiping his streaming face with
dozens of pocket handkerchiefs which were constantly passed along to
him for that purpose.
The
crown for this occasion was large, costly and very heavy. It weighed
nearly seven pounds and was made by Messrs. Rundell &
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