This section offers an interesting combination of looking forward... and backward. Queen Victoria has died, and the focus of the "media" is on the new king and queen. From the perspective of this website, it also means that our era is more or less over (though I admit to adding quite a few articles with a Victorian theme that were published well past 1902). In many respects, the Edwardian era had already come - one has only to look at the fashion section to see that "Edwardian" styles had replaced Victorian styles by the 1890's. At the same time, it offered Victorians a chance to look back over their history, at coronation traditions that had endured for centuries. And this site is all about looking back!

The Royal Champion of England, by Jennie Day Haines (St. Nicholas, 1900A)

A traditional part of England's coronation ceremony.

Our New Queen: Queen Alexandra, by James and Annette Mason (Girl's Own Paper, 1901)

"The story of the life of the 'Sea-King's Daughter from Over the Sea'"; several lovely portraits.

Coronation Designs for Fancy Knick-Knacks, by Leirion Clifford (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

The Coronation of Queen Victoria, As Described by Two Who Saw It (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

A retrospective occasioned by the coronation of King Edward.

Coronation Robes of Our English Queens, by the Rev. T.F. Thiselton-Dyer (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

Coronation Vestments: The Sword of State; The Wedding Ring of England, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey (Good Words, 1902)

Edward VII: The Man and the King (Good Words, 1902)

Flags to Fly for the Coronation, by A Lawyer (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

The King: His Prerogatives and Disabilities, by Michael MacDonagh (Good Words, 1902)

The King's Champion, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey (Good Words, 1902)

The traditional role of the king's champion was to "challenge to mortal combat all who might gainsay the paramount claims of... the King."

Not on the Coronation Program (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

Some historic coronation mishaps.

Our Queen Alexandra: A Pictorial Biography (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

Photo collection of Queen Alexandra.

The Regalia of England, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey (Good Words, 1902)

The Scotch Regalia, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey (Good Words, 1902)