In 1838, what happened during the coronation of Queen Victoria that nearly rendered her rule invalid?

elburcher

Under Salic law, however, no woman could be monarch of Hanover, a realm which had shared a monarch with Britain since 1714. Hanover passed to her uncle, the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, who became King Ernest Augustus I. (He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III.) As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus also remained the heir presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom until Victoria's first child was born in 1840.[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom Jul 18 10, 6:55 PM

star_gazer

Very interesting elburcher! But what I was looking for concerned Victoria's specific coronation: During the ceremony, the Bishop of Bath and Wells turned over two pages of the order of service by mistake, missing out important parts of the ceremony. The Queen had left Westminster Abbey before the clever Sub-Dean pointed out the error. She had to be brought back to finish the service properly. I feel sorry for the poor guy who had to explain that to her. Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838 was a badly messed up affair...The archbishop of Canterbury shoved a ring on the wrong finger of Victoria, which ice-water couldn't get off; the Bishop of Bath and Wells missed out two pages of the ceremony and Victoria had to be called back; Lord John Rolle fell down the stairs, (as depicted in John Martin's painting at the top), and noblemen touching her crown smacked it so hard she got a mild concussion. On the basis of ceremonial competence, Britain should never have had a Victorian age at all. http://martinmeenagh.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html Jul 18 10, 10:06 PM