Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1919 — NEVER WORE ROYAL DIADEM [ARTICLE]

NEVER WORE ROYAL DIADEM

Seven Queens of England Who Remained Uncrowned on Account of State and Religious Reasons. There have been seven uncrowned queens of England. The first was Margaret of France, the second wife of Edward I. Money was scarce in the government coffers at the time, and Edward could not afford the expense of a coronation. The Pour later wives of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn’s successors —Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr —were never publicly crowned as queen consorts. Perhaps it was because Henry thought it would cause ridicule to have coronations occur as frequently as his marriages. Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, being a strict Catholic, refused to take part in a state function which would compel her to partake of the sacrament ac cording to the rites of the Church of England. Sophia Dorothea, the wife of George I, and mother of George 11, was never recognized as queen of England. and therefore cannot be classed as one of Britain’s uncrowned queens. Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of George IV, was not permitted to be present in Westminster hall at his coronation.