![]() ![]() He had also defeated FDR in the Democratic primary for US Senator in 1914. A prominent New York attorney, he was deeply involved in Democratic Party politics. Gerard was a particularly interesting choice. Pershing, General of the Armies Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet and former Ambassador to Germany James Gerard. Instead, he sent ministers extraordinaire to represent the United States. To this day, no American President has attended a British coronation. Roosevelt, January 5, 1937, PSF, Diplomatic Correspondence, Box 32, Great Britain, 1937-1938, FDR Library.įDR did not attend the coronation. Bingham, outlined the general view of the British Establishment (as well as his own) on the recent abdication crisis and the qualities of the new King and Queen in the first two pages of the letter below. Our Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Robert W. ![]() George VI had assumed the throne upon the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, who decamped for France in favor of life with the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. To many in the United Kingdom, the coronation was a welcome relief after the royal and constitutional tumult of 1936. In 1937, FDR was invited to the crowning of King George VI, the current king’s grandfather, the main event in four days of coronation celebrations. Saturday, May 6th, marks the coronation of King Charles III in London. King George VI (MO 1975.90a) and his wife Queen Elizabeth (MO 1975.90b) by Frank Ernest Beresford, 1937, FDR Library. ![]()
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