§ Whereas by an Instrument of Abdication dated the tenth day of December, His former Majesty King Edward the Eighth did declare His irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne for Himself and His Descendants, and the said Instrument of Abdication having now taken effect;
§ And His former Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and others, having met this day at St. James's Palace, and having directed that His Royal Highness Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York, be proclaimed King this day at Three of the Clock by the Style and Title of George the Sixth;
2236§ At a Quarter before Three of the Clock the House met pursuant to the succession to the Crown Act, 1707, Mr. Speaker in the Chair.
§ Several Members came into the House.
§ Mr. SPEAKER, first alone took and subscribed the Oath.
§ Then several Members present took and subscribed the Oath or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by Law.