Every Maundy Thursday (18th April), it is an English custom to distribute specially minted small silver coins--4d., 3d., 2d. and 1d.--to a selected number of old people, the value of the gift to each equalling in pence the age of the ruling sovereign. This year the Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth attended the distribution at Westminster Abbey, and the above air mail picture shows them leaving after the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 4 May 1935, Page 16
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