The Crowning, the Recognition and the Homage at a coronation of a new Sovereign of...

The Crowning Ceremony is the culminating moment of a coronation; during the Recognition, the Archbishop of Canterbury presents the new Sovereign to the congregation in Westminster Abbey as the rightful inheritor of the crown and asks the people four times, turning to each quarter of the compass, if they are willing to do homage and serve; during the Homage, the bishops first and then the peers all kneel and promise to be faithful to and serve the new sovereign; illustration from the series of Godfrey Phillips cigarette cards produced for the Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth;