Coronation of the British monarch of their accession. Edward I was fighting in the Ninth Crusade when he acceded to the throne in 1272; he was crowned soon after his return in 1274. Edward II's coronation, similarly, was delayed by a campaign in Scotland in 1307. Henry VI was only a few months old when he acceded in 1422; he was crowned in 1429, but did not officially assume the reins of government until he was deemed of sufficient age, in 1437. Pre-modern coronations were usually either on a Sunday, the Christian Sabbath, or on a Christian holiday. Edgar's coronation was at Pentecost, William I's
Succession to the Throne Act, 2013 Dominions. The "Succession to the Throne Act 1937" stated: "The alteration in the law touching the Succession to the Throne set forth in the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intituled 'His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936' is hereby assented to." The "Succession to the Throne Act 1937", however, also included His Majesty's "Declaration of Abdication Act 1936" in a schedule, something the "Succession to the Throne Act 2013" does not do with the "Succession to the Crown Bill 2012". Bill C-53 was, along with English and French language versions of the "Succession to the Crown Bill