 Lang did not disguise his relief that the crisis was over . He wrote of George VI : " I was now sure that to the solemn words of the Coronation there would now be a sincere response . " On 12 May 1937 , Lang crowned George VI with full pomp in Westminster Abbey . It was the first coronation to be broadcast . Time magazine recorded : " All through the three @-@ hour ceremony , the most important person there was not the King , his nobles or his ministers , but a hawk @-@ nosed old gentleman with a cream- & <unk> cope who stood on a dais as King George approached : The Rt. Hon. and Most Reverend Cosmo Gordon Lang , <unk> .. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , Primate of All England . " Supposedly the archbishop fumbled with the Crown but Lang himself was fully satisfied : " I can only be thankful to God 's over @-@ ruling Providence and trust that the Coronation may not be a mere dream of the past , but that its memories and lessons will not be forgotten . " 
