The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-07 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY•

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess
Beatrice, and his Serene Highness Prince Christian
of Schleswig-Holstein, left "Windsor Castle at half-
past ten o'clock yesterday morning for Buckingham
Palace.

The suite in attendance consisted of the Dowager
Duchess of Athol', Lieut.-General the
.11on. C.
Grey, Colonel the Hon. de Ros, and Count do
Rantzan (in attendance on Prince Christian).

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended b
Major Elphinstone, arrived at Buckingham Palace
from Greenwich Park.

After arriving in London, his Serene Highness
Prince Christian, attended by Count de Rantzani
visited H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at larlbo-
rough House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cambridge, at St. James's Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen went in State yesterday
to the House of Peers to open the session of Parlia-
ment with a Speech from the Throne.
The Royal procession was formed at Buckingham
Palace in the following order :
A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying the Hoe•
Spenoer Ponsonby, Mr. Henry Greville, and Mr.
Charles Heneage (Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen)'
and Lieut.-Colonel Pattison, the Exon of the Yeo-
man of the Guard in waiting.
A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying the
Groom in waiting, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell ;
Major Elphinstone, Governor to his Royal High-
ness Prince Arthur; and the two Pages of Honour,
the Hon. A. Lyttelton and the Hon. S. F. Jocelyn.
A carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying Silver
Stick in waiting, Colonel Hugh Baillie ; the Field
Officer in waiting, Colonel de Bathe ; and the
Equerries in waiting, Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey
and Colonel Hon. D. de Ros.
A. carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl '3f
Ducie ; the Lord in waiting, Lord Talbot de gala-
hide ; the Treasurer of her Majesty's Household,
Viscount Bury ; and the Comptroller of the
House-
hold, Lord Proby.
A carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the
Lady in waiting, the Duchess of Roxburghe ; the
Lady Superintendent, Lady Caroline Barrington('
the Lord Steward, the Earl of Bessborough ;
Gold Stick in waiting, Field-Marshal Viscount
Gough.
A carriage drawn by six black horses, conveying
his Royal Highness Prince Arthur ; the Mistress of
the Robes, the Duchess of Wellington ; and 1"'0
Master of the Horse, the Marquis of Ailesbury•

The Queen's Marshalnien.
The Queen's Footmen.

A party of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Her Majesty's carriage, drawn by eight cream'
coloured horses, conveying her Majesty the Queen',
her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and
Royal Highness the Princess Louise.
The Queen was conducted to her carriage by tile
Lord Chamberlain (Viscount Sydney) and the Vice-
Chamberlain(Viscount Castlerosse), and was receivea
by a Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guard's'
the band playing the National Anthem.
Her Majesty wore a rich black silk dress, with
train, trimmed with miniver and crape, a Mart
Queen of Scots cap, with a long veil, the cap crua;
mented with large diamonds, with a small corona a:
diamonds and sapphires worn at the back of the heuci
Her Majesty wore a diamond necklace and au:
(the latter containing a miniature of his late BoY
Highness the Prince Consort), and the Kohincer
as a brooch, as well as the Riband and the Star of
the Order of the Garter, and the Victoria and
Albert Or der.

The Queen left the Palace at a quarter to tvr°
o'clock, and was escorted by a detachment of the
Royal Horse Guards.

Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal, attended her
Majesty on horseback.
The Queen returned from the House of Lords t°
Buckingham Palace at three o'clock, and was re-
ceived by the Lord Chamberlain and the -Vice-
Chamberlain.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield,
the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Earl Spencer, the Earl°
Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord Harris, Major Teesdale,
and Mr. C. L. Wood, were present in the House °f
Lords.
Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Pri°e
ns;
Hermann of Hohenlohe and Prince Christian "
Schleswig-Holstein were also present in the Neu°
of Lords.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourabl:
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on duty at,thi.
House of Lords, under the command of Lieut.-03
Sir William Topham, the Lieutenant. The fellIt;
ing officers wero also present on duty with ,
Corps :—Lieut.-Colonel William M'Call, the C 1 G,
of the Cheque and Adjutant, and Captain ist
Philips, the Sub-officer.
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena vial,— hti
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Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at
James's Palace.
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Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied
Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Lcitil7o
Princess Beatrice, and his Serene Highness Fr(is'ilor
Christian, left Buckingham Palace for Will—the
Castle at half-past four o'clock, attended 11
Dowager Duchess of Atholl, Lieut. General WO.
C. Grey, and Colonel Hon. D. De Ros, and (Seated
by a detachment of the 6th Dragoon Guards.
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The Prince of Wales went to the House of 14'
yesterday afternoon.
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The Princess of Wales took a carriage -