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mounted on a pure white Arabian
charger, which was greatly admired
The Duke of Cambridge carrying his
field marshars baton and wearing the
ribbon of the Garter across his portly
person, next arrived, and after him
came the lord chamberlain, the earl
of Latham and q score of chamber
lainS, attired in the darkest of blue,
smothered with gold. They mingled
with the crowd and later passed up
the staircase.
Eleven royal landaus then arrived
and were mustered in the center of the
quadrangle. Each carriage was show
in itself, forming with it's brilliant as
Sembly of eScOrting horSemen and foot
men, most gorgeous display.
By 1920 a. m. the ENJOYS carriages
were loaded and took up their position
in the center Of the quadrangle. Short
ly afterwards the queens superb coach
arrived and it had hardly come to a
standstill when the landaus with the
ladies and lords in waiting. and the
princeSses were in their allotted posi-
tons. All the ladies wore light toilettes
Of blue, green lilac and pink, the
latest Partisan daintieS.
Then the ENJOYS landaus started.
The princes mounted their horses and
ranged themselves in groups of three.
The carriage of the eX-Empress Fred
erick of Germany, who was dressed in
lilac, and who carried a white sun
shade, waited until after the others
had gone, while the Duke of Cambridge
chatted with her highness. In the
meantime a platoon of royal servants
lined up on each side of the great door
and an inclined platform from the foct
of the stairs to the place to be occu-
pied by the queens coach was placed
in position, and carefully tested by a
Scotch gillie.
After a momentary wait, a hoarse
roar of cheers, quickly started by thu
royal anthem played by the band out
side, announced the arrival of the
Prince and Princess of Wales. The
prince wore the uniform Of a field mar
shall, and the princess was dressed II
pale lilac and wore a lilac bonnet with
white feathers. The Prince of Wales
mounted by the scarlet steps to the
entrance of the palace and then the
HanOVerian steeds slowly drew the
queens carriage into position.
At ITO a. m. a hustle on the main
staircase announced the coming of her
majesty. Queen Victoria slowly de-
scended the stairs, assisted by a scarlet
clad and white turbaned Indian attend
ant. She was dressed in black, wore a
black bonnet trimmed with white, and
carried a white sunshade. At the foot
of the stairway her majesty paused
for a minute and touched an electric
button connected with all the tele-
graphic systems throughout the British
empire and it flashed around the world
the message:
From my heart, thank my beloved
people. May God bless them
Her majesty then slowly seated her
self in her carriage, the royal trum-
peters sounded, the Princess of Wales
joined the queen, and then the Princess
Christian Of Schlesweig-HClst Joined
the party. Both the princesses seated
themselves opposite her majesty and
at II IL the queens coach started. Two
gillies in Highland costume, wearing
the tartan of Macdonald of the Isles,
the so-called crown prince of Scotland,
occupied the rumble.
AS her majesty emerged from the
portico, the sun broke brightly through
the clouds and the queen raised her
sunshade. The Prince of Wales, the
Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of
Connaught took up their places about
her majestys carriage, and the latter
took it's place in the procession.