Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-25
Royal Welcome by People Of
London.
A GREAT SPECTACULAR SCENE
Features Of Coronation Week Dis
played in Toddy's Pageant.
PRESIDENT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

London, Oct. 25.-The royal pro-
gress through the streets of London,
which was to have been one of the
great spectacular features of corona.
tion week, but which was abandoned
for the time being because of King Ed
wards illness, took place today and
proved to be the most brilliant street
pageant Londoners have seen since
the Diamond jubilee. 1t was scarcely
forty-eight hours ago that the people
awakened to a realization of the fact
that the affair was to be state pro-
cession in all it's grandeur and not a
mere drive of the royal family through
the. metropolis, Public buildings and
business houses began to blossom out
in holiday attire, grand stands were
hastily erected at points of vantage
and in many instances the original
plans for the coronation pageant were
fully carried out.
1t was nearly IL o'clock when the
booming of cannon from an artillery
detachment stationed in St. James
Park, Immediately in the rear of
Buckingham Palace. announced to the
assembled thousands that their majes-
ties had entered their carriage and
that the royal procession was prepared
to move. The state carriage in which
their majesties rode, and which was a
veritable dream in artistic gold and
blue enamelling, was drawn by eight
cream-colored horses, with outriders
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peters in magnificent uniforms and
mounted upon black chargers cleared
the way for the procession. Behind the
trumpeters galloped a squad of the
Household cavalry. Then came eight
carriages containing members of the
royal family. Included among the num-
Der were Princess Beatrice, the Duke
and Duchess of Argyll the Duke of
Connaught, Princess Victoria, Prince
and Princess Christian, the Duchess of
Albany and the venerable Duke of
Cambridge. Immediately preceding
their majesties were the Prince and
Princess of Wales. and Prince and
Princess Charles of Denmark.
The route from buckingham Palace
" man NdO lhiOuSh lhC
Marlborough yard, Pail Mall, Trafalgar
Square, Duncannon street, the Strand,
Temple Bar. Fleet street, st. Paul's
churchyard, Cheapside and King
street. The entire route was lined
with troop reinforced by the metropoli-
tan police and at the important street
intersections there were military
bands which played the national an
them as the procession went past
Back of the troops were the specta-
tors, veritable sea of faces, men. wo-
men and children, enthusiastic almost
to wildness. and uncomplainingly
standing on tfptoe to see over the bear
skin hats of the Foot Guards, who
lined the curbs on both sides of the
street.
Never before. probably, had British
sovereign received such a genuinely
enthusiastic greeting. The cheering
started at the moment the king de-
scended the steps of the palace. and it
could still be heard long after the
royal party had passed within the por-
tails of Guild hall. IL was popular re-
ceptiOn in every sense of the word
Myriads of dainty white handkerchiefs
fluttered in the air on either side of
the street and seemed to keep time
with the hoarse cheering of the mas
cuine element, while children tossed
out nosegays and baskets of loose
flowers.
AS military pageant the procession
was well worth seeing. Every branch
of the two services was represented
and seldom have the people had an op-
portunity of witnessing such a large
and representative turnout of the mill
tary forces. In addition to the detach-
ments of soldiers there were a number
of squads of sailors and marines from
the Terrible and other battleships and
all along the route the jackies were
greeted with the widest applause.
Arriving at Guild hall their majes-
ties were received by Lord Mayor
Dimsdale and the aldermen. The royal
party entered through the Gresham
street entrance and after formal ad-
dress by the lord mayor the party
passed into the great hall. The ar
rival was witnessed by crowd of
several hundred notables occupying
seats in a pavilion especially erected
for the occasion in the Guild hall yard