The Florence daily tribune., 1902-10-25
LONDON s GREAT
ROYAL PAGEANT
Kings Progress Same as
Planned for Coronation.
London was Arrayed in Holiday
Attire, and Grand Stands Were
Filled with Thousands of
Loyal Subjects.

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
Edward 8 illness, took place today and
proved to be the most brilliant street
the Diamond Jubilee. 1t was scarcely
forty eight hours ago that the people
awakened to realization of the fact
that the affair was to be D state pro-
cession in all its 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,
grandstands were hastily erected at
points of vantage and in many in.
stances the original plans for the cor
onation pageant were fully carried
out.
1t was nearly II 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 enamelliug, was drawn by eight
cream colored horses, with outriders
in uniforms of scarlet and gold
Trumpeters in magnificent uniforms
and mounted upon black chargers
cleared the way for the procession.
Behind the trumpeters galloped
squad of the Household cavalry.
Then came eight carriages containing
members of the royal family. In
cluded among the number were Prin-
cess Beatrice, the Duke and Duchess
of Argyll, the Duke of Conuaught,
Princess Victoria Prince and Princess
Christian, the Duchess OF Albany and
the venerable Duke of Cambridge.
Immediately preceding their majes-
ties were the princess of Wales and
Prince and Princess Charles of Den.
mark.
The entire route was lined with
troops reinforced by the Metropolitan
police and at the important street in.
tersectious there were military bands
which played the national anthem as
the procession went past. Back of the
troops were the spectators, II veritable
sea of faces, men, women and children,
enthusiastic almost to wilduess, and
uncomplainingly standing on tiptoe to
see over the bearskin hats of the foot
guards, who lined the curbs on both
sides of the street.
Arriving at GuIldhall their majes-
ties were received by Lord Mayor
N Iu1a nd lao
royal party entered through the Ores
ham street entrance and after formal
address 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 pavilion especially erected
for the occasion in the Guildhall yard.
Several of the spacious rooms in the
ancient editice were fitted up ~ re.
! firing rooms for the king aud queen
and their respective suites. The nun.
icipal dinner was carried out in full
accordance with the plans which were
originally carried to forward stage
when the coronation festivities were
postponed. Their majesties and the
other members of the royal family
occupied seats at "A table on Il dais mt
the northern end of the great banquet