The Queen's Reign and Its Commemoration: A literary and pictorial review of the period; the story of the Victorian transformationBesant, Walter
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The Queen's Reign and Its Commemoration: A literary and pictorial review of the period; the story of the Victorian transformation
Besant, Walter
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Once more there is movement in the procession, for the Queen has
yet to meet countless thousands of her people; and with remarkable
precision the great cortege sets out on its way, to the accompaniment
of the music of instruments and that grander music, the plaudits of
a happy and contented people. The Sovereign is driven through the
City, and past the Mansion-House, where the Lord Mayor has already
arrived, and where the Lady Mayoress briefly welcomes the Queen and
hands her a bouquet of mauve and white orchids in a silver basket. The
procession proceeds over the river by way of London Bridge, through
the ancient borough of Southwark, the High Street, the Borough Road,
and Westminster Bridge Road, over the Thames again, and then under the
shadow of the Houses of Parliament, where the “faithful Commons” are
assembled on a stand of immense construction, along Parliament Street,
across the Horse Guards’ Parade, where, as throughout the whole route,
space is kept for the procession by a thin red line of military, ’neath
the welcome shade of Mall’s avenue of trees, to the massive entrance
gates of Buckingham Palace.
[Illustration: THE ROYAL PROCESSION--THE CEREMONY AT ST. PAUL’S]
Following is the order of that portion of the Procession known as the
“Queen’s Procession”:--
_First Carriage_ (_Pair of Horses_).
Señor Don Demetrio Iglesias, Costa Rica; Herr von Brauer, Baden; M.
Ramon Subercasseaux, Chile; and M. Ran Gabé, Greece.
_Second Carriage_ (_Pair_).
M. E. Machain, Paraguay; Señor Canevaro, Peru; M. M. Mijatovitch,
Servia; and M. Medina, Central America.
_Third Carriage_ (_Pair_).
Don Antonio Mier y Celis, Mexico; Dr. Alberto Nin, Uruguay; Dr. Cruz,
Guatemala; and M. de Souza Correa, Brazil.
_Fourth Carriage_ (_Pair_).
His Excellency Chang Yin Hun, Chinese Ambassador, H.S.H. The Prince
Charles de Ligne, Belgian Ambassador Extraordinary; Count van Lynden,
Netherlands; and Monsignor Sambucetti (_Papal Envoy_).
_Fifth Carriage_ (_Pair_).
His Excellency Hon. Whitelaw Reid, United States Special Ambassador;
Duke of Sotomayor, Spanish Special Ambassador; and General Davout, Duc
d’Auerstadt, French Ambassador Extraordinary.
_Sixth Carriage_ (_Pair_).
Lady Suffield, Lady-in-Waiting to H.R.H. The Princess of Wales; Count
Seckendorff, Chamberlain to H.I.M. The Empress Frederick; Lord Colville
of Culross, K.T., G.C.V.O., Chamberlain to H.R.H. The Princess of
Wales; and Earl of Kintore, G.C.M.G., Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen.
_Seventh Carriage_ (_Pair_)
Earl of Lathom, G.C.B., Lord Chamberlain; Earl of Pembroke and
Montgomery, G.C.V.O., Lord Steward; Princess Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg,
Mistress of the Robes to H.I.M. the Empress Frederick; and Dowager Lady
Churchill, Lady of the Bedchamber.
_Eighth Carriage_ (_Pair_)
Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes; Princess Ena of
Battenberg; Princess Alice of Battenberg, and Princess Alice of Albany.
_Ninth Carriage_ (_Pair_)
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