In spite of the deep mourning worn by all the ladies, yesterday's ceremony, when the King opened his first Parliament, in full state, was the most brilliant that has been witnessed for many a year. In: the first place the great gilt state coach "was sean in the streets for the Grst time for some forty years. It is really a very handsome chariot, and with some three hundred pounds' worth of fresh gold-leaf upon it, it glittered in the sun most brilliantly, Everybody is agreed, however, that the most wonderful sight inthe whole procession was Queen Alexandra, She really looked scarcely more than twenty, far younger, indeed, then her two daughters who attended' the ceremony—the Duchess of Fife and the Princess Charles of Denmark. It was indeed almost impossible to convince oneself that she was in her fifty-seventh year. Unfortunately the Princess Victoria, who was to have occupied a seat with her father and mother in the state carriage, had a bad cold and had to stay at home; and a simile cause prevented the attendance of the Dake of Cormwall at the ceremony in the Lords. But the crowds along the line of route had a goodly show for their money there were again the eight cream-coloured Before drawing the gue-carriage bearing the anies which had been seen only twelve days
mortal remains of Queen Victoria on its Royal Princes end Princesses gathered at journey towards Windsor; and as all the
Buckingham Palace before going to the House, there were a number of minor processions of Royalty along the whole route before the great State procession came by, and now that Parliament Street has been widened to the full width of Whitehall, the cavalcade hada splendid broad way to go right from Buckingham Palace to the Victoria Tower by way of the Mall, the Horse Guards' Parade, Whitehall, and New Palace Yard.
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