There were stupendous crowds, 1 the roads leading to the ground vere blocked with traffic. The radium was packed long before se arrival of the Royal party, hich was heralded by a fanfare trumpets and the booming of After driving round the Stadium seers the King, in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, and the neon took their seats on golden stones ona crimson and gold als at each site of which sat the gh Commissioners and representa ves of the Colonies, members of Diplomatic Corps and groups of dian officers in multi-coloured niforms.
Guards of honour from Army, the Navy and Air Force ere formed up in the Stadium, detachments from the nursing serv. es and the military and naval bools and Chelsea pensioners ere grouped in the vicinity of the sis, The whole made a dazzling Jour picture.
'Though the weather was fine in ondon, with the usual Wembley ok, a' heavy rainstorm broke the cement the King rose, and. the odium became The.vast aud'enc 1 when His Majesty, whose 10 mutes speech was audible every-here in the Stadium, declared the exhibition open.
A short religious service follow-but the torrential rain render-\"the clergy almost inaudible.
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