Impressive Thanksgiving Service at Wembley Stadium London, May 24.
The Empire thanksgiving service et Wembly Stadium this afternoon was a most impressive ceremony, in spite of chilly and showery weather, Eighty thousand persons were present, The King was wearing a Marshal's uni rin. He was accom-|SI panied by the Queen, Prince Henry, 1 the Duke and Duchess of York, Princess Mary, the Duke of Connaught, Prince and Princess Arthur jof Connaught, Viscount Cave (the Lord Chaneetlor), Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (First Lord of the. Admirfelty) and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister (President of the Board of Trai 'A massed choir of 3,000 _voict and massed bands of the Guard: the Royal Marines and the Air Force supplied the music. The Procession was headed by a mount-jed band of the Household Cavalry, preceded by State trumpeters and followed by mounted police, _the Legion of Frontiersmen, the Earl! of Meath, the Beefeaters and blinded jex-Service men. An ecclesiastic procession followed, with the Archbishop of York.
The address described the true! imperial spirit: "Honour all men, love brotherhood, fear God honour the King.""—Reuter.
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