Traditional Usage London, Jan. 21.
King Edward VII willie proclaimed King to-day. in accord cee with traditional usage, from the steps of the Royal Exchange London, with the historic phrase:
"The King Is dead! Long ive the King It fs expected that the new King will, like his father, be proclaimed, by Act of Parliament, to be "by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Tre~ land ang the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of he Faith, Emperor of India."
The new King, immediately following "his father's death, 3s-sumed. the Sovereign. powers which had been delegated to him, the Queen and his brothers barely twelve hours. Previously by the late King as the last oMfeial act of a very busy life.
King Edward to-day commanded Court mourning for nine months for The late King "of blessed memory."
The Court will change to half mourning on July 21.
The proclamation of the new Sovereign's accession will be read of ten o'clock to-morrow morning at St. James's Palace, When the new King arrived at Hendon from Norfolk this morning. hhg was respectfully greeted by dense crowds. Later, on his arrival at St. James's Palace, similar crowds groelhim.
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