London, July 7.
A historic service was performed at St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, to-day when the Queen was installed as First Lady of the Order of the Thistle inthe presence of the King, who proclaimed her appointment to the sixteen Knights assembled in the Thistle Chapel.
The Royal Party afterwards proceeded to Edinburgh Castle, where the. picturesque, traditional ceremony' of summoning the Castle to open the gates to the King was performed.
His Majesty placed a wreath of Flanders Poppies and laurel leaves on the wall of the famous Scottish National War Memorial.
Their' Majesties yesterday drove through the streets of Leith and were most enthusiastically received, particularly' by the' fisher wives, who in traditional dress and brightly coloured shawls, sat on the fish boxes along the road, Also on the quayside were 400 men of the Newhaven Free Fishermens Society, the oldest organized society in the world, having been established over 600 years ago—Reuter ahd Wireless.
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