Brilliant Scene
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state banquet Dominion Prime Ministers Enteriained OVER 450 GUESTS
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; (Received 14, 12.50 p.m.) | LONDON, May 13. • Buckiugham Palace was the fccene of a "brilliant State banquet In lonour of the Dominion Prime Ministers. All the Coronation stands nearby wero fulDof sight- 1 seerg before dusk to await the guests' arrival. Queen Mary, Queen Maud. the Duke and Dnchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Indian princes, and foreign envoys, wero all warmly greeted. Thelr Majesties stood together in the State room ahaking hands with the guests. The King wore a field marshal's scarlet and gold uniform, and the Queen looked lovely in a dress of ivory lace. After the reception Their Majesties led the procession to the dining- . room. The function was a fitting t climax to yesterday 's great occasion. Over 450 guests wero divided be» tween the white and gold ball-rooox and supper-xoom. The King pfesided at a grgat central oval table in the first room, with the guests, twelve at each table, grouped in the shape of a horseshoe around him. The tables we re laid with State ^old plate and massive gold ' cups and goblets. The Queen presided at a separate gathering of guests in the supper-roonl; wh^rp the tables were similarly arranged. ^
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 100, 14 May 1937, Page 5
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