ROYAL LEVEE

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1929, Page 2

ROYAL LEVEE

PRINCE DRIVES IN STATE.

i British Official Wireless.)

(Received this day at Ir 1 a.i11.) RUGBY, -Wn v 7

M.' inv thousand 'of people -wulti !iod the I’rince of Wales drive in : late from Buckingham Palace to •Saint .!aPal«'«:•«> io-day to hold a levee on behalf of the Xing. The Prince rode in a closed v-. tale hitiulau drawn by four horses. lho c< urchin an and footmen wore the brilliant scarlet and gold uniform of State (K-caJliisns. The* niajr»r \nr*‘t of the Sovereign esemt of Koval l.iie Guilds followed the Prince and .carried the Prince’s colour. As the Prince drove into St. demo:; Palace the Baud and Guards from the Second Battalion Scots Guards "’elcomed him with the Koval Salute. The Prince who wore the lull dress uniform of a Colonel of the Welsh Gluard.j wad r-imdu'ctotl to his place on the dais in the throne h'lom. where ho found awaiting him the Buko of York, in an Air Force uniform, Prince George in the uniform ol a Natal Lieutenant, and Prime Arthur, of Connaught, in a Guard’s uniform.

Long lines of those to he presen ton moved in ranks of lour slowly forward until just below the Throne dais, the four lines melted into one. Each guest was announced as lie came opposite tho Plrince, made his bow and passed on. There were near. y 100 presentations.