GOD SAVE THEIR MAJESTIES
CHEERING CROWDS
GREAT ENTHUSIASM. First Joint Engagement Of King And Queen. Press Association—Copyright, London, February 13. For the first time since their accession Their Majesties the King and Queen carried out a joint engagement when they visited the East End of London to open a new People’s Palace. The Opening should have been carried out by the Duke of Windsor but it was delayed owing to hie impending abdication.
Cheering crowds lined the route from Piccadilly £p the borough of Poplar in the East End. The streets Were decorated with streamers, bunting and coronation emblems. The children were especially well placScl, all wearing favours of the national colours. There were many shouts of “God Save Their Majesties.” The King, who was in morning dress, responding by saluting and waving his hat and the Queen by smiling.
At one stage the East End onlookers swept away the police cordon and stopped the car's progress. The people surrounded the vehicle, pressing their faces to the window and cheering enthusiastically, Their Majesties acknowledging smilingly.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 360, 15 February 1937, Page 5
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175GOD SAVE THEIR MAJESTIES Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 360, 15 February 1937, Page 5
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