QUEEN ALEXANDRA IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Queen Alexandra is th e first Queen Consort who has accompanied the Sovereign in State to open a British Parliament, and when the King, shortly after hi- accession, declared his intention to his Ministers of taking the Queen with him in the famous gilded coach to the I'ahiee of Westminster there was some demur, as no precedent could be found for the act. His Majesty st 1 linn. however, and carried his point, further declaring that the Queen should sit by hi- side in a chair of State exactly similar to the splendidly gilt and embroidered seat provided for him. It was thought impossible that so elaborate an armchair could be got ready in the very short -pace of time before the opening of Parliament, and it was only when Hi- .Majesty threatened to use'a plain | chair himself and resign the chair of State to the Queen that the ladies of the Royal School of Art Needlework, who hail been entrusted with the embroideries, made such diligence that Hie work was lini-hcd. though only ju-t ill time.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 92, 7 April 1908, Page 4
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184QUEEN ALEXANDRA IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 92, 7 April 1908, Page 4
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