Picturesque Journey On The Seine

Northern Advocate, 21 July 1938, Page 7

Picturesque Journey On The Seine

(Received 2.0 p.m.) Paris, July 19. The King and Queen later journeyed along the Seine in a specially-built Royal barge, to the Hotel de Ville. Thiswas one of the most picturesque ceremonies of the visit. The King wore an Admiral’s uniform, - and the Queen a gown of ivory., lace, with a white hat with a plume of ostrich feathers. She also canned a white fox fur. { A boatswain piped them aboard the decorated barge, accompanied by President and Mme. Le Brun. The barge was escorted by naval motorboats, and the procession extended to two and ahalf miles through historic and ancient Paris. The banks were lined with troops and multitudes of citizens, shouts of “Vive le Roi” resounding throughout the voyage. Entente Cordiaie. Members of the municipality received Their Majesties at the Hotel de Ville. The King, responding to an ad- : dress of welcome, recalled that his grandfather visited the Hotel in 1903, and helped to lay the foundations of the Entente between France and Britain. His father came in 1914 and confirmed the Entente, which soon after received its baptism of fire. “To-day,” he continued, “I come to find that the Entente has lost nothing of its strength and vitality.” He concluded by paying tribute to “the grace, beauty and friendliness of the Parisians’ reception, by which the Queen and myself have been much moved.” Their Majesties lunched at the British Embassy, when there was a brilliant diplomatic assembly.