KING'S PROUD TASK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 17 June 1932, Page 2

KING'S PROUD TASK

LATE QUEEN ALEXANDRA NEW MEMORIAL UNVEILED LONDON, Blli June. “I unveil this memorial with pride and rejoice to feel that my dead mother' will ever remain, a beautiful and gracious.memory in the hearts of mv people,’ said the King to-day, in unveiling a memorial to Queen Alexandra. Placed in a recess in a wall of Marlborough House, where Queen Alexandra spent nearly 50 years, the memorial consists of a bronze female emblematic of the Queen’s virtues and Charity .stretching a hand over the head of a youth, with Faith and Hope standing on either side. [ This memorial forms part of the Em- ; piro memorial to Queen Alexandra, for which £230,000 was received, the greater part of the amount being devoted to the Queen’s Institute of Nursing. Nearly the whole of the Royal Family attended the function, Princess Elizabeth watching from a window of St.. James’ Palace. The unveiling occurred on the 21st anniversary of the introduction of Alexandra Day, when roses were first sold throughout the country on behalf of hospitals. | The King placed a big wreath of Alexandra roses at the foot of the memorial, and the Queen leaning forward, helped to place it in position. Sir Edgar Elgar conducted the Royal choristers, who sang his setting of an ode to the memory of Queen Alexandra written by the poet laureate, John Masefield.