EDWARD VIII. MAKES HISTORY.
KING FIJKS TO HIS CAPITAL,. LONDON. January 21. King Edward made history, being the first monarch to fly to the capital when to-day lie hastened to London to participate in the consultations and ceremonies which were essential to his accession. Tin* Privy Councillors arriving for his Majesty’s first Privy Council were* headed by the Lore Mayor of ’London and accompanied by the sheriffs who travelled in the State horse-drawn landaus, the coachmen and footmen being in tli ( » historic liveries.. Cabinet- members and Judges were Court dress the Archbishop of Canlcrlmrv purple robes and Lord Benttv the admiral’s uniform. Miss Margaret Bondfield tin* only woman Councillor, was in deep mourning.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13163, 23 January 1936, Page 5
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113EDWARD VIII. MAKES HISTORY. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13163, 23 January 1936, Page 5
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