MOVEMENTS OF ROYALTY.
THE KING IN SCOTLAND. London, July 18. The Duke of Connaught received the Sovereigns and Royalties at Edinburgh railway station. The Lord Provost presented the keys of the city to the King. There was a brilliant procession to Holyrood, tro ips lining the streets.
The guards of honor ami the troop,s in escort were exclusively Scots. The Scots Greys, under Prince Arthur of Connaught, evoked almost as much patriotic acclaim as the Royal carriage. The Chief Constable of Edinburgh headed the procession. Then tame the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, followed by the March Pursuivant the Unicorn Pursuivant, the Ross Herald, and the Sloth say Heralds *n vhe tabards. Then came the first, division of the Scots Guards as the escort of the officers of the headquarters stair and the King of Anns, the second division of the escort immediately preceding the Royal carriage, which was an open landau drawn by four splendid Cleveland hays. The Royal Standard followed. Then came the aides to the officers in the procession, the third division of Scots Greys, members of the Royal household in three landaus, the fourth division of the escort, and a squadron of Scottish horse. After entering the Palace precincts the King, accompanied by the Duke of Connaught, inspected the guard of honor supplied by the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and .Sutherland Highlanders. The King, walking down the lines, became visible to the spectators on the slopes of the hills, and the enthusiastic cheering was renewed. The Queen and Princess Mary will accoinpany the Prince of Wales to Germany at the end of August.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 125, 19 July 1911, Page 6
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