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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 71, 12 October 1920, Page 5

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PRINCE OF WALES IN LONDON. HAPPY FAMILY REUNION. DISTINGUISHED ASSEMBLAGE. Fresg Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, October 11. The Prince, of Wales arrived in glorious weather and had a magnificiently enthusiastic welcome from enormous crowds along the route. Victoria Station was gaily beflagged. A distinguished assemblage had been admitted to the platform, including Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur, Mr Lloyd George, Mr Bouar Law and other Cabinet Ministers, Lord Beatty, General Trenchard, the Bishop of London, the Lord Mayor, the Chief Justice, Rt. Hon. A. Fisher, Sir James Allen and the Agents Generals. Queen Alexandra arrived at 12.10, being followed five minutes later by th© King wearing an Admiral’s uniform, the Queen, and Princesses '"pfcpria and Mary’. The King stepvl across th© platform and conconversed with Air Lloyd George and

> Ministers, being five minutes early. As the train steamed up to the platform, the Prince of Wales, dressi i-i a naval uniform, was standing looking from the window, and his face flushed with boyish excitement at his home-coming. Immediately opposite the carpeted platform were displayed in bold white words on a r”d background: “Well Done! Welcome Home!”

Tlie King and Queen, entered the train, and a. few moments later the Prince emerged, and kissed Queen Alexandra, the band playing “God Bless the Prince of Wales.” The King did not conceal the pleasure he felt in the reunion, and smiled as he chatted with Mr Lloyd George and, others. The Prince, followed by his brothers, shook hands with the personages on the platform, and the King inspected the King’s Company of Grenadiers. A little later the assemblage faced the photographers, and as the Royal carriage drew up, Air I isher called for cheers for the Prince, and these wore heartily given, the'Prince smiling throughout. Preceded by scarlet outriders, the splendid procession moved off. The Prince was in the first carriage and the King and Queen in the next. Cheers of the huge crowd outs’de marked the opening of the triumphal procession through the principal thoroughfares of London, the City s millions evincing unfeigned del ght. As the procession traversed miles of streets en route .to, Buckingham Palace, cheers sounded along ~ "the whole route, being punctuated by t! coo-ccs.” The weather was glorious, being reminiscent of a,n Australian summer day.

LANDING FROM THE RENOWN. THE SCENE AT PORTSMOUTH. AN EXCLUSIVE CEREMONY. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, October 11. Mr Sandes (official Press representative with the Prince while on tour) wires from Portsmouth: The Renown left her moorings at eight o’clock and steamed up Portsmouth harbour in cold grey morning, but, as it happened so frequent - ly during the tour, the sun shone out brightly when the moment arrived for the people to greet the Prince. He stood on the bridge as the Renown came up the ancient harbour, past Nelson’s Victory, which thundered a welcome from her .guns. Many modern warships were present and all were gaily dressed in flags. The Renown flew an immensely long paying-off pennant, Royal Standard, and Rear-Ad-miral’s flag. As she arrived with slow and stately ease at the same jetty whence she started the memorable voyage seven months ago, high military and naval chiefs awaited Prince on the scarlet-carpet-ed jetty, with Portsmouth’s Mayor and Aldermen in blue and scarlet robes of medieval magnificence, attended by the beadle and other functionaries. These touches of traditional ceremonial, and the fact that the poplace were- rigorously kept away from the landing place by barriers and police, emphasized the difference between the English and Australian’ welcomes. Enormous crowds gathered on Portsmouth hard, but were not allowed to come within sight of the Prince. ■Before leaving the Renown, rite Prince shocks hands with all tin? officers, who were formed up on the ceremonial deck, and received -he Marquis of Milfordha.ven (Loid Mountbntten’s father).

The Prince landed with his sU'll and inspected the guards ol hoiuafrom the King’s Hides and H.M.S (excellent, whose bands olayed “Nancy Lee” and “Home, Sweet Home.” He received the Mnyora. address and welcome homo, and also congratulations from the naval, mliitary, and air force, and the com>n°,ndants of Portsmouth, then he

boarded the train and stood at too open door as it moved, ah', "Tiilo 11r ' officers and men of the Renown three rousing cheers, and a fain welcome from the distant crowd indicated that they would have added to the cheerful din if they had only been allowed to approach the Roya, presence. London prepared a rousing reception for the Prince. The streets wore unofficially decorated, anc P eo pie offered high prices for the windows en route from Victoria Station to Buckngham Palace, which were lined by, 1000 special constables. All the nowpapors have publisher Miugratulatory leaders, with many pictures of incidents in Australia an \,w Zealand.