QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
JUBILEE OF HER LANDING IN
ENGLAND,
UNIQUE CELEBRATION IN LON-
DON:
London, Juno 26
A unique celebration marked, the fiftieth anniversary of Qucon Alexandra's landing in England. , ■ <~
Ten thousand ladies, including leading members of societyj and Australians, sold in tho streets of London ten mi] ion artificial wild roses .(her Majesty'u favourite flower),, made by cripples, for tho benefit -of hospitals. -.
Queen Alexandra, in an open carriage, made- -a genoral tour through the
streets
Queen Alexandra was enthusiastically' welcomed in the crowded streets.
Mrs Asquith was selling roses at Whitehall, Mrs Lloyd George on tho Embankment, and Lady Reid among Australians.
Roses woro sold for a guinea apiece
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Bibliographic details
Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13455, 28 June 1912, Page 5
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110QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13455, 28 June 1912, Page 5
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