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We have had to go to press several hours earlier

than usu d on Friday, and therefore cannot describe the procession of that day. There seems, however, every prospect that the many miles of street through which the King and Queen will pass will be as closely packed as the shorter route of Thursday. We cannot unfortunately find space to write of the illuminations at length, but may record that they were splendid beyond all precedent. It sounds almost impossibly commonplace to praise the London police, but we cannot refrain from doing so. The patience, courtesy, and good temper of the often sorely tried constables were inexhaustible

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