TRIUMPHAL ARCH AT PADDINGTON
(between Oxford and Cambridge Terraces),
Through which Her Majesty passed immediately after quitting Paddington Station. It may be mentioned that it was by Her Majesty’s express desire that no arches were built on the route of the Jubilee procession.
From a Photograph] [by Underwood & Underwood.
HER MAJESTY PASSING THROUGH THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH IN EDGWARE ROAD ON HER ARRIVAL FROM WINDSOR.
The Queen was dressed in black except for the white egret plumes in her bonnet, and it was noticeable that, notwithstanding her great age, she seemed in the best of health and spirits, and fully equal to the strain of the morrow.
A halt was made while Marylebone’s loyal address was presented, and then the Queen moved on to Buckingham Palace amid the delighted shouts of her subjects who lined the whole route. It was a brilliant morning and a brilliant reception—a foretaste of the morrow. While the crowds of sightseers spent the rest of the day in wandering through the gaily-bedecked streets, Buckingham Palace was the scene of receptions, banqueting, and rejoicing.
During the day the Queen graciously accepted a sunshade which was presented to her by Mr. Villiers, the doyen of the House of Commons. It was entirely covered with costly flounces of the finest black Chantilly lace; it was mounted upon an ebony stick, with gold top, and a knob handle of gun-metal set with Her Majesty’s cypher and V.R.I, in diamonds, and had a suitable inscription in gold letters inlaid round the handle, thus:—“Presented to Her Majesty on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, by her oldest Parliamentary member, C. Villiers.”
