THE ROYAL PROCESSION: THE CARRIAGES PASSING DOWN KING WILLIAM STREET.
In the nearest carriage are the Duchess of York, Princess Victoria of Wales, Princess Henry of Prussia, and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
At a quarter to two the Queen re-entered Buckingham Palace. Right nobly had she borne herself throughout the trying ordeal. Some there were who said they had never seen Her Majesty looking better in her life; others, keener of sight, perhaps, fancied that under that cheerful exterior traces of great emotion were clearly to be detected. Certain it is that on more than one occasion the Queen nearly broke down, “and once, as the tears rolled down her face, the Princess of Wales leant forward, and sympathetically pressed her hand.”
From a Photograph] [by the London Stereoscopic Co.
THE NAVAL CONTINGENT CROSSING LONDON BRIDGE INTO SOUTHWARK.
Both Processions on Jubilee day—the Colonial and the Royal—were headed by a few Life Guards and a strong naval detachment. In the case of the Royal Procession the bluejackets dragged after them six naval guns—no light labour, but performed with an ease and smartness which won universal admiration.
From a Photograph] [by C. Bertschinger.