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Rh The Homage having been paid, Their Majesties advanced in an imposing procession from the Durbar Shamiana to the Royal Pavilion. Here they were in full view of the fifty thousand spectators and the twenty thousand troops. Their Majesties were attended by Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Hardinge. His Highness the Duke of Teck, the Duchess of Devonshire, the Countess of Shaftsbury and the Hon'ble Venetia Baring; with the young Maharajas of Bharatpur and Jodhpur, the Maharaj Kumar Himmat Singh of Idar, the Maharaj Kumar Sadul Singh of Bikanir, the grandson of the Maharaja of Orchha, and Sahibzada Wahidaz Zafar Khan of Bhopal as pages in attendance on the King-Emperor, and the Thakur Saheb of Palitana, Maharaj Kumar Gulab Singh of Rewa, Rajkumar Ramchandra Singh, Maharaj Mandhata Singh, both of Sailana, in attendance on Her Majesty. There was a pause while Their Majesties showed themselves in their Royal splendour to the crowded populace, then a stirring roll of drums and the massed bands sounded a summons to the Heralds, Major Peyton and Malik Umar Hayat Khan Tiwana, C. I. E., M. V. O. The former read the Royal Proclamation, which was as follows :

"Whereas, by Our Royal Proclamations bearing date the nineteenth day of July and the seventh day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten in the first year of Our Reign, we did publish and declare Our Royal intention, by the Favour and Blessing of Almighty God, to celebrate the Solemnity of Our Royal Coronation upon the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven;

"And Whereas, by the Favour and Blessing of Almighty God, we were enabled to celebrate the said Solemnity upon Thursday, the 22nd June last;

"And Whereas, by Our Royal Proclamation bearing date the twenty-second day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven, in the first year of Our Reign, we did declare that it was Our wish and desire