The Royal Procession to Holyrood, 1850. Crowds turn out to watch Queen Victoria and her entourage travelling to the Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh, Scotland. 'The Royal party were immediately conveyed to their carriages, and in them, at a slow rate, proceeded to Holyrood. All description of the welcome which they received there from the countless thousands who crowded the base of Arthur's Seat, and swarmed on every hillock and projecting point with which its picturesque sides abound, would convey a most imperfect idea of the actual reality. It was a rare scene of high enthusiasm, but its impr
The Royal Procession to Holyrood, 1850. Crowds turn out to watch Queen Victoria and her entourage travelling to the Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh, Scotland. 'The Royal party were immediately conveyed to their carriages, and in them, at a slow rate, proceeded to Holyrood. All description of the welcome which they received there from the countless thousands who crowded the base of Arthur's Seat, and swarmed on every hillock and projecting point with which its picturesque sides abound, would convey a most imperfect idea of the actual reality. It was a rare scene of high enthusiasm, but its impression upon the mind of those who witnessed it cannot thoroughly be reproduced in line of the procession was kept by the 93d Regiment; the utmost order and regularity prevailed; and her Majesty and the Prince both looked immensely gratified'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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