Royalty
[GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain) & MARY (of Teck, 1867-1953, his Queen)]
Ticket to View the Royal Progress of George V and Queen Mary
from the Horse Guards Building in Whitehall, from the North Window of the Library, printed signature of Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward (1853-1920, Under Secretary of State for War, 1901-1914), printed with manuscript additions, 1 side 5 x 7¾ on light blue paper, for 23rd June
Item Date: 1911
Background
On Friday 23rd June, the day after the Coronation, the King and Queen made a Royal Progress to the City, leaving the Palace at 11 a.m. via Constitution Hill and Piccadilly, crossing to Pall Mall via St James's Street to Trafalgar Square, when viewers in the Horse Guards building will have caught a glimpse. On Their Majesties' return (via Southwark) they will have had a splendid view.as the procession came up Whitehall.
Stock No. 56589