Queen Elena left the Quirinal Palace first in a State berlin, with a company of cuirassiers riding before. The Royal Princesses followed in other berlins. The Palace guns boomed and between their salvos the great bells in the Capitol belfry could be heard a mile around. Arrived in the Chamber of Deputies, the Queen and her ladies were escorted to a box. Below on the floor were palms and 800 black-shirted Senators and Deputies.
Five minutes later, punctual little King Victor Emmanuel arrived, in the full dress uniform of an Italian General....
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