In Hyde Park last week Edward VIII presented new colors to six battalions of Guards' Regiments. Six weeks ahead of time the omniscient London Times described exactly what was going to happen:
"The King will ride in procession from Buckingham Palace, accompanied by an escort and will enter the arena of the parade at the southeast corner. . . .
"Drums will be piled on a platform which will have been erected in the centre of the parade. The new colors will be laid against the drums and the clergy will process out and take...
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