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Being invited by the Corporation of London to the Guild Hall he was present at the presentation of addresses to Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener.

The Maharajah and the other representatives went to the Abbey on the Coronation Day, the 9th August, and occupied seats in the front row on the north side of the Nave. Though the plans of the guests were very much altered, yet they were very much pleased to see the King crowned.

The Maharajah with the permission of the India Office went to Windsor and drove to Frogmore Mausoleum in a carriage sent from the Castle. He saw the tomb where the late Sovereign Empress Victoria with Her Consort was lying in Peace and laid a wreath at Her feet with his most humble and loyal sentiments. He afterwards went round the Castle and returned to London.

When His Majesty the King reviewed the Indian Troops in the gardens of Buckingham