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CHAPTER II.
foundation of Quebec. Had not fate decreed otherwise, they would
have gone, in 1910, to open the first Union Parliament in South
Africa. The sudden death of King Edward on May 6th, 1910, however,
made*it impossible for them to do so.
The trips overseas represented the least of His Royal Highness’s
public activities during the years intervening between the death of the
Duke of Clarence and his own elevation to the Throne. He, usually
accompanied by his consort, travelled to all parts of the United
Kingdom, unveiling memorials, reviewing troops, formally opening
institutions and functions, and visiting exhibitions and similar
functions. At the same time he ferved upon Councilsand Commissions
and Boards of Trustees, and made several trips to the Continent to
visit European Royalties and relatives.
Elevation to the Throne did not altogether pub an end to travels
overseas. Their Majesties went out to India in 1911 to attend the
Coronation Durbar.
II.
The war began not very long after their return from India, and
since then His Majesty has left England only to visit the brave men
at the front who were fighting and dying for the Empire, being the
first British Monarch to visit the troops at the front since George II,
who crossed over to Dettingen in 1743 for the same purpose. His
Majesty crossed the Channel on a warship on Sunday, November 29th,
1914. Upon landing, he was met by His Royal Highness the Prince-
of Wales, who was on active service.
It is significant that one of the King-Emperor’s first acts the day
after he landed, waS to visit a base hospital for Indian troops. He
then went on the British General Headquarters. During this visit
to France he visited the various headquartes and met the generalsand
staffs, making himself acquainted with the various staff departments
and auxiliary services, and inspecting all the troops not actually
fighting in the trenches at the time. He went to the Headquarters
of the Roval Flving Corps and familiarized himself, as much as he
CHAPTER II.
foundation of Quebec. Had not fate decreed otherwise, they would
have gone, in 1910, to open the first Union Parliament in South
Africa. The sudden death of King Edward on May 6th, 1910, however,
made*it impossible for them to do so.
The trips overseas represented the least of His Royal Highness’s
public activities during the years intervening between the death of the
Duke of Clarence and his own elevation to the Throne. He, usually
accompanied by his consort, travelled to all parts of the United
Kingdom, unveiling memorials, reviewing troops, formally opening
institutions and functions, and visiting exhibitions and similar
functions. At the same time he ferved upon Councilsand Commissions
and Boards of Trustees, and made several trips to the Continent to
visit European Royalties and relatives.
Elevation to the Throne did not altogether pub an end to travels
overseas. Their Majesties went out to India in 1911 to attend the
Coronation Durbar.
II.
The war began not very long after their return from India, and
since then His Majesty has left England only to visit the brave men
at the front who were fighting and dying for the Empire, being the
first British Monarch to visit the troops at the front since George II,
who crossed over to Dettingen in 1743 for the same purpose. His
Majesty crossed the Channel on a warship on Sunday, November 29th,
1914. Upon landing, he was met by His Royal Highness the Prince-
of Wales, who was on active service.
It is significant that one of the King-Emperor’s first acts the day
after he landed, waS to visit a base hospital for Indian troops. He
then went on the British General Headquarters. During this visit
to France he visited the various headquartes and met the generalsand
staffs, making himself acquainted with the various staff departments
and auxiliary services, and inspecting all the troops not actually
fighting in the trenches at the time. He went to the Headquarters
of the Roval Flving Corps and familiarized himself, as much as he