King Edward VII, His Life and Reign, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from King Edward VII, His Life and Reign, Vol. 6: The Record of a Noble CareerEach officer has a special panel, with his coat of arms and details of his death. The other names are painted on zinc panels let into the framework. The grand Chopin Marche Funebre was played, and buglers sounded The Last Post after the King, with appropriate words, had cut the cord with a pair Of golden scissors, thus releasing the drapery. The same church contains a similar memorial to the officers and men of the Foot Guards who lost their lives in the Crimean war. On January 31 some anxiety was caused by 'the illness of the Princess Victoria, which necessitated an operation for appendicitis. The royal lady, treated by Sir Frederick Treves and Sir Francis Laking at Buck ingham Palace, soon made a good recovery.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.