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Queen Victoria surveyed the scene from the Royal closet, which, placed on the north side of the Communion Table, is definitely a little space in the body of the Castle with a window opening into the Chapel. King Edward, in addition to the multifarious duties which beset even humble people when they are about to enter the holy estate, was also compelled to hold his initially levée inside a handful of days of his wedding. Over a thousand gentlemen had the honour of becoming presented to him, the presentations, by Queen Victoria’s pleasure, becoming considered as equal to presentations to...