see all these beef eaters, life guards powdered headed footmen, coachmen, etc all standing round like statues are thought are was looking at a picture or a waz works exhibition. Up a great flight of stairs we went along a wonderful corridor, gold leaf on the walls, mirrored doors, huge chandeliers lovely old paintings by famous painters and some incredible old clocks. The floor and woodwork is all highly polished walnut and the carpets were beautifully thick, and into a room where everybody was waiting some in kahki some in full dress, soldiers, sailors, airmen, diplomats, nobility etc.. I saw several chaps I knew. The room was decorated just like the corridor and in the rooms were members of the Kings Bodyguard in the most splendid uniforms. They are all colones or generals who have had command of some sort. One was V.C. and they nearly all had a D.S.O and M.C After a but we walked into another similar room with there
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