Splendour of empire – India: December 1911

NARRATOR: (MUSIC) In India, as throughout the Empire, loyalty to the Crown grew stronger as the years of peace lengthened. With Eastern splendour, preparations were put forward to welcome King George and Queen Mary at the Delhi Durbar. The empire had its first insight into the unswerving sense of duty of the new king and queen who now came to be proclaimed emperor and empress of India. The viceroy, Lord Harding, presented the loyal address of the government of India, where each of the 98 native rulers avowed his loyalty.

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