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Topical Budget 613-1: Prince as Chief of British Legion (1923)
 

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"Prince as Chief of British Legion. Visits the Cenotaph with former Comrades-in-Arms." March past of veterans and wives. Ceremony at Cenotaph in Whitehall; guardsman conducts singing, clergy and choristers. Prince of Wales (later Edward Duke of Windsor) lays wreath at Cenotaph. He is dressed in morning suit with medal on chest and carries top hat. Clergy and choristers file march past followed by Prince who acknowledges crowds.