§ The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN of the HOUSEHOLD (Lieut.-Commander Dudley Ward) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address as followeth:—
§ I thank you heartily for your loyal and dutiful Address.
§ It affords the Queen and Myself the sincerest gratification to receive your congratulations on the occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of our Wedding, and to be assured that in this time of crisis We are supported by the loyalty and affection which are testified by your Address, as well as by the many manifestations of feeling on the part of Our Peoples to which you refer.