§ THE EARL OF CLARENDONMy Lords, I have to convey a Message from the King, signed with his own hand:
"I thank you sincerely for your loyal and dutiful Address expressing sympathy with me in the loss which the Royal Family, in common with the nation, has sustained by the death of my beloved great uncle His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught. I greatly appreciate the assurance of your affectionate interest in all that concerns myself and my family."