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[Illustration: KING ALBERT'S FÊTE-DAY: THE ROYAL BELGIAN CHILDREN AT
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL FOR THE SOLEMN MASS.]

On Sunday, November 15, that brave soldier Albert King of the Belgians was
thirty-nine, and a solemn Mass was celebrated at Westminster Cathedral.
Cardinal Bourne assisted at the service, and the ceremonial was of a most
impressive and ornate character, gorgeous vestments, beautiful music, and
the gleam of many lights combining to make a tout ensemble that suggested
some great occasion of national thanksgiving, as, indeed, it was.
Scarlet and green were the brilliant colour-notes of the function. The
celebrant of the Mass was Mgr. Canon Moyes, other dignitaries taking part
in the service. Amongst the congregation were the children of the
King of the Belgians--Prince Leopold, Duc de Brabant; Prince Charles,
Comte de Flandre; and Princess Marie-José, of all of whom we give
portraits.--[Photo. by C.N.]




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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914--43