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Gold Plate at the King’s Banquet

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 11, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 27.

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Gold Plate at the King’s Banquet

There was fifteen million dollars' worth of gold plate used at the King's great banquet. Eight tons of the precious metal, collected in the reigns of the Georges, was used at the magnificent dinner given in Buckingham Palace. American women were conspicuous with gems. "Their diamonds almost blind us," said Premier Asquith.