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Her Majesty's re-appearance in public at Aberdeen on Tuesday created

much enthusiasm. Her speech, in answer to the address of the inhabitants who had just set up the Prince Consort's statue, was both gracious and graceful, though it contained an apology for re-appearance which her Majesty's subjects would fain spare :— " But I could not reconcile it to myself to remain at Babnoral, while such a tribute was being paid to his memory, without making an exertion to assure you personally of the deep and heartfelt sense I entertain of your kindness and affection, and at the same time to proclaim in public the unbounded reverence and admiration, the devoted love, that fill my heart for him whose loss must throw a lasting gloom over all my future life."

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