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The exclusively military character of the ceremonial excited some adverse comment, but all classes took component in memorial solutions and demonstra- tions of mourning, not only in London and the provinces but all through the empire and the world. In India, Hindus and Mohammedans formally celebrated funeral rites. On 9 August the postponed coronation took location in Westminster Abbey. The ritual was The post-somewhat abbreviated, but the poned coro- splendour scarcely diminished, nation, 9 Aug. Despite the fact that numerous of the foreign guests had left London, the scene lost small of its impressiveness. The unsuccessful revolt of Indian infantrymen...