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The Prince and Princess of Wales in Egypt: the Viceroy introducing Mrs. Stanton to the Princess, 1869. 'The Viceroy, attended by his Ministers, received his guests on the platform [at Cairo], about thirty yards from the garden entrance of the palace. Mr. Reade, late British Consul at Cairo, his successor, Mr. Rogers, and the Consular staff, with Mrs. Stanton and a few other ladies, were present at the reception. The Prince of Wales wore the scarlet uniform of a general officer, with the star and sash of the Order of the Medjidieh, and the collar and badge of the Order of the Bath. The Viceroy of Egypt wore a blue frock coat, richly laced with gold, and the insignia of the Order of the Osmanli. He had a diamond-hilted scimetar by his side...The Viceroy gave his arm to the Princess of Wales, and introduced her to Mrs. Stanton, to Mr. Reade, the Consul, Mr. Rogers, the new Consul, and the principal Pachas present. Ibrahim Pacha gave his arm to Mrs. Grey; and the party went through the garden into the palace, where an address from the English residents was presented by Mr. F. Ayrton'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.