The arrival of the sovereign train of Monteverdi at the Gare de Lyon had been greeted with full French military honors. A battalion of the Republican Guard in polished brass helmets with horsehair plumes had formed a guard of honor along the red-carpeted platform, while the French Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed Crown Prince Nikolai and Princess Camilla on behalf of the Republic. The state visit was the culmination of…
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