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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1990
FAMILIAR
WERE
LADY
GUESTS IN
GALLERY FACES IN THE AMONG THE MANY MACLEHOSE AND LADY YOUDE, WIDOW OF SIR EDWARD YOUDE. OTHER
LADY DUNN'S THE SOUTH-EAST GALLERY WHICH WAS GIVEN OVER ENTIRELY FOR
FAMILY, HER HUSBAND INTRODUCTION, INCLUDED MEMBERS OF HER IMMEDIATE
HAD
ΤΟ FLOWN WONG WHO
LONDON MICHAEL THOMAS AND SISTER GLORIA
FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY TO WITNESS THE CEREMONY, AND SOME OF HER MANY ADMIRERS IN BRITAIN.
THE COLOURFUL CEREMONY, CARRIED OUT BEFORE A LORDS LASTED NINE MINUTES.
PACKED HOUSE OF
BARONESS DUNN AND HER SUPPORTERS IN THEIR
OF OF RED TRIMMED WITH WHITE FUR, THE KNIGHTS COLLARS, WITH GARTER KING OF ARMS AND PEERS' LOBBY.
BLACK
PARLIAMENTARY ROBES THEIR ORDERS WEARING
ASSEMBLED ROD,
IN
THE
CHANCELLOR WAS
BLACK GOWN, FULL-BOTTOMED
AS THE PROCESSION ENTERED THE CHAMBER THE LORD SEATED ON THE WOOLSACK WEARING COURT DRESS, WIG AND TRICORNE HAT.
AT THE BAR BARONESS DUNN BOWED TO THE CLOTH OF ESTATE, THE HOUSE AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE WOOLSACK.
ENTERED
REACHING THE WOOLSACK
KNELT
HER ON WHICH SHE HAD PASSED THEM
BARONESS DUNN STOPPED, WRIT AND HER PATENT RIGHT KNEE, AND PRESENTED HER RECEIVED FROM GARTER, TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR WHO IN TURN TO THE READING CLERK.
TURNED TOWARDS THE BARONESS DUNN THEN ROSE, STEPPED BACK AND
ΤΟ TABLE. LORD MACLEHOSE, AS SENIOR SUPPORTER, LED BARONESS DUNN BACK
PLACED THEMSELVES THE TABLE AT THE SAME TIME AS BLACK ROD AND GARTER BEHIND THE CLERKS' SEATS,
THE CEREMONY,
READING
CLERK
READ THE
AT THIS POINT IN THE PATENT AND THE WRIT AND ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
BEFORE
BARONESS DUNN WAS THEN LED TO HER SEAT IN THE HOUSE
A SERIES OF BOWS, REPEATED AND HER SUPPORTERS FORMING A PROCESSION AND STEPPING TO THE WOOLSACK.
ONCE
WHERE SHE MORE
LORD
THERE BARONESS DUNN PAUSED AND SHOOK HANDS WITH A SMILING
OF "HEAR, HEAR". CHEERS LOUD BROKE INTO MEMBERS CHANCELLOR AND FINALLY THE PROCESSION PASSED INTO THE PRINCE'S CHAMBER.
BARONESS DUNN REMAINED IN THE HOUSE TIME WAS COMPLETED.
OF LORDS UNTIL QUESTION
FIRST
BRITAIN, IN
ITS HONG KONG NOW HAS ITS FIRST LADY PEER
AND AN ACCOMPLISHED THE
WESTMINSTER PALACE OF CHINESE MEMBER OF SPOKESPERSON IN BRITAIN'S PARLIAMENT ON HONG KONG AFFAIRS.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BARONESS DUNN SESSION WITH HONG KONG CORRESPONDENTS AND A BY MORE THAN A HUNDRED GUESTS.
HOSTED A MEET-THE-MEDIA GALA RECEPTION ATTENDED
TO
HONG KONG HOUSE OF
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, BEFORE RETURNING ON FRIDAY, BARONESS DUNN WILL SPEND MUCH OF HER TIME IN THE LORDS MEETING OTHER PEERS AND OFFICIALS.
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