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...platoon of the Royal Guards on white chargers, marched past the Quirinal Palace, paying a tribute of cheers to its Sovereigns and receiving in return the King's salutes and the Queen's bows. Dense crowds lined the streets from the Piazza Colonna, down the Corso Umberto, through the Piazza del Popolo to the Quirinal square. The most touching scene of the procession was when 50 surviving Garibaldi veterans, wearing their red shirts and led by Ezio Garibaldi, grandson of the Patriot, marched past the grandson of Vittorio Emanuele II whom they had helped to make King...