The signing ceremony was administered by the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Georgina Theodora Wood, and witnessed by the Asantehene, the Chairman of the National Peace Council, and the President of the National House of Chiefs.
All had, however, to fall back before the Prince of Orange, who led Colonel Audley up to her ladyship, and said with his appealing smile: 'Lady Barbara, I want to present to you a friend of mine who desires beyond anything this introduction.