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.
In the years that followed, visiting ships would bring back word of the bitter rivalries over property rights, access to fresh water and sexual favours that ultimately ended in the mysterious demise of almost everyone involved, her Ladyship included.
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.