The Opening Of The New Manchester Royal Infirmary: The King And Queen On The Platform In The Out-Patients Waiting Hall, 1909. The King opened the new Manchester Royal Infirmary on Tuesday last (the 6th): and his Majesty is shown in the photograph inside the building, with the Queen and Princess Victoria on his left, and Mr. Haldane, Minister in Attendance, on his right. After the King had declared the building open, and had given permission for one of the wards to be called " King Edward the Seventh Ward," and another "Queen Alexandra Ward." his Majesty knighted Mr. William Cobbett, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Infirmary. Various presentations followed, and the King and Queen...made a tour of the building. From "Illustrated London News", 1909.