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ROYAL MARRIAGE. BRILLIANT CEREMONY.
LITH, 1929.
who has already won his own place in our heart has wedded the daughter of a gallant and well-loved man, to whose pre- cirues and firmnes and resource England debt and the Allies of England owe a which is not forgotten.
the years cun on.
In the tiny Chandi Royal, St. James's Palace, on November 3rd, the Lady
"Go forth, you two, to the task and Louis Mountbatten, second daughter of
They aro youra the late Marquis of Milford Haves and trust which must of Princess Victoria; Dowager Marchiones already high. They may be yet greater of Milford Haven, was wedded to his aut mere snered as Royal Highness Gustav Adolph, Crown Each of you brings thereto experiences Prince of Sweden. Suople in itself, and of joy and surmow. You have horne the with a homely wetting altogether delights poignant stress and tension to which
Public Fal, the ceremony brought together a dis great war expenses, and especially tisguished company, in which were in place, both belligerent and mentral. It is four Queens with such gathers knowledge that you cinded two King
With the mutual Simple, to is the interior of the late will now face together the "varied duties Chapel, and perhaps it was just that of the coming yours, alence of ostentation in the fabric of the society, help, ad confort that the on th sought to the other, you will find historic building which
with an air of extraordinary lie in faring them a power that ties, but fire- vide
The wood-panelled and painted fald, greater then that which either of timacy ceiling, sometimes attributed to Holbein, you could wisht apart.
The union we have today knit stands and the cream-coloured wall were bare of
Only around the altarsure till death at Inst abalt part you. aay decoration. were banked masses of white chrysanthem God make it Truitful of abounding good. ums, thrown into dazzling prominees by Prayers for you go to God from Eng haded lights. Apart from this the only lish towns and village innumerabie and illumination c
came from soft green-shade from the vast fields aud forests of Sweden, candlesticks, which shed a subdised light with the city of islands at its core, If ws upon the beautiful dress of the ladies de not in this world anticipate for any and the brilliant uniforms of the Court, hour, high or lowly, a life of usbrolan It was sunshine anal happines we can and do Ambasador, and the Services,
a scene of vivid contrasts in colour, expect, and pray for a life of unbruken indeed, it was bound to be in a gathering harmony and peace of soul. where, with the exception of a dozen or so, every man wore the uniform of bis rank. The scarlet and gold of the Services and the blue and gold of the Diplomatic
You will bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. It is in His name, in His presence, that here as Christians we wish you from our hearts
The
Corps blended with the lovely toilettes of Getspace ended, the hymn May the
the Indies, while in the organ left above
was sung the choristers in their quaint Tuder grace of Christ our Saviour scarlet taules stood out boldly against the and then enre the Benediction, with a beautiful rendering of the exquisite. narchiered whiteness of the walls.
In the hash Sevenfold Amen of Stainer. So limited is the accommodation withinch followed, the bridegroom turned to the Chapel that special provision had to be made on either side of the altar for the wards his bride and bowing low. raised his wife's hand dowly to his lips aud members of the Royal families. Gilded kissel it. The signing of the register in
vestry was quicklyover, and as the
chair with erinon cushkas were Pubridat pair emerged, the Crown Princess |
in two blocks, and in the brilliant grour which occupied them five of the reigning houses of Europe were presentat
3 ROYAL COMEDY,
with her right band resting lightly on her husband's arm, the organ broke-into-a floud of music as Handel's march from The Occasional Oratorio was played. Outside the courtyard of St. James's Palner a great reception awaited the Crown Prince and his bride, for the crowd which had assembled to watch the arrival of the guests bad been consider- ably augmented before the service nas over. Cheers broke out on all sides at the bridal earrings emerged from the porchway entrance, and little childred of the Swedish colony in London stopped bei fare it to sentter the way with nosies of red and white carnations-Daily Tele
Daring the assembling of the guests the organ filled the Chapel with a sweet melody of sound. The first of the Eoyal house to arrive was Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles with her husband. They were followed by Princess Alive and Princes Lou and then came the Duke and Ducn of York. The accommodation of this little group provided a dightful domestic comedy. First the Duke of York was "shown to his sent next to Princes Louise: then the Gentleman her, tra- lug to the Duchess, escorted her to a chair four places removed from ber husband. graph. The Dake, looking first at the empty chairs and then at his wife, smiled, and with the merest inclination of the head manticand the Duches to jain him. The Duchess smiled back, and beckon the Dake to her side; but in this little by play of smiles and glances the Duke won, and the Duche moved along to it by her Eustand. The arrival of the Prince of Wales almost immediately led to another delightful little coutremps. The Duchess had appropriated the seat reserved for the Prince, and smilingly he clnímek his right; but just when the game of general post seemed likely to begin all over again Prince George came up, and in Brinely spirit gave up his place to the
truo
of York, and so enabled the latter to rejoin the Duchess. All were smiling when this little comedy ended so happily for all concerned,
It was now within five miuntes of the hour fixed for the ceremony, and the. guest ruse at the eatry of the King and Queen (the latter in a dress of pale blue, with brown fur and a pale blue toqua), Queen Alexandra, the King of Sweden, and Quern Oigs of Greece. Scarcely had they been seated when the bridegroom. a dis. tinguished figure in the uniform of a Swedish general, arrived with his brother Prince William, The Archbishop of Can- berhary, with whom were the Bishop of London and Prebendary Percival, hal already proceeded to the altar, when the choir took up the sweet refrain if the hymn. Lead us, heavenly Father," and the the bridal procession appeared in chapel entraper,
THE BRIDAL-PROCESSION.
of
The bride, a stately figure as she walked, down the aisle on the arm of her brother, Lord Milford. Haven, wore a gown Indian silver gauze, and carried a simple bouquet of lilies of the valley, in which sprays of myrtle were mingled. Her veil of Honiton lace, reaching almost to the ground, was that which Queen Victoria gave to her daughter, the late Princess Alice
Her train-bearers were her little nephew, the Earl of Meding, dressed in a plain white sailor suit and his sister Lady Tatiana. Behind them followed the four bridends, Princess Margaret,
Theodors Cecilia and Sophis, dan
of Prince and Prince Andrew of in gowns of soft apriet georgette, with wreaths of liner bouquets of Devon- Leaves in their hair, They carried shire violet zed, with their own loaves and tied with gold tissue, and they made
beautiful quartette
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The bridegroom, who wore the uniform
of general of the Surdish any, received his bride at the altar steps with a courtly bow, and the simple marriage service en- Both the bride and bridegroom their responses in clear voices, the Tatter is perfect English without"
a trace of fóreign nocent. The solemn pledge | having been taken, the Archbishop of Canterbury turned to address them in a few simple words, in the course of which he took opportunity to pay tribute to the great work of the bride's father, the late Prince Louis of Batteulierg, ou behalf of the Allied cause. It was a most Coaching referener, delivered with an impressive sincerity.
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"It ought to be," said the Archbishop, nay, it is, a simple thing to address a dew words of counsel and God-speed to bridgroom and bride on such a day as this simple thing, for it menus tho voicing in quiet words of the straight- forward, and prayerful good wishes of thousands of ordinary people belonging to two separate nations, whose thoughts" and hopes and pravers turn today to this little chapel, the one of many incidenta which have concerted in the inst two hun. dred years the central home life of Eng. land. In the presence of us witnesses to day, the honour and trusted hour to the Throne of a great poople—a Prince)
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