VICTORIA WEDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 276, 22 November 1927, Page 7

VICTORIA WEDS.

A STORY OF CONTRAST.

Marriage Of Sister Of Kaiser

Wilhelm.

THE POMP THAT WAS PRUSSIA.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright)

(Received 1.30 p.m.)

LONDON, November 21

Referring to the marriage of Princess Victoria of SchaumbourgLippe to the young Russian, Alexander Zoubkoff, the Bonn correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" draws a strange comparison with the Princess' previous marriage.

He says: "Watching tiie lonely exKaiser's sister slip into the registry office, one wondered whether her mind reverted for a moment to the amazingly contrasted circumstances of her previous wedding, 37 years ago, when, a young and beautiful bride, she married Prince Schaumbourg-Lippe.

"Berlin then was beflagged, and she was surrounded by the pomp of Prussia. Hundreds of thousands of people cheered as the young Princess drove through the streets of the capital, the centre of glittering representatives of a mighty army, while kings and ruling princes of independent States were present.

"To-day not a single member of a dynasty or people was present, and there was a total silence as the princess passed into the registry office, attired in a dark walking dress and noticeably pale. The bridegroom was closely wrapped in a fur-collared coat.

"The only guest at luncheon at the princess' town house was the Bussian mother of the youthful bridegroom.

The ex-Kaiser has abandoned his attitude of indifference to his sister's wedding and would only make a gesture of contempt on the occasion.

When the bride and bridegroom and guests assembled at Schaumberg Castle a messenger brought a parcel from Doom, which contained a book entitled, "The Bevolution From Above: Disaster From Below," this being the history of the German Empire from 1914-18.

Throughout the ceremony the Princess stood in a flood of merciless light from spotlights trained for the purpose of a cinematograph. She looked no older than thirty-five and wore a lace veil which once belonged to the Empress Frederick. Zoubkoff, immaculate in morning dress, chatted with the guests in English, German and Bussian.