BRILLIANT WEDDING

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 138, 13 June 1932, Page 7

BRILLIANT WEDDING

Lady Myrtle Jellicoe Married

In London

GIFT FROM THEIR MAJESTIES

LONDON, June 12

One of the most brilliant weddings of the London season took place- ;it All Souls' Church, Langham Place, yesterday when Lady Myrtle Jollicoe was married to Mr. Lionel Maxwell Balfour, an aviator.

The church was ablaze with scarlet poppies of the British Legion. This was in accordance with the bride's wishes.

Tho guests included Princesses Alice, Helena, Victoria and Mario Louise. The bride's three sisters acted a>s bridesmaids. The Bishop of Slieflicld, Dr. L. IT. Burrows, officiated.

Their Majesties' present was a gold toilet set.

The young couple began their honeymoon by flying to Paris, Mr. Balfoiir piloting the machine. . Later they will go to Italy.

Writing in the "Daily Telegraph" List month, a correspondent said: "There has been no bride in Lord Jellieoe's family for four generations, and possibly not for 200 years. Lady .Jeiljcoe told me.'The only weddings have been of male members or' the family. While .she was telling me what a pretty wedding it will be. the bride herself was at the dressmaker's beins fitted for her wedding gown. Bride, bridesmaids and page will be in parchment. Their dresses and the bridesmaids' red rosea will match the white lilies and British Legion poppies that decorate the church. Lady Myrtle's three sisters, Lady Gwendoline. " Lady Norah and Lady Prudence will all be bridesmaids, and her 14-year-old brother, Lord Bvochf, is getting leave from Winchester to l>o one of the twelve ushers. There is to be another adult bridesmaid, two small girls and page, making a retinue of seven. A horseshoe of myrtle and orange blossom will be tached to Lady Myrtle's train, and she will have myitis and orange flowers on her head."