DUKE AND MRS WARFIELD

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22110, 4 June 1937, Page 11

DUKE AND MRS WARFIELD

WEDDING PERFORMED AT TOURS POPULAR ENTHUSIASM IN VILLAGE HOLIDAY HELD TO CELEBRATE OCCASION (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYUIGIIT.) (Received June 4, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON, June 3. The Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield were married at the Chateau de Cande at 11.47 a.m. The whole village of Monts observed a holiday to celebrate the occasion. Three big flags flew at the entrance to the village, the Union Jack, the Stars and Stripes, and the French Tricolour. The local musical society offered to serenade the .bride and bridegroom, but the Duke replied regretting that he was unable to accept the offer. Charabanc excursions were run to the Chateau from many parts of France, bringing hundreds more to join the thousands of visitors already in the district. Thousands flocked into the gaily bedecked town from the neighbouring countryside. The streets within a mile of the Chateau de Cande were closed more than an hour before the ceremony. "Gate-Crashers" Ejected The police were busily occupied from an early hour ejecting "gatecrashers" from the prohibited zone. Many entered last night under cover of darkness. Others hired rooms in peasants' houses within the precints of the Chateau. The cleverest glided up the river Indre, which flows within 100 yards of the Chateau itself. Mrs Warfield rose at 8 a.m. and summoned her hairdresser and maids. She wore a long-skirted cocktail dress of "Wallis blue"—a shade between pastel and hyacinth blue, matching her eyes—which sets the tone for the whole trousseau of 80 dresses and 40 hats. The frock had a high-draped neckline and was worn with a fitted long-sleeved jacket of the same shade, wrist-length gloves of the same blue crepe, and high-heeled open-work sandals in a similar shade. The hat was a tiny skull-cap of "Wallis blue" straw with a turned-back halo brim of blue tulle. The base of the hat was a bandeau of blue and pale pink ostrich feathers. A Picture of Happiness The Duke wore morning dress with a wing collar and white buttonhole. While Mrs Warfield was completing her toilet the Duke walked on the terrace of the Chateau and consulted a French official about the road protection arrangements. The official subsequently said the Duke was radiant and a picture of happiness. The sun grew steadily hotter as the morning advanced. „ The male guests wore morning coats and top hats, the women simple garden party dresses with wide straw hats. They rested in the shade of the trees while the preparations were being completed. The decorations at the Chateau were beautiful but simple. In compliance with Mrs Warfield's wishes, peonies which are at their best at this time of the year, predominated. The altar was decorated with syringa lilies and trails of clematis. ENGLISH CLERGYMAN CENSURED PROTEST AGAINST CHURCH \ CEREMONY ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY APPROVES STATEMENT (Received June 3, 10 p.m.) LONDON, June 2. The news that the Rev. Anderson Jardine had gone to France to officiate at the religious ceremony at the Duke of Windsor's wedding came bs a great surprise, not only to the Archbishop of Canterbury (the Most Rev. Cosmo Lang), but also to the Suffragan Bishop of Fulham (the Rt. Rev. B. S. Batty), under whose jurisdiction the Anglican Church in North and Central Europe comes. After a consultation between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Fulham, the following statement was issued with the authority of the Archbishop: "If it be true that the Rev. A. Jardine has undertaken to perform the religious ceremony in connexion with the marriage of the Duke of Windsor, the Bishop of Fulham wishes it to be understood that this action of an Anglican clergyman is taken without his knowledge and consent." •Action Entirely Irregular" The ecclesiastical correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: "Mr Jardine's action is entirely irregular. It is understood that the Bishop of Fulham telegraphed to Mr Jardine protesting against his acting without episcopal licence or consent. There is no process in ecclesiastical law by which Mr Jardine can be restrained. The bishop's telegram takes the form of a protest and not a prohibition. Mr Jardine's position in the ceremony will be that of a private person who is invited to say prayers. He is incapable of legally solemnising the marriage." When asked how he knew the Duke wished a religious ceremony, and how he came to make his offer, Mr Jardine replied; "It seemed.

to me unthinkable that any member of the Royal Family could be married without it." The Tours correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that Prebendary F. A. Cardew. Rural Dean of France,] who is responsible to the Bishop of] Fulham, says that directly he heard that Mr Jardine had gone to France, he telephoned the Bishop of Fulham. j The bishop explained that it had been made clear that the clergy of England must not take any part in the wedding. Mr Cardew said he had lent a crucifix for use in the civil ceremony, but in the changed circumstances he had requested its return as he could not appear to countenance a ceremony disapproved by his superiors. "The Vvhole position is most embarrassing," he added. '"The Duke is an old friend of mine, but I am compelled to act in accordance with church discipline." "ROMANCE THAT COST A THRONE" NEWSPAPER COMMENT ON WEDDING AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF MILLIONS (Received June 3, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 2. The "News-Chronicle," in a leading article commenting on the Duke of Windsor's wedding, says: "It is no disrespect to Their Majesties to say that the thoughts of millions of former subjects of Edward VIII will on June 3 turn to the music room at the Chateau de Cande where the man who was King will bring to a culmination the romance that cost him his throne. ' "Accompanying these thoughts will go an affectionate remembrance and the best* good wishes. Edward judged it expedient to surrender the privileges and burdens of monarchy for the sake of the woman whom ne loved and whom the State would not accept. To-day criticism should be silent. May those who would still persecute him learn soon the virtue of charity." The "Daily Mail" says the King and Queen have sent a joint wedding present to the Duke and Mrs Warfield.