Untitled

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 104, 27 January 1930, Page 9

Only the presence of the many spectators, newspaper correspondents and photographers dfferentiated the marriage at Aix-les-Bains recently of the Aga Khan and Mlle. Andree Carron from that of the humblest French citizen. Simplicity was the keynote—a simplicity insisted upon by the great modern ruler, who is also one of the wealthiest Indian princes. Despite the steady downpour, a mightv throng packed the space outside the Maine when the bridal pair arrived. Mlle. Carron, the 31-year-old daughter of a modest family of Chamberry. wearing a gorgeous diamond and emerald necklace, preceded the Aga Khan, entering the Mairie on the arm of her witness. M. Antoine Borrel, deputy of the Savoy. The bridegroom followed with two Imams of the Paris Mosque dressed in flowing white robes. Following the civil marriage, the Imams of the Paris Mosque intoned the Mahommedan service. It is expected that the Aga Khan will take his bride—whose official title is “Her Highness Begum Aga Khan”—to India in a few months’ time. When they return to France the princely pair will make their home on an estate some three miles from Aix-les-Bains, which the Aga Khan has' purchased and upon which he intends to build a resi--1 dence. ■