LEAVING THE CATHEDRAL

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 152, 24 December 1926, Page 13

LEAVING THE CATHEDRAL

garetha, was accompanied by her husband, Prince Axel of Denmark.

Whilst the choir of 100 men and 60 boys chanted, Prince Leopold and Princes Astrid knelt at tho prieu-dieu in front of the altar. Behind tho Royal couple were their relations, tho six witnesses, and the pages taking their places to tho left and right of the altar. Altogether, twenty-fire. Royal personages took part in the ceremony. ARCHBISHOP'S ADDBESS. Turning towards the Princess, Monsignor Van Rocy, the successor to Cardinal Mercer as Archbishop of Malines, addressed her at length. After pointing out that tho bride and bridegroom had. freely followed the dictates of their hearts, he said: "In the name of tho imposing congregation here assembled, in the name •of the whole of Belgium, whose atten-

cess was pale' with emotion, but her eyes were smiling, and she responded to the salutations with a charming gesture, holding out her bouquet' in one hand whilst she grasped the hand of Prince Leopold with the other.

Throughout the whole ceremony and during the passage- of the Royal carriages from tho Palace to Saint Gud'ule, and from Saint Gudule to the Palace, aeroplanes circled over the city, whilst tho assembled crowds cheered with an enthusiasm unprecedented, exeopt for the welcome given here, twenty-six years ago, to King Albeit, and Queen. Elizabeth, . on. their marriage.

The return, to the Palace is indescribable. Woinj/led cx-Servicemeu were amongst the first to cheer their future sovereigna. The newly-wedded couple and the Eoyal guests who were present