OLAF AND MARTHA

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 22 March 1929, Page 11

OLAF AND MARTHA

ROYAL HOUSES UNITE

MARRIAGE CELEBRATED

CEREMONY AT OSLO

Ouitcd L'resa Association—By Electric Tel«Graph—Copyright Australian Press Association—United Service. (Received 22nd March, 10 a.m.) OSLO, 21st. March. Prince Olaf, the Crown Prince of Norway, anil Princess Martini, of Sweden, wero married at noon. The altar was decked with white lilac and genista, but otherwise the church was not decorated, King Haakon saying: "God's house is not intended to bo a hothouse. The church as the congregation sees it will do for Olaf's wedding day." The Bishop of Oslo celebrated the marriage in the Norwegian ritual, which is practically the same as the English. Piiuce Olaf and his best man, the Duke of York, both iv uniform, motored to the church a quarter of an hour before tlie ceremony, and awaited the Princess Martha in the chancel. The front of the church of Our Holy Saviour was packed, the guests, numbering lift ecu hundred, having difficulty in reaching places inside. The bridal gown, kept strictly until the wedding morning, was of silver' lame, trimmed with Brussels Jace, and had a twelve-foot train of laniu trimmed with roses, the dress showing the Princess Martha's slim figure to perfection. Tliero were eight bridesmaids, four Norwegian and four Swedish. They wore light blue tulle dresses cut low at the back and adorned with many frills, worn over crepe do chine' underdresses.

Tho couple are leaving in the evening unaccompanied on a motor tour through Europe.