THE ROYAL WEDDING

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 5, 7 January 1930, Page 9

THE ROYAL WEDDING

GATHERING AT ROME

PRELUDE TO CEREMONY

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EOME, 6th January,

Despite the necessity for elaborate precautions against outrage, they arrival platform was crowded by Princes, Princesses, Ambassadors, and other notables when, the Princess Marie Jose and the King and Queen of the Belgians arrived at 10 o'clock this morning, and were welcomed at the- station by the King and Queen of Italy and other members of the Royal Family. The appearance of King Albert, who was the first to leave the carriage, was the signal for tumultuous cheering. Meanwhile, Prince Umbertoy who was helping Princess Marie Jose to alight, caused even more rapturous cheering. The Princess, who was dressed entirely in white, was a charming figure. The Prince was in full uniform.

The party drove to the Quirinal Palace, escorted by military, through enormous cheering crowds. , During the drive the couple were pelted with flowers from balconies, windows, and terraces, many of which fell on the escorting cuirassiers. Signor Mussolini and his Ministers did not go to the station, but were presented to the Belgian Eoyal Family at the Quirinal.

The popularity of * the marriage is enhanced greatly by the fact that four hundred prisoners, for small offences, were released as a mark of clemency on the occasion.