ABBEY WEDDING

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 16

ABBEY WEDDING

KING AND QUEEN PRESENT

The EUng-and' Queen . wrote -their names-in the-great marriage register at Westminster Abbey signifying that they had witnessed there the wedding of Lord Hyde, son and heir of Lord Clarendon, Governor-General of South Africa,- and the Hon. Marion Clyn, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Wolyerton; (writes, a Londoner). The flowing of the-Queen's signature— "Mary"—came immediately below the firm round hand of the King,' who signed "George" after the bride and bridegroom had registered: their respective names. Boyal congratulations were the first that Lord and ;Lady Hyde nreeeiyed when : the ceremony was over, for their" Majesties followed them from the High Altar into the Chap«l of Edward the .Confessor after the - blessing- on - their union had been proonunced. and the • Queen kissed the bride as she wished her every happiness.' ■' ■' ; ■'-■■'• ■•■:■■ •■-•■■'■ .

Not since.the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York had there been as much public interest in a wedding. The presence of the'King'and Queon, allied with the fact that a bridal ceremony ■at the Abbey-r-unless bride or bridegroom is a member of the Boyal Family—^is a most unusual social occurrence, brought hundreds of sightseers, to Parliament Square, and while they: stood three and four deep at every vantage: point opposite the Abbey, there were equally large crowds-massed near the great west doors and at the cloisters entrance in Dean's Yard.

The.King and Queen came up from Windsor Castle to attend^ the wedding, arriving ' when • the crowds'had grown to immense proportions and a dense volume of" traffic was making its way between ' Charing Cross and Victoria street. The loyal car, however, was quickly recognised, and a great cheer went'up as it slowed to a standstill at the west entrance to the Abbey.