The Royal Wedding

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 282, 14 November 1923, Page 5

The Royal Wedding

Brilliant Scene in Chapel LATE ARRIVAL OF BRIDE. ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD. ißy Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LoUdon, Nov. 12. The gentlemen and children of the Chapel Royal Choir, in scarlet and gold uniform, added a picturesque touch of colour to the charming scene made by the dresses and uniforms at Princess Maud’s wedding. The bride was seven minutes late, causing the King to make amused comments to the six bridesmaids who were waiting with him in the porch. When the bride arrived he led her up the church. She was an entrancing picture in robes of crystal and silver pearl, the birdesmaids, in blue, following. The King gave away the bride with a slight bow. The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, in his address to the wedded couple, used the words of the Psalmist, and wished them good luck in the name of the Lord.

Out side the church Lord Carnegie’s brother officers made an arch of swords and the pair drove off to the cheerful music of “Hieland Laddie,” played by the Scots Guards pipers. Princess Maud, in response to the cheers of the crowd outside her mother’s house, twice appeared at a window and displayed her wedding gown and going away frock of beaver crepe marocain, but shook her head when the crowd, chiefly women, waved their handkerchiefs and cried “Do come down.”

Later Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary came to the window and waved their hands to the crowd in tho square. —(A. and N.Z.)