ROYAL WEDDING
A HAPPY COUPLE ANOTHER GIFT TO PRINCESS MAGNIFICENT NECKLACE t United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright.} (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON. November 27. The “Daily Telegraph’’ states that the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood. and the Duke of Gloucester also combined to give Princess Marina a magnificent diamond necklace. A woman guest said everyone would remember the Royal servants’ party', for the rest of their lives. Princess Marina locked radiantly happy, and it was obvious how happy she and her Duke of Kent ax-e. The Queen, too, was a happy and striking figure.
London is crowded with visitors for the wedding tomorrow. Additional police have been called on to control the exceptionally heavy traffic at Westminster, where a number of sightseers flocked into the gaily decorated streets.
The weather is intensely cold, but at midnight Bond Street was densely packed with pedestrians and motor car, while all neighbouring parking places were fully occupied. The preparations are now complete for the wedding. The only anxiety relates to the weather. A layer of clouds imprisoning the day’s • smoke plunged London into darkness early this afternoon, but the forecast for tomorrow is for mild weather, with bright intervals.
NEW ZEALAND’S WISHES. LORD BLEDISLOE’S MESSAGE. t Per Press Association .--Copyright! WELLINGTON, This Day. The Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, sent the following message to the King: “In assuring Your Majesty of the homage and unabated loyalty of the people of New Zealand, I beg to express on their behalf the heartfelt congratulations on the marriage today of the Duke of Kent with Princess. Marina, and the earnest prayer that the union of Their Highnesses may be blessed with unalloyed happiness,’’
GREEKS OF NEW ZEALAND HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS [Per Press Association.—Copyrightl WELLINGTON, This Day. The Consul for Greece in New Zealand, Mr. Frank Dyer, has despatched a cablegram to Princess Marina, the translation of which is as follows: “The Greeks of New Zealand heartily congratulate you upon a happy marriage. We wish your life to be happy and your future bright and cloudless.”
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Northern Advocate, 29 November 1934, Page 5
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349ROYAL WEDDING Northern Advocate, 29 November 1934, Page 5
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