CROWD AT WEDDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21640, 4 November 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

CROWD AT WEDDING

" GATECRASHERS " EXCLUDED MRS.. MEYRICK'S DAUGHTER Only a few relatives and friend* were admitted to a London churcii recently when Miss Nancy Meyrick, third daughter of the late Mrs. Kate Mey? rick, the " Night Club Queen," was married to Mr. Edward Fitzßoy St. Aubyn at All Souls', Langham Place. " Gate-crashers " were rigidly excluded, and the bride's brother-in-law, the Earl of Kinnoull, arriving late, had to send in papers identifying himself before the two stalwart commissionaires guarding the door would let him enter. Among the congregation, which occupied barely a qu&rter of the accommodation were the bride's three sisters —the Countess of Kinnoull, Lady de Clifford and Miss Kathleen Meyrick. . The bridegroom, wearing a dark lounge suit and the tie of his old regiment, the Grenadier Guards, from which he resigned after announcing his engagement, entered by a side door to escape the large crowd which had gathered in Langham Place an hour before the ceremony was due to start. The bride, who is 23 —three year® vounger than the bridegroom—was 10 minutes late. She arrived with her brother, Mr. H. Lvster Meyrick, who gave her away, but there were no bridesmaids. As soon as the bride entered the church all doors were closed and guarded. The service was short and simple, and the word " obey " waa omitted from the vows. After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom walked down the long aisle into a porch filled with sightseers and press photographers. The new wife's courage seemed to fail her and she and her husband turned back into the church and whispered together for a moment. She eventually decided to face the crowd, and a way was cleared. Mr. and Mrs. St. Aubyn were to spend their honeymoon at Majorca, and it was stated that they would probably make their home :in Kenya.