ROYAL WEDDING
GREEK CHURCH PORTION PECULIAR CEREMONIAL (Received October 19, 6.35 p.m.) LOS DON, Oct. 10 The Manchester Guardian says it understands that the Greek Church portion of the wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina will be celebrated in the chapel at Buckingham Palace. The ceremony will be somewhat difficult as crowns must be held over the heads of the bride and bridegroom. Therefore it has been decided that nobody shall bo present but the Royal Family and Princess Marina's family and their suites and officials. The Prince of Wales will hold the crown over his brother's head. Prince George, who represented the King at the funeral of the late King Alexander of Belgrade, will return home on Sunday. His Royal Highness will travel by rail with his fiancee and her parents to Paris and complete the journey alone by aeroplane. It is" understood that Princess Marina and the Prince and Princess Nicholas of Greece will arrive in London on November 21 to make formal preparations for the wedding on November 29.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 13
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