A ROYAL WEDDING
ANGLO-SWEDISH ALLIANCE. SIMPLICITY KEYNOTE OF CEREMONY. i*rau Association —By Telegraph—Ouprrhfht LONDON, October 31. (Received Nov. JL, at 9.40 p.m.) Simplicity will be the keynote of the wedding of the Crown Prince of Sweden to Lady Louise Mountbatten in the Chapel Royal oii Saturday. The King of Sweden is travelling to London incognito. Lady Louise’s wedding dress is made from a beautiful piece of Indian frosted silver gauze, stiffer than the modern silver tissues. This is the gift of her uncle, the Grand Duke of Hesse. When the bride drives to the church she will wear over her gown an old-fashioned cape of tailless ermine, which belonged to her grandmother. She will carry to the altar a little bunch of lilies of the valley picked from her own garden. Her silver shoes will have low heels. The honeymoon will be spent in Italy.— A. and N.Z. Cable. Gustaf Adolf, the Crown Prince of Sweden, who is 39 years of age, was previously married to Princess Margaret Victoria, a daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. The Princess, who died in May, 1920, left five children.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19008, 2 November 1923, Page 7
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187A ROYAL WEDDING Otago Daily Times, Issue 19008, 2 November 1923, Page 7
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