THE DUKE’S MARRIAGE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 9

THE DUKE’S MARRIAGE

DETAILS OF CEREMONY MAYOR TO OFFICIATE PARIS, May 30. The Duke of Windsor’s marriage, though it will be performed in a luxurious room at the chateau, will be identical with thousands carried out every day. The Duke of Windsor and Miss Warfield will sit together, flanked by witnesses. The Mayor, wearing his tricolour scarf of office, will conduct the ceremony and pronounce them married. He will then present them with an eight-page paper-covered livret de famille, in which all the particulars are inscribed. Six pages contain 12 spaces for the registration of children. The Mayors generally make the joke that when the 12 spaces are filled the couple can obtain another book. The wedding ring has no place in the ceremony. PRESENT FROM HOSTS TOURS, May 30. Mr and Mrs Bedaux, the Duke of Windsor’s and Miss Warfield’s hosts at the Chateau de Cande, presented them, as a wedding present, with a carved wooden statuette representing a man and a woman embracing, bearing a jewelled plaque inscribed “ The Kiss.” The recipients were delighted with the gift, which was placed prominently among the presents. The chateau will be a bower of flowers on the wedding day. Special floral artists have been engaged to decorate the rooms. Miss Warfield’s bridal bouquet will be brought by aeroplane from London.