AFTER THE WEDGING.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1923, Page 5

AFTER THE WEDGING.

LONDON’S NIGHT OF JOY, SCENES IN WEST END. HONEYMOON FAREWELL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Received April 27, 5.5 p.m. London, April 27. London continued the wedding festival throughout the evening and far into the night the streets of the West End were thronged. People from the suburbs and country reinforced the crowds which had seen the wedding, but who were still reluctant to go home. The pavements in many places were impassable, especially in Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street, Oxford Street and Whitehall, the sightseers including hundreds of family parties. The windows of the principal shops and stores were lit up, and these, with the ad dition of electric signs and illuminations, flooded the streets with a blaze of light. Programmes and souvenirs were still being sold. The more boisterous spirits amused themselves with confetti, streamers, motley caps, paper trumpets, whistle and mouth-organs, while jubilant couples danced beneath the Nelson column in Trafalgar Square. Every theatre and cinema was full, and when the audiences poured out many went to the already overcrowded hotels, where there were gala dances, and the rest mingled with the street revellers. Seven thousand roses were used in the decorations in one hotel, where there were two thousand guests. There were roses everywhere, decking the dancing-rooms and the hotel lounges. Every hotel had surprise souvenirs for the guests, such as lucky shoes, wedding bells and portions of a wedding cake. The Prince of Wales dined at Clar idge’s Hotel and afterwards went to a ball at Lansdowne House in aid of the Queen Victoria Nursing Institute. It is authoritati'-'dv stated that H*" brid* automatically became Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York on her marriage, but the King bestowed the dignity of Princess. This decision was arrived at on Wednesday night. Lord Strathmore, in a letter to a family retainer, says the Duke of York was a devoted suitor for two or three years. The Duke of York and his bride departed on their honeymoon in Surrey, receiving a rousing send-off along the route from the Palace to Waterloo. They had an equally rousing send-off from the royalties at the Palace. The Duke’s brothers, with the Duke of Connaught and the bridesmaids, bombarded them with rose petals in the courtyard, the Queen and Princess- Mary watching the fun from the balcony. The villagers of Bookham, where tUe honeymoon will be spent, have arranged the presentation of an address of welcome.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.