ROYAL CHRISTENING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20667, 4 March 1937, Page 10

ROYAL CHRISTENING

DUKE OF KENT'S DAUGHTER The daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent was christened in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace on February 9, receiving the names Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christobel. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who took the service, was assisted by Prebendary L. J. Percival, Precentor of the Chapels Royal and Domestic Chaplain to the King. The sponsors were the King and Queen and the Earl of Athlone, who were present; and the Queen of Norway, Princess Beatrice, Princess Nicholas of Greece, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia, and Count Toerring, who were not able to be present. Members of the Royal Family present, in addition to the child’s parents, were Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth. Princess Margaret, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. Prince Edward was taken to the ceremony. Sir John Simon, the Home Secretary, Dr W. Gilliatt, Dr A. E. Gow, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of Their Majesties’ Household-in-Waiting, and of the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, were also present. Mr E. Stanley Roper was at the organ and the choir of the Chapel Royal was in attendance. The gold font made for the christening of Queen Victoria’s eldest child was brought from Windsor, and the baby was sprinkled with water from the River Jordan. She wore the Brussels lace and cream satin robes which were used at the christening of Queen Victoria’s children. The baby cried ’lustily throughout the ceremony and little Prince Edward joined In sympathetically.