GLITTERING SHOW
BRILLIANT UNIFORMS AT WEDDING United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph —Copvrlght AMSTERDAM. May 4. Pre-war splendour w’as revived at the wedding of Prince Louis Ferdinand and Princess Kyra at Doorn. The exKaiser wore the uniform of the Prussian Guards and the former Crown Prince uniform of the Death’s Head Hussars. The bride's father, the Grand Duke Korill, who in 1924 proclaimed himself Czar, wore a pre-war uniform. The Hohenzollern standard k. flying over Doorn, the only place in the world where it is still displayed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21029, 6 May 1938, Page 9
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87GLITTERING SHOW Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21029, 6 May 1938, Page 9
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