A ROYAL MARRIAGE.
CEREMONY IN CHINA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z Cable Association. PEKIN, December 1. Emperor Huang Tung and Princess Kuo Chia Si were married to-day. Seated on a dragon bed in the Palace ! of the Forbidden City early thi3 nvarn- • ing, the seventeen-year-old Emperor I and his fifteen-year-old bride exchanged J golden cups, solemnising their mar- I j riage. The simple ceremony was pre- j i ceded by arr. elaborate ritual, the reast- j I ing continuing for a week. Dr-F.Tje I dawn, a long procession took tzw tr-de ! from her father’s house to the palace, ! thousands of people lining the streets. | Two thousand mandarins and foreign witnessed the ceremony. The i Empress entered the palace, never to leavo again unless the monarchy Is rej stored. Pu-yi, the last of the Chinese Imperial Family, was born on February H, 1906. He succeeded his uncle, the ) Emperor Kuang-Hsii. on November 14, • • 1908, and abdicated on February 12, • : 1912. He retains the title of Emperor j jof the Manohu Imperial House, but , with his death the title and the Gov- { ernment subsidy of the house will cease. ,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 5
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188A ROYAL MARRIAGE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 5
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