River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-06-03
THE ROYAL WEDDING.
Some Interesting Details Of the Recent
Ceremony ut Windsor.

The ceremony twas very short. AS
soon as the guests had taken their
places, Sir George Elvey playing a SCI
lection from Handel and Gounod dur
ing the interval, tn minor lights of the
royal party came in, and Lord Mount
Edgcumbe showed the bridegroom
how and where he was to stand, Prince
Leopold being the bcst man. The
Lord Chamberlain then went off to an
nounce that all was ready, and at once
the Queen entered with the bride, fol-
lowed by her SIX bridesmaids, with the
Duchess of Wellington and the usual
ladies in attendance. The Queen wore
black, AS usual, relieved with white, and
small coronet Of diamonds.
The bride (who looked very hand
some and stately was, of course, In
white, and so were her attendants,
whose wreaths were of yellow, the
Hanoverian color, manifestation
which will give considerable offense at
Berlin. Her Majesty's action in herself
giving away the bride is regarded as a
practical protest against the dlsapprov-
al of the brides family. Probably,
since the Duke of Gloucester and Lady
Waldegrave, no royal marriage in this
country has caused so much acrimoni-
GUS discussion.
After the Queen had received the
guests in the red drawing-room-which
took very short time-the royal party
lunched in the white dra wing and
the others had a stand up reflection in
the Waterloo chamber. AS soon as the
Princess and her husband had driven
off (which they did amidst shower of
rice, John Brown hurting an old slip
per afrer the carriage with a vigor
which would have caused the Baron
long to remember his wedding-day mad
it come in contact with his head) every.
body went away, and before half-past
four the castle was clear and the
Queen had gone out for drive.
The private chapel in which the cere-
monv took place is within that part OF
the castle which is never shown to the
public. 1t was formerly music room
and was converted to its present uses
under the auspices of Prince Albert.
1t adjoins the Waterloo Chamber and
is usually entered from George I'VE
grand corridor, which with its contents,
is one of the chief features of the castle.
Service is celebrated here daily, when
the Queen is at Windsor, by the Dean,
before her majesty usually, and the
household always. The Queens gal
lery faces ii e pulpit and has an anti
room lined with portraits. This is the
first marriage that has ever taken
place here. The chapel was beautifully
decorated with flowers from Frogmore,
but little else was attempted, beyond
removing the black hangings replaced
after the death of Princess Alice and
clearing out the servants benches and
rubbing up and Frightening everything.
The Baron Won Pawel-RemmiIgton
has had a romantic history, He was
for some time student OF the college
at Coberg, which he quilted early IN
life for a commission In the Honover-
ian army. On the outbreak of the rup-
ture between Austria and Prussia he
took part in the battle of Langensalza,
and was taken prisoner with the King
and ACCOMPANIED him in his retreat to
Vienna. His strong attachment to the
fallen dynasty led to his endeavoring to
rasie Guelphic legion in France for
the recovery of the lost throne. For
this he was impeached for high treason
by the Prussian authorities. was tried
by default in his abser ce and found
guilty. This sentence has never been
revoked, and the Baron cannot now
enter any portion of the German do
minions without being subject TO arrest.
The family have long been settled at
Coburg, and his father is the minister
of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gothic and
manages all the ducal property.