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lrst conveyed the member. Of the household

zion included the Duke of York and his sup.
porters. the Prince OF Wales and the Duke o
Edinburgh. The bride came in the third pro
cession. accompanied by her father, tho Duke
Of Teck. and her brother. Prince Adolphus o.
Teck. The last procession was that OF u.
Queen. who. accom- panied by tho Duchess o
Teck. her younger sons and the Grand Duke
OF Hesse. drove In state TO the ceremonial
Each procession was accompanied by n Life
Guards escort. and Ia addition to this the
Quocn had nm escort Of Indian native and Aus
trnlnsian horse.
Her Majesty rode IN the handsome glass
coach used at tho orcning Of Parliament or on
special occasions. g'hc body Of the carriage.
which Ia OF Irish manufacture. having been
built In Duhlib. is painted n dark red color.
and its richly gilt panels are adorned with the
royal arms. The roof IL sarmountcd by a
crown and bor1cred with wreath OF gilt roses.
thistlos. and shnmrOcks. The cheering as the
royal carriages drove forward was immense.
Tho members OF tho royal family end guests
on alighting at IT. Jamcs's Palace walked to
the State apartments. and subsequently, down
tho grand staircase and under tho Color Court
eolonnade to tho chapel
At 1915 o'clock tho Duke OF York and his
escort arrived at tho Chapel Royal Five
minutes later. drafenIng cheers ann ounced the
arrival OF Princess MAY. A fanfare OF trumpets
was sounded rs the Queen arrived and the
greatest enthusiasm was manifested by tho
multitude OF eopie who wero gathered In the
vicinity Of st. Jamess Palace
THE SCENE ~ THE CHAPEL.
Tho ceremony opened with tho procession
OF the clergy into the chapel. This consisted
OF the Archbishop OF Canterbury. the Bishop OF
London. tho Dean OF the Chapel Royal. the
Sub Dean. the Bishop of Rochester. the Hon.
and Rev. f. Carr!Glynn. Vicar OF kensIngton;
Canon Herrey. domestic chaplain to the Prince
Of Wales. and Canon Dalton, hon. chaplain TO
the Duke OF York. Handei's march from the
Occasional Overture" was played by the or
Ganist as tho procession came forward. While
tho Archbishop AMI clergy wore taking their
places the music OF the march in "Scpiu"
came from the organ. and Immediately tho
front OF the second procession. including the
xoynl family and royal guests. ca mo in sight.
Her Majesty aliRhted in the Ambassadors'
Court. under specially erected canopy over
the glass doors OF the passage leading to the
chapel. Thence she walked to the hdW pas
at the north end of the edihce. The SPOT was
beautifully adorned with palms and flowers
from the royal conservatory.and carpetod with
crimson. Upon the same platform. seats were
provided for the Prince and Princess OF Wales
the bride and bridegroom. and other members
OF the family The mem bers OF the diplomatic
body. including the members of the United
States Embassy. and the other invited guests
occupied special seats in the body Of the chapel
and in the royal and east galleries. Drawing
room dresses were worn by the ladies. the gon-
tlemen appearing in full levee dress.
As the Queens procession walked up the
aisle Sir Arthur Sulivan's Imperial March
was played. A march in 81" composed by
Smart. was played during the progress OF the
brfdegroom's procession to the communion.
and as the bride and her supporters passed up
the aisle to the altar the organist played Wag-
ner's march, from " hohengrin."
The bride wore the veil which WAS worn by
her mother on the occasion OF her own mar
rioRe Her wedding gown was OF silver bro
cade in perfect harmony with the bridesmaids
toilets OF white satin and silver lace. The
bridesmaids gowns were made with low
bodices. and neither hats. wreaths nor voils
were worn. only q simple rose in the hair. The
bridesmaids were the Princesses Victoria and
Maud OF Wales. Princosscs Victoria Alexandra
and Beatrice OF Edinburgh. Princesses Mar
garet and Victoria Patricia OF Connaught.
Princess Victoria OF Schleswix- Hostein. and
Princess Eugenie.
;ryFhe bride leaned upon the arm OF her father.
And. as the procession advanced. her train was
carried by hcr brides maids.
As the professions entered the chapel and
were marshalled into their places in front OF
the altar, a good view was obtained of the
royal perBonages present and also OF the
lesser oi@nnaries. b!iiiah1 uniforms. on the
breasts OF which Rilstened the stars and
crosses OF many ORDERS ana magnificent
gowns. were seen on eVery side.
: Inc queen headeo the procession. She
IAkeo aione' leaning ON an ebony sticK. Her
Majesty was attired in black dress with n
IRAN. Inc podice was OF Droche silk. with
laces one wore across her bosom tho broad
blue ribbon OF the order OF tho Garter, the
AiRhese BRUSH oroer. ana on her head was
ANAL diamond crown. from which veil de-
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nassed mn the nave of tho chanel the whole az
oemblaee bowed.
Following the Oueen CANA the princa q,
Wales and the Duke of Edinburph. and hebind
them walked a number OF Admiruls In mi,
uniform. escorting tho bridegroom. who wore
che uniform of n Fleet Cantain. Tho Dut, ~
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