The San Francisco call., 1896-07-23
ROYAL TRUE LOVE match
Princess Maud of Wales and
Prince Charles of Denmark
Are United.
All London Turned Out in Honor of
the Event-Joint Income of
$500 a Year.

LONDON, ENG, July 22.-The mar
riage of the Princess Maud OF Wales, fifth
and youngest child and third daughter of
the Prince and Princess of Wales, to
Prince Christian Frederick Charles George
Valdemar Axel, son of the Crown Prince
of Denmark and grandson OF King Chris.
tian, was solemnized this morning in the
Chapel Royal of Buckingham Palace. All
London seemed to have turned out in
honor of the event, for the principal
streets between Ludgate Hill and Pail
Mall were packed solidly with people,
whose numbers ran into the hundreds of
thousands.
The Queen passed quietly into the chapel
from Buckingham Palace. Princess Bea-
trice of BaItenberg and her children were
absent on account of their mourning for
the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Princes Christian and Harold supported
Prince Charles.
The ceremony was performed by the
Arch bishop OF Canterbury and Primate of
all England, Most Rev. Edward White
Benson, who was assisted by Right Rev.
Frederick Temple, Bishop of London, and
Right Rev. Randall Davidson, Bishop of
Winchester. The bridesmaids were the
Princess Victoria of Wales, Princesses In
glebord and Thyra of Denmark, sisters of
the groom; Princess Vic:ori of Schleswig-
Holsteih, Princess Beatrice of Sake Coburg
and Gotha, the Princess Alice of Albany
and the Princesses Ena and Victoria of
Battenberg. The bride was given away by
her father, while the Queen stood sponsor.
Both the bride and groom made their re-
sponses in clear and distinct tones. The
bridal costume was of white satin, en-
traine with deep belt of silver EN- broidery
studded with delicate design in bril-
liants.
The wedding gown, which was made in
Spitaltields, is Of pure white English satin
with long train, cleverly cut in one with
the skirt, and trimmed an one corner with
full bow of mousseline de sole and orange
blossoms, and a ruche of delicate fabric
and flowers borders the skirt hem at the
front and sides. On the bodice the satin
is drawn across the figure to a point at left
side under bow of the mousseline de sole
and cluster of orange blossoms, and on
the back there are lines carried downward,
terminating at the left side of the waist
in band of exquisite silver and diamond
embroidery. The low square decolletage
is trimmed with folds of sill. muslin and
trails of orange blossoms, and billowy
muslin sleeves are formed of waterfall
puffs, with trails of the flowers carried
down each puff and falling on the arm in
a single bud.
After the ceremony the bridal party and
guests partook of luncheon in Buckipg-
ham Palace, at the conclusion of which
the royal bridal party, headed by the bride
and bridegroom, left the palace for Marl-
borough House. The bridal couple after
ward left Marlborough House for st.
Pancras station, where they took special
train for Wolverton, Norfolk, to take posses
sion of Appleton Hall, which will hence.
forth be their home.
The wedding of to-day is a love match.
the couple being first cousins and de-
voted to each other for years. Prince
Charles is "a years of age ana the
bride some four years his senior. The
bride is noted for her lively spirits
and her devotion to bicycling, horse
back riding and lively sports, and is
known to her intimates as "Prince Hal"
by reason of her love for boyish
pranks. The young couple will not want
for means, as Prince Charles will inherit
several million dollars from his mother.
who at the time of her marriage was the
greatest heiress in Europe. The Prince of
Wales has made his daughter an allow
ance of 10000 year from the amount
granted him by Parliament. The couple
have been given suite of rooms in the
palace of the King OF Greece near Copen-
hagen, a residence near Bernstof, in Dem
mark, and mansion near Sandringham.
in England. They will have altogether
about So0,OOO year from the start and no
rent to pay.
Among the wedding guests were the
members of the Cabinet and the mem bers
Of the diplomatic corps. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gladstone occupied the same pew with
Mr.. ana Mrs. j oseph Chamberlain during
the ceremony. Vast crowds lined the
street and cheered the bridal procession.
British Greed again ErempIfJ7ed.