The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-23
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 London, July 22-Frincess Maud, third daughter of the Prince of Wales. and Prince Charles of Denmark were married at 12;3O o'clock to-day in the Chapter Royal at Buckingham Palace.
 The woolng of the royal couple has attracted the attention of all Europe, as unlike most alliances of the kind, it is really love match.
 Prince Charles, or Carl" as the Danes love to call him-he is second son of the Crown Prince of Denmark came to England, met the amiable daughter of the Prince of Wales and fell at once madly in love with her
 In this case the course of true love ran smooth. Everybody was interest ed in making the romance reality and none more so than Queen Victoria her. self, who was glad to see her grand daughter thus happily mated.
 Queen Vicetoria Was There
 The ceremony at Buckingham Palace was a gorgeous affair. Princes and nobles from all parts of Europe were there, and great number of Britain's aristocracy had returned from the wa tering places abroad to be present at the wedding.
 Queen Victoria arrived from Windsor Castle last night, and after brief call at Marlborough House she proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where she will i,, 1,aS n
 Her majesty appeared to be in excel lent health, and the excitement of the overturning of her attendants carriage last evening and the subsequent fire in the fourth story of Buckingham Pal ace seemed to have left no bad effects.
 No Great Decorations. So far as the general public of Lon don was concerned, the wedding did not attract as much attention as had been bestowed upon other royal mar riages of recent years.
 With the exception of St. James street and a few houses in Pall Mall and Piccadilly, the decorations were very poor.
 Inside the Marlborough House grounds, at the Pail Mall corner, the
 
 for those of his friends who were un- able to get to the palace. The Calton club house was hand somely decorated in scarlet and white. and the lamp posts were trimmed and garlanded with white flowers. Devon- shire House, in Piccadilly, was cheaply decorated with a few flags and looped scarlet cloth on the front wall. Some Very Pretty Effects. The house of the Baroness Burdett- Coutts had liberal display of scarlet cloth along it's balconies. In St. James street concerted effort at decoration had been made, and the results were visible in very pretty effects at the Pic cadilly and Pail Mall ends in groups of Venetian masts, from each of which hoated blue silken baners, bearing i'll gilt the letters "M C." interwoven All the lamp-p posts bore huge baskets of scarlet and white flowers, and here and there were displayed Prince of Wales plumes of white feathers There were also displayed flags of all na- tions, including many United States flags, some of which, however were hoisted with the stars down. Big Crowds in tine Streets. Crowds began to assemble in the streets at an early hour in the day, and all points of vantage along the route from Marlborough house to Buckingham Palace were quickly pre- empted. The streets, however, were kept clear for the royal procession by the Coldstream and Ccots Guard, while parties of the First. Life Guards were stationed at intervals all along the route.
 At 11:30 o'clock with sublanterns and an escort of the Royal Horse Guards, the bridegroom, Prince Charles of Dem mark, attended by his brothers, Princes Christian and Harold, and their SUD- porters. left Marlborough house in state carriages.
 Cheered by the Populace. As they appeared a few cheers were sent up by the populace and there was a general waving of handkerchiefs. Then the Princess of Wales and her second daughter, Princess Victoria. ac- companied by the Duke and Duchess of Sparta, Prince Nicholas of Greece and a large suite, emerged from Marlbor- ough house amid much applause. The Princess of Wales appeared to be in a particularly gracious mood, and bowed to the right and to the left in recognition of the greetings she had received. The party was escorted by the captains of the escort of the Life Guards.
 Now Comes the Bride 1o.1n o,oJnaI> 4I,o Eri,3oa of Vyo 1ae- with the bride, his daughter, and the ladies and gentlemen in attendance, and the captains of the escort of the Life Guards started for the palace. As they emerged from the Marlborough house grounds they were greeted with the utmost enthusiasm.
 The bride, pleased and smiling and lowing, could plainly be seen by the people in the street as she was seated In the fairy-lilSe glass coach of the Prince of Wales.
 On arriving at Buckingham Palace the brides party were received by the Lord Chamberlain and conducted to the library, where the bridesmaids and the Duke and Duchess of York were waiting to meet them. The brides maids were eight in number, being Princess Victoria of Wales, sister of the bride; Princess Victoria of Schles- -Holstein, Princess Inglebord of Denmark Princess Thyra of Denmark, Princess Margaret and Princess Pat ricia of Conauglt, Princess Alice of Albany and Lady Alexandra Duff, the little niece of the bride.