Evening star., 1896-07-22
MAUD WEDS
Married to Prince Charles of Den
mark.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ACTS
Great Crowds Witness the Royal
Procession.
WEATHER WAS STHREATENING

LONDON, July 22.-Princess Maud, third
daughter Of the Prince and Princess Of
Wales, was married at 1890 o'clock today
to Prince Charles, second son of Crown
Prince Frederick of Denmark. The cere-
mony took place in the Chapel Royal.
So far as the general public Of London
was concerned the wedding did not attract
as much attention as had been bestowed
upon other royal marriages of recent years.
With the exception of st. James street and
a few houses in Pail Mall and Piccadilly
the decorations were poor. Inside the
Marlborough House grounds, at the Pail
Mall corner, the Prince of Wales had erect
ed a stand for those cf his friends who
were unable to get to the palace. The Carl
ton Club house was handsomely decorated
in scarlet and white, and the lamp posts
were trimmed and garlanded with white
flowers. Devonshire House, in Piccadilly,
was cheaply decorated with a few flags
and looped scarlet cloth on the front wall
The house of the Baroness Burdette-
Coutts had a liberal display of scarlet cloth
along its balconies.
In ST. James street a concerted effort at
decoration had been made and the results
were visible in very pretty effects at the
Piccadilly and Pail Mall ends on groups
of Venetian masts. From each f1oated two
s.lken banners, bearing in gilt the letters
IN. c." interviewer. All the lamp 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 ma
tons. including many United States flags,
some Of which, however. were hoisted with
the stars down.
Gathering of the Crowds
Crowds began to assemble in the streets
at an early hour in the day, and all points
of vantage along the route from Marl-
borough House to Buckingham Palace
were quickly pre-empted. The streets,
however. were kept clear for the royal
procession by the Coldstream and Scots
guards, while parties of the 1st Life
Guards were stationed at intervals all
alcpg the route.
At IL 80 o'clock, with subalterns and an
escort of the Royal Horse Guards. the
bridegroom, Prince Charles of Denmark,
attended by his brothers, Princes Christian
and Harold, and their supporters, left
Marlborough House in state carriages.
AS they appeared a few cheers were sent
up by the populace and there was a gen
eral waving of handkerchiefs. Then the
Princess of Wales and her second daugh-
ter, Princess Victoria, accompanied by the
Duke and Duchess of Sparta, Prince Mich
oas of Greece and a large suite, emerged
from Marlborough House amid much ap-
plauSe
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 greeting she had received. The
party were escorted by the captains of the
escort of the life guards
At 1910 o'clock the Prince of Wales.
with the bride, his daughter. and the la
dies 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 bowling, could plainly
be seen by the people in the street, as she
was seated in the fairy-like 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 bridesmaids were eight in num-
Der, being Princess Victoria of Wales Sis
ter of the bride; Princess Victoria of
Schleswig- -Holstein, Princess Inglebord of
Denmark. Princess Thyra of Denmark
Princess Margaret and Princess Patricia
Of Connaught, Princess Alice of Albany
and Lady Alexandra Duff, the little niece
of the bride. Princesses Margaret, Patri-
cia ana Alice are also children.
The bridesmaids were dressed in pure
white satin, made with low bodices and
beautifully embroidered in silver In the
hair of each was a white aigrette and a
cluster of red geraniums. and each carried
a bouquet of red geraniums. The red and
white carried out in the bridesmaids toi-
let's, and which also characterized the deco
rations in the streets, were out of compli-
ment to the bridegroom, those being the
Danish national colorS.
The brides procession was then formed
and proceeded to the chapel, the way being
led by two heralds, two gentlemen ushers,
the lord chamberlain and the vice cham
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side by her father, the Prince of Wales,
and on the other by her brother, the Duke
of York. The bridesmaids followed, while
the gentlemen of the household, the equer-
ries and others brought UP the rear.
The Queens Procession.
In the meantime the queen had been con-
Quoted privately from her apartments to
the vestibule of the chapel There the
queens procession was formed and proceed
ed into the chapel. 1t was composed of
heralds. ushers, women of the bed cham
ber bearers Of the gold sticks and other Of
ficials Of the queens household. With the
queen walked her son, the Duke of Con-
naught, and Prince Christian of Denmark.
AS soon as her majesty was seated the
lord chamberlain and other officials of the
queens household retired, but Immediately
reappeared with another Imposing process
sion, composed Of all the other royal per-
sonages, the Princess. Of Wales and the
Crown Prince of Denmark, her brother and
father Of the bridegroom, bringing up the
rear. When these had been seated the bride
grooms procession entered. Prince Charles
wore the uniform of lieutenant of the
Danish navy. The Prince of Wales was
attired In the uniform Of a colonel of the
Grenadier Guards.
The Ceremony.
Finally the bride and her attendants ar
rived. AS each procession proceeded up