Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-07
THE ROYAL WEDDING.

Crown Prince Frederick William and
Duchess Cecilia of MecklenPurg-
Schwerin in the Palace Chapel Of Berlin
yesterday afternoon was published in the
Gazette of that day.
After the wedding supper had been
served a torchlight dance, unique
practice at weddings in the House OF
Hohenzollern for centuries, was per-
formed in modified form by IL pages,
bearing thick candles about two and a
half feet tall. The Crown Prince took
the hand of the Crown Princess and
walked slowly behind the pages, keeping
step TO the music, around quadrangle
formed by men and women standing 10
feet deep along the sides OF the drawing
room, which is l05 by so feet, all bow
ing as the bridal couple passed. The
Emperor then led the Crown Princess,
and the Crown Prince led his mother
around the same walk. Next the Crown
Princess took each of the other princes
and the Crown Prince each of the other
princesses around the hall, occasionally
several at a time, 50 that precedence
might not be disregarded. Once Grand
Duke Michael of Russia, Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Crown
Prince Gustaf of Sweden and the Duke
of Oporto were walking with the Grown
Princess at the same time, two on either
side.
This feature came to clOee after =
o'clock, the wedding party having lasted
more than four hours,
After the conclusion Of the dance the
Crown Prince and the Crown Princess in
an open carriage drove to the Stettin sta
ton, where a special train was awaiting
them. Attached TO the train was The
Crown Princes private car, which has
Just been built for him and which will be
used in all his future travels.
The Emperor, with all the younger
princes, awaited the compile st the station
to say farewell.
The bridal pair have gone to Hubertus-
stock, hunting lodge in large forest
near Eberswalde, Prussia. This is a sim
pie sort Of house in the woods, where it
is the Emperor's custom to 90 deerstalk-
ing.
The present young Duchess Is not the
first Princess of Mecklenburg who has
worn the imperial crown. Once, and
only once, in the annals of the PrusSian
court did a princess wear an imperial
crown, and that was also Princess of
Meckleuburg. Sophie Louise, who was
married to Frederick | of Prussia as his
third consort in 1908. This fOrmality
took place just before the marriage cere-
mony and signified not only bridal
adornment, but coronation.
Several OF the royal castles are now
being put in order for the Grown
Prince and Princess. Their regular
abode will be the Stadtschloss, in Pots
dam. In he summer they will live in
the marble palace of the same city. This
castle is on a charming lake, the He'll
gen See 1t was built by Frederick
William III in 1887, but first assumed
its present shape in 1853, under Fred
erick William w. The castle will be
provided with all comforts. Several
rooms in the building will be enlarged |
by the taking out of walls. The kitchen,
for example, connected with the castle
by subterranean passage, has been en-
tirely renovated. The marble castle
will be rebuilt in such manner that it
can serve the Kaiser as a summer resi-
dence, for the monarch and his wife
have a great liking for the marble palace
at which they lived in the first period OF
their marriage. In 1906 the Castle of
also in Potsdam, will be
ready for the Crown Prince and his wife.
Babelsberg was the favorite summer
of the old Emperor. After his
Death the castle came into the possession
Of his daughter, the grand Duchess of
Baden, but so great was the cost of
is maintenance that she turned over her
tights in the property to the present Kai-
yer. He has, however, never lived IN it,
Is he desired to maintain it as memo
'ial to his grandfather. Now, at theex
)ress wish of the Crown Prince, he has
,iVen orders to enlarge the castle by add
ng n dining room for $50 persons and a
table in which so horses can be quar-,
cred. The cost OF rebuilding the castle
,ill amount to $4,000 The room
where the old Kaiser lived will remain
intact.