The Washington times., 1906-02-27
Second Son of Kaiser
MarrieS Charlotte
of Oldenburg.
GROOM HAD ON HELMET
Stiff Uniform and Old Ger
man Customs Made
Medieval Scene.

BERLIN. Feb. 27.-The Kaiser's sec
ond son, Prince Eitel Fritz, OF Prus-
sia. married. this afternoon, in the
chapel OF the imperial palace, Duchess
Sophie Charlotte OF Oldenburg.
The ceremony was attended by up
ward Of .o00 Invited guests. including
members of nearly every royal family
in Europe
Both civil and religious ceremonies
were performed. The civil was conduct
ed by Count Wedel. minister of the i'm
peTiaI household. 1t was brief. and no
one was present except the bride and
groom and the four witnesses, who were
The Kaiser and the Crown Prince of the
bridegroom family, and Grand Duke
Augustus of Oldenburg, and Duke
George Louis of OIdenburg. father and
uncle, respectively. of the bride.
Crowned by Empress.
At the conclusion of the civil cere-
mony. a procession was formed TO es-
cort the bride to an adjoining chamber,
where the German Empress and a suite
of noble ladies were awaiting her
Duchess Sophie Charlotte was there
crowned by the Empress in accordance
with the ancient custom observed OF all
similar occasions
The Empress. after embracing and
kissing her sons bride. led Charlotte TO
an historic toilet table and placed the
crown on her head, thus symboliZing the
brides admittance into the imperial
family When the Duchess arose with
the crown on her head. a signal was
given and the bells of all the churches
in Berlin pealed for ten minutes.
Meanwhile, the guests had arrived at
the chapel situated under the great
dome Of the palace The bride was as-
cortCd III a state procession from The
room IN which she was crowned to the
chapel The bride and bridegroom walk
ed arm in arm.
Prince Eitel Fritz wore his uniform
of an officer of the guards. q helmet
Wttt an eagle engraved on the front
and surmounted by a white plume a
hltJa coat with silver epaufetS. white
trousers, knee boots of black shiny
leather, and white gloves. His breast
blazed with orders and decorations.
Bridal Dress Magnificent.
Duchess Sophie Charlotte wore a mag
nificent bridal dress, the long train OF
which was carried by four little girls of
noble birth The bridal wreath was OF
myrtle and orange blossoms.
The procession was concluded by the
Emperor and Empress and all the other
royal guests. escorted by thci- suits of
uohiemen and ladies
The officiating court chaplain. Or.
nryander, conducted the bride and
bridegroom 10 their places in front of
the altar. The service opened with a
selection from Nendelss 5hn's Elijah, "
followed by the old German hymn.
Praise BE 10 God" After Dryander
had read the wedding service, the
youns people exchanged vows
THE UTiuFa rbrg rHaraI r,To7r cold
rims on the third finger OF the brides
right hand and Duchess Sophie Char
l0tte placed "a similar ring on the
princes right hand. There was a brief
sermon by DR. DryandeF and the bene-
diction concluded the service
Couple Is Congratulated.
The bridal procession proceeded to
the hal Of knights, where The bride
lations Of their relatives ana of an
larger white hail, Prince Eitel Fritz
and his wife, received the congratula-
iions and homage OF tie other wedding
guests
great wedding banquet will be.
held tonight. The royal persOnages viii
dine alone I'm the hall Of the kni ights.
while the other guests win dine in the
white hail. Six nOblemen who OCCUPY
nigh positions at court. Prince SOluS-
Bafutu, Prince L'urstenberg, the Prince
or PleSs Prince Hatzfeldt, Prince Ra-
uolln and the Duke Of TraChenburg
VIII wait at the royal table IN accord
anCa with an ancient custom. The EN-
pefor viii propose the health Of Prince
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