Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-02-27
PRINCESS MARY
OF ENGLAND TO
MARRY TUESDAY
Although Daughter Of Sover-
eign, She Will Promise to
"Obey" Her Husband


daughter Of Great Britain's sovereign
Princess Mary will promise to ''obey"
her husband when she is married -
/ Niscomt Lascelles in Westminster Alb
hey Tuesday. The wedding service will
/ follow the Church If England prayer
\ book order but the revised exhorta-
\ ton will be used This has received
\ the sanction II church authorities Its
\ wording in some particulars j. regard
\ ed rs in better style than the old YER
Y sion.
I Abbey authorities are finding them
! selves in the curious position of hav-
/ ing no precedent for the forthcoming
/ ceremonial The last marriage of a
\ child Of a rcigning monarch in this Ab-
\ hey. that ~ Edmund Crouchhack. sec
Y ond son ~ Henry the Third to Ave
line Of Lancaster took place 61; years
/, ago. The customs ~ that time are
deemed inappropriate for today.
II is expected the arrangements foi
the ceremony will closely follow this
| order: the 2.'n0 guests will begin to ar
rive at 10 o'clock that all may be
| seated before H. The Kings Gentle
men Ushers will receive them, the for
risn ambassadors and ministers being
received hy the Master of Ceremonies.
| MINERS ~ the royal family will arrive
nj about 1l:1O o'clock. officers Of the
| Kings household conducting them 10
their seats.
At l1:l5 NiScoun; 1.ascclles and his
| grOOmsmen will arrive. Al the same
time Princess Mary will leave Bucking-
4 ham Palace in an open carriage. wealth
er permitting and accompanied by the
King. will drive by way of the Mall.
Admiralty Arch. Whitehall and rarlia-
mcni square Ia the west door NJ the
Abbey.
Five minutes before the arrival Of
| the bride. which is timed forf IL 80. the
Queen accompanied probably by the
| Duke of York, vii have reached the
/ Abbey.
! The order of the royal professions
! inside the Abbey affords some idea Of
the spectacular side If the ceremony
| The first will bc that of the members
| of the royal family. led by the Queen
| Mother Alexandra. who. il is expected
will have the Duke Of cOnnaught for
her escort Then will come the process
sion Of Queen Mary escorted by the
| Duke Of York and Prince Henry. The
| third procession will hc that of the
bridegroom and his attendants and last
IN will come Princess Mary on the arm
Of King George. followed BY her brides
maids.
The procession Of the bride. to the
altar will be headed by the choir and
will include the Gentlemen Ushers. the
State Chamberlain. Master Of the House
hold. Princess Mary King George and
the bridesmaids.
After the ceremony. for which Prin-
cess Mary viii use heauuIdI prayer
hook. specially printed and illuminate q
for the purpose. the register will be
signed in the historic ancient chapel
Of Edward the Confessor.
The bride and bridegroom will leave
| the Abbey hy the west door. the King
and Queen following.
From the Abbey. the Yiscount and
Her Royal IIighness Prineesscs Mary
| NiScounteSS I.asceles." she VIII
| ihrnccfnrth hc known. will drive by
way of Parliament Square. Whitehall.
Admiralty Arch and the Mall t. Marl-
borough Gate whence they will detour
| through -. James street. lfcadllly.
HYDE Park Corner and Constitution
Hill to Bu, bingham Palace There n
i private reception will be held.
No invitations for the wedding were
| sent t. royalty abroad Should mem
hers VI foreign houses ~ visiting Eng
land M the time ~ The wedding. which
i considered improbable. il l. likely they
will hc hiddcn to the ceremony.
In addition 10 the King and Queen,
members of the royal family expected
10 be present at the Abbey include
Queen Dowagcr Alexandra. Princess
Victoria. the Princess Royal and her
daughter. Princess Maud: the Duke of
Connaught and Lady Patricia Ramsay,
The Duke of York and Prince Henry.
Princess Alice and the Earl ~ Athlnne
the Marquis and Marchioncss ~ Cam
bridge. Princess Christian and her
daughters. Princess Louise Duchess Of
| Argyll and the Duchess Of Albany.
/ Major Sir Victor Audley Mackenzie.
ID = o.. of the Scots Guards. viii he
hest man. He entertained King
George when Prilce II Wales NJ his
Scottish home and was also an miim-
nte friend of the late King Edward.
lie commanded a battalion in France
and was wounded in 1916
Viscount Iascelles' brother. Ed
ward Cecil Tasccllcs. was To have been
groomsman hut he has not sufficiently
recovered from an accident while IN
the hunting field some months ago 10
permit his attendance.
. Eight bridesmaids will attend the
Princess. They are: tPrncess Maud,
the Kings niece; Lady Victoria Cam
bridge and Lady May Cambridge. two
of the Queens nieces: Lady Rachel
Cavenc:ish. daughter Of the Duke OF
Devonshire: Lady Doris Gordon Len
nox. daughter Of the Earl Of March
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. daughter
Of the Earl of Strathmore: Lady Mary
Thyme. daughter Of the Marquis Of
Rath and Lady Diana Rridgcman.
daughter Of the Earl of Bradford.
Their ages range from II 10 = and
all of them are blondes. except the lat
ter two. who are brunettes.
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