Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-27
PRINCESS MARY
To PROMISE To
OBEY HUSBAND
Daughter of Great Britain's
Sovereign and VisC0unt
LasCeIIes Are to Be Mar
ried in London Tuesday.

London, Feb. &c (by the Asso-
ciated Press) ALTHOUGH a daugh-
ter Of Great Britains sovereign,
Princess Mary will promise to
"obey' her husband when she is
married to Viscount Lascelles in
Westminster Abbey Tuesday. The
wedding service will follow the
Church of England prayer book
order but The revised exhorta-
ton" will be used. Tits has re-
ceived the sanction Of church au-
thorities. It's wording, in some
particulars is regarded rs in better
style than the old version.
Abbey authorities are finding
themselves in the curious position
Of having no precedent for the
forthcoming ceremonial. The last
marriage of a child of a reignirg
monarch in this Abbey, that of
Edmund Crouchback, second son
of Henry the Third, to Aveline #
Lancaster, took place 65S years
ago. The customs of that time ar1|
deemed inappropriate for today.
Arrangements for Ceremony.
It is expected the arrangements
for the ceremony will closely follow
this order: The $500 guests will
begin to arrive at 10 o'clock so that
all may be seated before II. The
kings gentlemen ushers Will re-
ceive them the foreign ambassa-
doris and ministers being recelV~
by the master of ceremonies. Mem
bers of the royal family will arrive
Mt about 11:1O o'clock. officers Of
the kings household conducting
them to their seats.
At 11:15 Viscount Lascelles and
his groomsmen will arrive. AT the
same time Princess Mary will leave
buckingham palace in an open car
rage, weather permitting. and ac-
companied by the king. will drive
by way of the Mall. Admiralty
arch, Whitehall and Parliament
square to the west door of the
Abbey. /
Five minutes before the arrival
OF the bride. which is timed for
1870, the queen. accompanied
probably by the Duke of York, will /
have reached the Abhey.
Order of Procession,
The order of the royal process
sions inside the Abbey affords some
idea OF the spectacular side of the
The first will be that or |
the members Of the royal family, |
led by the Queen Mother Alexan-
dra, who, It is expected, will have
the Duke of Connaught for her es-
cort. Then will come the process
sion of Queen Mary, escorted by
the Duke Of York and Prince
Henry. The third procession will
be that Of the bridegroom and his
attendants and lastly 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 gentle
men ushers, the state chamberlain,
master of the household, Princess
Mary, King George and the brides
maids. ..
After the ceremony. for which
Princess Mary will use beautltul
PRAYER book, especially printed and
for the purpose, the
register will be signed in the his
toric ancient chapel OF Edward the
,,,
The bride and bridegroom viii
leave the Abbey by the west door
the king and queen following.
Private Reception. i
From the Abbey the vlscount
end Her Royal Highness Princess
Mary Viscountess Lascelles." as she
will thenceforth be known. Will
drive by way of Parliament square.
whitehall, Admiralty arch and the
Mall to Marlborough gate. whence
they will detour through st. James
street, Piccadilly, Hyde Park cor
ner and Constitution hill to Buck
ingham palace. There a private
reception viii be held.
No invitations for the wedding
were sent to royalty abroad, Should
members Of foreign houses be WIS.,
iting England at the tine OF the
wedding, which is considered I'M
probable, it is likely they will be
hidden to the ceremony. i
In addition to the king ana
queen members of the royal fam
lily expected to be present at the
Abbey include Queen Dowager