Evening star., 1934-03-08
Siguard of S,veden Weds Actress
And Abandons Princel, Rights
Grandson of King Custaf
Murries Ericka Patzek
in London Registry.
Bride and Groom viii
Leave Tomorrow for
Italian, Riviera.
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press.
| LONDON, March "a romance
like a fairy tale Of fiction came true
today with the wedding at noon Of
Sigvard, Prince Of Sweden, Duke Of
, Uppland and grandson Of the Swed-
ish King, to the beautiful Fraulein
Erika Patzek, 22-year-old daughter
of q Berlin industrialist.
! In taking his commoner bride at a
registry Office in the heart Of busy
London, the 26-year-old prince-ike
Lennart, his cousin-abandoned his
princely rights for a romantic union
! with the girl OF his dreams.
Instead of a carlton Of bells peal
ing for their wedding in the ancient
capital of the Princes royal FORE
| fathers, Sigvard and his bride had
chattering song birds in a little park
outside and a sea Of smiling faces in
a sympathetic throng to welcome
them on the wedding day.
Ceremony Was Brief.
Obviously happy. the two were
! wed by the marrying" superintendent
of the registry Office, aided by the as
sistant registrar.
The ceremony was Of only a few
minutes duration. Each had only
two sentences to say
Both smiled nervously as they drove
up to the registry Office in big
limousine
Erika was wearing a smart navy
blue tailored costume, with a hat to
match. and a spray of lovely white
orchids on one Of the lapels Of her
coat.
The Prince wore a long navy blue
overcoat He was bareheaded.
There were a number Of unexpected
developments at the ceremony. In
the first place, they were married in
the large council chamber Of Caxton
Hall instead Of in the small registry
office, despite the fact a municipal
election was being held in the build
ing today.
The Caxton Hall officials obligingly
arranged everything so that the poll
ing would not interfere with the we'd
ding.
Unexpected Guests Present.
Erika's brother, George PatZek. a
German lawyer. and George Gordon,
Prince Sigvard's attorney. were to
have been the only witnesses. but two
unexpected guests arrived-the in
spector- general of registration from
Somerset House. Scott Cowan. with
his wife. Mrs Cowan is Swedish and
consequently they were invited to at
tend the ceremony.
There was a slight break in the calm
lust before the wedding when two
Britons insisted on their rights as
British subjects to witness the cere-
mony. Only six persons can avail
themselves of this right, however, and
they we're finally persuaded to wait
at the entrance to the hall.
The scene outside Caxton Hall vas
most lively. The street was impassa-
BILE because Of the milling crowd there.
but its several hundred members were
kept orderly by mounted and foot
police.
After the ceremony the little cou-
Pile made a smooth getaway out OF
the main door of the building. The
Prince laughed and waved his hand
as he helped the bride into a linn
CUISINE. closing the door against a
small shower of rice with which two
or three persons had come prepared
The brides brother rode in the
limousine back to the hotel for a
private lunch. Tomorrow morning
the newlyweds will leave for a trip
through the Italian Riviera.
Legation Official Arrives.
Shortly after the marriage party
left Caxton Hall. an official arrived
from the Swedish legation to get a
copy of the marriage certificate for
use in obtaining passports for the
travellers.
BY the marriage, Erika becomes a
Swedish subject.
Prince Sigvard received the con-
gratulations Of Prince Lennart. but
none of his intimates would say
whether he had received a message
from King Gustaf. They indicated,
however. that no message of any kind
had been received.
In signing the marriage register,
Sigvard used his title of prince for
the last time
Witnesses said both the Prince and
his bride were nervous during the
ceremony and that Erika'S nervous
ness was heightened by the fact that
she does not speak English and had
to learn her lines by heart. Her
statement was:
Il do solemnly declare I know not
of any lawful impeachment why I,
Erika Maria Regina Rosalie Patzek.
may not be joined in matrimony to
Sigvard Oscar Frederick. Prince of
Sweden. I call upon these persons
present to witness that I, Erika Maria
Regina RosaEe Patzek. do take thee
Sigvard Oscar Frederick, Prince of
Sweden, to be my lawful welded
husband"
The Princes vow was similar to his
brides.
1t was noted that their lines did not
contain the expression, holy matri-
mony"
Swedish Custom Followed.
The prince put a plain gold band
on his brides flnger-it was the same
ring she had been wearing as an en-
gagement ring. Both, according to
Swedish custom, have the rings.
Prince Sigvard was rumored engaged
to Princess Juliana of Holland in the
Summer of 1891, but nothing ever
came of 1t.
Whatever the critics in the royal
family may say Of the match with the
blond German actress, none can
charge that it was a marriage hastily
arranged
The romance nowered on the motion
picture lots and in the home Of
Fraulein Erika's parents in the stylish
Wilmersdorf district Of Berlin.
Within a few months after the
prince established himself as Herr
Holger" Of u. F. A. in Germany.
friends began linking his name with
that Of the fair C0mmOner.
SO0n the cOlIple WAS seen together