Evening star., 1935-11-06
Wedding
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chapel during the ceremony, bring
ing into brilliant relief the colorful
uniforms and rich dresses of the l25
persons assembled.
Behind the Duke of Gloucester stood
his two supporters. the Prince of
Wales in the uniform of colonel of the
Welsh Guards and the Duke of York
in the uniform of colonel of the Scots
Guards
uniform and Queen Mary jewel-blue
chiffon velvet gown.
Beside the King and Queen were
the recalled King George of Greece
and Queen Maud of Norway. The
brides mother. the dowager Duchess
of Buccleuch. sat in the balcony usual
ly occupied by the King and Queen
during divine services.
The congregation rose as the bride
entered the chapel shortly before IL 80
am. and joined the duke at the altar
rail-
The eight bridesmaids remained II
PAGES behind the couple. The Bishop
of London began the service and the
Archbishop of Canterbury continued
it, receiving Lady Alice's hand from
her brother, the new Duke of Buc-
cleuch.
Duke Repeats Vows.
With his right hand joined to that
- -, Ill
the archbishop:
II, Henry William Frederick Albert,
take thee. Alice Christabel, to nv
welded wife, to have and to hold from
this day forward. for better or for
worse. - Thereto. plight thee my
troth."
The royal couple then loosed and
reJoined their hands, Lady Alice re-
peating after the archbishop:
Il. Alice Christabel. take thee. Hen
ry William Frederick Albert, to nv
welded husband. to have and to hold
to love, cherish and obey til
death do us part
The Duke of Gloucester. taking the
Welsh gold wedding ring from the
Prince of Wales. placed it on Lady
Alice's finger, repeating after the
archbishop:
With this ring I thee wed, with
my body thee worship and with all
my worldly goods I thee endow."
67th Psalm Sung.
After the prayer and blessing the
congregation sang the 9th Psalm.
following which the bride and groom
knelt before the altar as the precentor
of the chapel said responses.
The ceremony was completed with
prayers by the primus of the Scottish
Episcopal Church. singing Of HYMNS.
an address by the Archbishop of Can
terbury and short blessing.
As the strains of the Mendelssohn
wedding march filled the chapel the
duke. with his bride on his arm. faced
the King and Queen and bowed, while
the bride and bridesmaids curtsied in
unison.
Slowly the wedding procession filed
out of the chapel into the household
drawing room to sign the register.
The duke and the new duchess signed
first, followed by the King and Queen.
the Dowager Duchess of Buccleuch.
the Duke of Buccleuch, Prime Min
lister Stanley Baldwin, Home Secre-
tary Sir John Simon. the chancellor
of the exchequer, Lord Hailsham, and
other guests.
The pubic massed before Bucking-
ham Palace after seeing the bride
drive from her home in Grosvenor
place to the grand entrance in a
black, red and gold royal coach before
the ceremony had its first view of
the newlyweds when they stepped out
onto a palace balcony and waved in
response to cheers.
Another wave of cheering rose as
King George and Queen Mary ap-
peared, followed by Princess Elizabeth.
carrying q bouquet of roses, and Prin-
cess Margaret.
The party quickly re-entered the
palace for a wedding breakfast, after
which the royal couple was to leave
in the afternoon for honeymoon at
Broughton Hall. Kettering, one of the
Buccleuch family homes.
The ceremony gave the British Army
its turn to rejoice over q royal mar.
riage.
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