Evening star., 1937-06-03
Ex:king Happy:
as He Takes
Bride.
COUPLE LEAVES
FOR AUSTRIA
"Poor Mans" Vicar
Presides After
Church Dispute.
By the Associated Press.

CHATEAU DE CANDE, MONTS,
France, June 3.-The radiant Duke of
Windsor took Wallis Warfeld as his
bride and duchess today in two serene
and dignif1ed marriage ceremonies.
Just IS weeks ago today he gave up
his crown of England and empire be-
cause she could not be his Queen.
Il will the duke, supremely happy,
answered in a firm. loud voice to the
Anglican poor mans parson, who gave
him the unsanctioned blessing of the
Church of England.
Loud Voice StartleS Guests.
He raised his voice so high in his
eagerness to take the woman I love"
as his wife that he startled the "a
guests in the flower banked music
room of this old chateau.
After him. his blue-eyed lady an
sWered Il will Her voice was just as
firm as Edwards, but more huShed.
There was silence when the parson
challenged:
If any man can show any Just
cause why they may not lawfully be
joined together let him now speak or
else hereafter forever hold his peace" !"
The religious service ended at 12:14
pm. t6:14 am, f. S. t. after the
wedding party had come in from high
balls and cocktails on the terrace.
No member Of his royal family was
present at the ceremonies.
Pastor Defies Bishops.
This burst of gayety followed roly-
poly DR.. Charles Mercier's civil service
AS mayor Of this hamlet The Angh-
can preacher who defed his bishops
was Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, poor
mans" vicar of Darlington, England
The duke gave his bride a beautiful
diamond diadem to wear on the brow
no crown may adorn.
The duke and duchess left their
Touraine retreat tonight at $40 pm.
G2:20 m, Eastern standard tlme)
for the haunted castle of Wasserleon-
burg" to spend their honeymoon trip
in Austria.
The AmeriCan-born Duchess of
Windsor, member now of the British
royal family, although by royal decree
she must not style herself "her royal
highness." was clad in light Wallis
hlue"-her husbands favorite shade
from head to foot.
Her blue costume was complemented
by sparkling sapphire bracelets and
earrings. From her small straw hat
stemmed blue and pink feathers.
Breakfast Served on Terrace.
After the religious ceremony the
luke and duchess led their guests
back to the terrace. There, a buffet
wedding breakfast had been spread
Edward made a short speech thank
ng "all of you people for coming on
his occasion so important to U.s."
The breakfast was a friendly, in
formal gathering of those who had
stayed by the former Kings side after
the December crisis in which he left
his throne.
The bridal couple disappeared for
. brief time and then returned to
their company.
The duchess had changed to an
sther costume and the duke had
doffed his cutaWay for blue serge
suit.
Jut five minutes after Monts'
country physician-mayor began the
French legal ceremony in the chateau
salon Wallis Warf1eld was the Duchess
of Windsor, we'd to the man who laid
aside a crown to share that moment
with her.
That was 11:47 am. (5:47 am, E.
8. t..
The next few minutes were spent
in signing civil documents to comply
with the French law.
DR.. MERCER, bedecked in his red,
White and blue sash of office, self
consciously handed the papers to the
Monts town crier, who stuck them
in an old leather case and bicycled
feverishly back to the town hall.
Greetings From Mayor.
by one of those whims of destiny,
the Mayor told the bridal couple, "it
is under the blue sky and among the
flowers Of the garden of France, in
the laughing valley of the Indre, that
(See WINDSOR, Page A-3.)