Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-03

of trial eliminated III his marriage
to Mrs. Wallis Warfield, the Amer
ican-born woman for whom he gave
up the throne of the British empire,
defied his church and went into
exile.
The man who was king for 326
unhappy days was married in the
flower banked Chateau de Cande in
the Loire Valley.
There was a civil ceremony by
the Mayor of Monts, DR.. Charles
MERCER, and the service of the
Church of England by the Rev
Robert Anderson Jardine, rural
Yorkshire clergyman who defied the
ban of high ecclesiastical authorities
on the wedding.
A few hours after the wedding
the duke and duchess departed, Smil-
ing and happy, for their honeymoon
in Austria. They left by automo-
bile at 6:l5 pm. to board the ex-
press from Paris at Laroche Migen-
ne. an obscure town in France.
Before starting on the honeymoon
in the secluded retreat of Wasser-
leonbur9 castle in lower Austria,
the duke issued two statements,
one describing the happiness of
himself and his bride and the other
pleading for consideration, under
standing and privacy.
The worldwide interest in the
wedding was evidenced in the an
ncuncement of Rogers that the duke
and duchess had received more than
1000 kilograms of congratulations
and hest, wishes.
IT was an impressive marriage
ceremony. with the underCurrent of
emotion In it, the man who gave
up his throne and cut himself off
from association with his family
and most of his friends, heard the
phrase "forsaking all others" read
in the Anglican marriage service.
The so odd guests could not help
but think of the sacrifices which
Edward had made, or of the trial
of fire which he had gone through
for the woman who has become
everything in the world for him,
and to hope that they would be
happy.
The eyes Of some of the women
moistened slightly when the organ
ist, Marcel Dupre, played "Oh Per-
feet Love-, from the English hymn
book.
The guests previously assembled
in the salon while Mayor Mercier,
hi ri mn
spectacles at us, began his part of
the ceremony promptly His back
was toward the window. Facing
him across the table, looking out
occasionally for a moment into the
gardens, were the bride and bride
groom
Before going through the essen
tial formula, Mayor Mercier read
the following:
Conforming to the requirements
of the law, I will read to you
Chapter VI of the Civil Code on the
rights and duties of a
married couple.
Article 212-the married couple
must promise fidelity, aid and help
to one another.
Article 213-the husband must !
protect his wife and the wife must |
obey her husband
1t took II minutes to complete |
the ceremony, and Wallis Warfield,
once of a Baltimore boarding house,
was her grace the Duchess of |
wife of a former sover-
eign of one-fourth the world.
The religious ceremony then start
ed, the poignant moment of the
day
Stocky, gray haired Vicar Jardine,
prayer book in hand, read:
Dearly beloved, we are gathered
together here in the sight of God
. to join together this man and
this woman in holy matrimony :"
Vicar Jardine came to the words |
= forsaking all others, that
pledge meant in this case family,
government, church, country.
The venerable Archbishop of Can
,erbury back in London, and his
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