Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
BY BRENDA HELSER

NAAe4O, IAPA II Wal Sd1CO
Truman'S wedding day twin,
Lady Anne Coke, said as she
prepared for her marriage to-
day: This is going to be one
wedding that 1 am really 60
ing to enjoy. There will not be
that awful fiat feeling after
the bride and groom have left"
So off goes the bride of the
Hon. Colin Tenant, another
of Princess Margaret'S old
beauX and heir to Lord Glen
conner. But in her wake is her
share of flattened wedding
guests.
Contributing their portions
OF sad left-behinds are the
new Mrs. Clifton Daniel, the
new Princess of Monaco, and
the new Mrs. Ronald Waller.
What a week! And midst all
the vintage champagne-toast-
ing in Monaco, Washington's
bride. Mrs. Waller, was re-
membered too.
Fruit Juice Toast
Jack Kelly, jr. raised his
glass to his sister Grace and
an extra time to Mrs. Merri-
weather P o st S W on derful
granddaughter. Marge Durant.
"Kell" and Marge met one
Christmas vacation in Palm
Beach when he'd gone down
for the annual sculling race
he usually wins. Later Marge,
using automobiles. taught him
a thing or two about racing
in California.
"Kell" is the boy who once
told the Sommelier at Joseph'S
in Paris, I'm not a wine man,
Mac, bring me fock of milk"
but have no fear; both mar
riageS are safe. He drank to
them in fruit juice, not unlucky
water.
The Princely wedding, how
ever. was distinguished by
those absent; invited but abb
sent. Even jazz trumpeter
Louis Armstrong declined.
He'd love to have gone" said
his agent, but he had another
engagement and business is
business" The assembly on the
inside consisted of subjects of
The Prince. the people Grace
brought with her and just
sprinkling of those normally
seen on the international So
cial scene.
Such A Struggle
Outside and clamoring we're
those whose job it was to re-
port the event and those who'd
come with the excuse of Cow
ering the wedding" For the
press both serious and phoney,
1t was such struggle that q
few gave up in disgust at the
last minute, just in time to &C
cept retiring Gen. Gruenther'S
kind invitation to fly with him
to NATO maneuverS in Malta.
Not even all Monegasques
were willing to tussle with the
crowds. One Of them, Mile.
Paule SETTING, travelled to
Paris to spend the time train
ing for the coming French
National golf championship.
AS subject of the Prince she
could have attended all the
events simply by flashing her
passport. Another subject
not among those present was
Monaco's forgotten man. the
Peter Townsend of Monte
Carlo, Jean-CharleS Rey.
He is the married man who
courted and nearly won Prin-
cess Antoinette. He was also
Prince Rainier's closest friend
and most important adviser
but, like Townsend, he pre-
sumed too much upon a mon
srch's friendship. Just before
the Prince sailed for America
he called a halt to ReyS am
bition and that was that. The
most sought after man in the
Principality six months ago
the main survivor of the great
bank drama, Rey is now
treated as though he's in
visible.
Diplomacy Would Help
Neither England's nor Swe-
den's, nor Denmark's nor the
c;iled royal houses of Italy,
Austria, France or Germany
were represented at Rainier's
wedding. Among the eXiles
there may have been a bit
of peeve that none of their
daughters had secured Mona
cos throne but it was quite
another angle chez the reign
ing families. Rainier himself
could nave avoided this brutal
snub if only he'd used old
fashion diplomacy
There's such thing as be-
ing too simple, too democratic.
The first thing he should have
done was to make it known
to our State Department that
he would like to make an Of
fetal or semiofficial visit to
the United States. At least he
might have called upon the
President. Had the girl ne had
in mind been anyone else but
Grace Kelly the going from
there on might have been
rough but luck was with him
If he'd seen fit to bend 1t a bit.
1t was noted AT least Lon
don made something for this
Wedding of the Year," The
something's were the costumes
worn by the little pages. Prince