CHEERING CROWD AT WEDDING OF MARY CHURCHILL
LONDON, Feb. 11. A 'special force of 35 ' coiistablbs anil another llve mouht'ed could not copc A'ith a cheering crowd of about 101 K) men and women vvho swept into tlm road outside St. Margaret's Cbiirch, Westminster, and surrounded the car .-arrying Mr. Churchill and his daughter klary to her vveddihg With Captaiu Ohristopher Soames. Women and children lay full 1'ength on the pavement and poked their heads and shoulders lyencath the awnings to see the bride. The police, with difficiilty, eleared ii way to the chureh, where 800 giiestM wer^- waiting to see oue of London 's biggest weddihgs since the war. The Exchange Telegraph says tluu Mr. and klrs, Attlee were greeted jvitli some boos when they Sntered thc church. The notables present includetl V'iscount and Lady Mountbatten, Mr Anthony Eden, Viscount Portal and tluformer Ailierican Ambassador, Mr. J. G. Winant.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 February 1947, Page 5
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150CHEERING CROWD AT WEDDING OF MARY CHURCHILL Chronicle (Levin), 13 February 1947, Page 5
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