ROYAL WEDDING PLANS

Chronicle (Levin), 25 September 1947, Page 5

ROYAL WEDDING PLANS

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Presents For The Princess Arriying

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Eeceived Wednesday, 7.0 p.m. LOXDOX, Kept. 24. , Tbe spepial lieenep for tkp weddmg of Princess. Elizabeth • and' Lieutenant Mpuntbatten kas been. issued from thi r'apuity oifice of the Archbishop 0. Jantefbury . It is a piece of vellum gt Inphes by 22, specially lettered in thi • { pngrossing hand ' ' stylp used fpr legg. doctiinents sinCe 160Q but which went ogt of use af^the enc} of the nineteeptl century. The lettering is the w01'k oi Mr. Henry Fisher, splicitor's clerk, whc engrossed the licence in his o\vn timp The work oepupied two days. Th( licence has now been sent to the Einj. ti.gether with another document record ing his Majesty's assent to the mar riage and without which the licence could not have been issued. In accord agce with cnstom, members of the pub lie will be permitted to inspect the entry recording the issu'e of the licence at the registrar's office, Westminster. The firrn of J^orman Tlartnell, whicl. is making the Eoyal wedding gowp, ex pects next week to be permitted to re iease some preliminary details aboui the style of the gown and a descriptioi of" thg" speciai" sil]i from which it is be ing made; This silk is being woven at Dunfernline, Scotland. The route chosen for the Eoyal wpdding procession is slightly longei than tliat f'QllQW.ed at the weddings' oi the Iving and Queen and Duke and Duchess of Ivent. fi^hese two processions did not traverse two sides of Parliament Square and returned from the Abbey by way of Marlborough Gate, St. James' Street, Piccadilly and Constitution Hill. . The ruling of the Lord Chamberlain. | Earl of Clarendon, that men be permitted to wear lounge suits at the ceremony, sets a precedent. This is the first oceasion when ceremonial or formal niorning dress is unstipulate| at a Eoyal wedding. Bupkingham Palace states the dress rules for women which permit "morning dress," means ocdinary day frocks with hats. The wedding presents are expeeted to 'be 011 view four days before the ceremony and be first shown to the public when the Iving and Queen give an afternpon party at St. James' Palace 011 Novemher 17. A number of presents lias already arrived. The Diplomatic Corps will give the Princess a travelling case litted in silver. The inhabitants of the Island of Guernsey will send gifts of Guernsey silyer shaped bv island craftsmen, and tlie President of Cliina and Madame Chiang Ivai-shek have announced that they will send a speciai 20Q-piece dinner service made by the pottery niakers pf Ivigngsi. The form of the wpdding gifts from the various Dotttiniops wU! be decjded bv the Dpminipns' Governments but thc Commonwealth Higl} Conimissionerg in London have already been cqnsulteq about them. All over Britain preparations are being made to fqrward presents to the RQyal pair. In the United States, where great interest is being • taken in the weding, the General Federatipn of Ameriean Wonien's Clubs will send a representative with the federation's present of a Madiera organdie applique tablecloth and napkins. • The home of the Eoj-al couple after the wedding, has not yet been decided. Although Bagshot Park has been suggested as an alternative to Sunninghiu, it is now considered possible the couple will live in a speciai suite of apartments in Victoria Tower, Windsor Castle. These apartments were once used by Queen Victoria and during the wTar were occupied by the two Princessea and their governess. The Star colunmisf suggests that before the wedding, Cabinet will review the civil list which allocatps the salaries paid to members of tbe Eoyal family. Princess Elizabpth at present reeeives a salary of £15,000 yearly and if this is to be inereased after her marriage, speciai parliaipentary provision will be required.