ROYAL WEDDING

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 41, 12 November 1926, Page 9

ROYAL WEDDING

PRINCE LEOPOLD AND PRINCESS ASTRID RELIGIOUS CEREMONIAL IN BRUSSELS Bl TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Corr mom. Brussels, November 10. ■ The citv yas brilliantly en fete, mid there were .dense ".crowds .for' Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid’s second, or religious, ceremonial marriage at the Cathedral of St Gudule. , A double line of troops and sailors lined the route from the pal Ace -to the cathedral, the procession including 3000 prominent personages of all spheres. Prince Henry represented the English. Roval Faniilv. . .■> The wedding carriage wended its way amid cheering, masses, pelting flowers., the pealing of bells',- the- • playing, of bands, and cannon thundering a salute. The Archbishop of Malines a performed the ceremony, which, owing to Princess • Astrid not -being .a Catholic,, .was curtailed, the Mass and Nuptial Benediction being omitted. The wedding breakfast was afterwards served at the palace, ' .„ v . '. , (Rec. November;lb, 7.55 p.m.) Brussels. November 10: Princess Astrid arrived half, an hour late owing to the. crowded streets. Her dress was different from that worn at Stockholm, being •.»• magnificent, gown of white satin brocade..- on- which were worked flenrs de lys, with a veil of Brussels lace, a.garland of myrtle and , bouquet of orange blossoms. Ihe bride’s train was over ten yards long, and carried by four pages, dressed in white satin. * • The Princess made a beautiful pic-, ture. She was pale at first, and obviously feeling the ordeal, but she left the cathedral looking radiantly happy. The authorities at the. Roval Palace decline to disclose' where the honeymoon is being spent, but it is believed the couple are not far from. Brussels, and are going, later to Paris and Marseilles, en route to Cairo. It is stated that Princess Astrid is not yet a fluent speaker of French, therefore the couple always speak in I'.nglish.