ROYAL BETROTHAL

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1921, Page 2

ROYAL BETROTHAL

OimiUJiX ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Nov. 23. Although the date has not been fixed it is understood that Princess Alarv’s wedding will ho celebrated in llaniiiir)or February at Westminster Abbey, or at St John’s Chapel Royal. Princess Mary’s engagement ring is a single, square cut emerald. Viscount Lascelles states: “T-lie wedding cit li not he solemnised for some months.”

Viscount Las. riles, interviewed by the "Daily Expiess,” said: “1 chose the ring, which, I am glad to say, met with the Princess’s approval. 1 know nothing of any proposal to advance me a step in the Peerage. 1 should think it very unlikely. Viscount Lascelles is Chairman of a West End hospital for nervous diseases. lie presided at it's annual dinner held at the Trncadero Restaurant. He was the recipient of a great ovation. Cheer-

ing crowds lined the streets. Prince Henry was present at the dinner. A thousand [ample gathered in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace in the early : morning, and continued to stay all ! through the day, as they were eager to catch a glimpse of the Princess. Hundreds of distinguished people signed the visitors’ hook. Thousands of congratulations have been received, including one from the Prince of Wales.