THE ROYAL WEDDING AT ATHENS.
The following account of the marriage of the Crown Prince of Greece and the Princess Sophia of 'Prussia is taken from an English paper. New Zealand brides may be thankful that they have only a short twenty minutes' service to go through, and not the long service of tho Greek Church. The ceremony was marked by the magnificence of the Greek ritual, and the Metropolitan Church — a splen - clidly ornate Byzantine edifice— was .crowded in every part by magistrates and officials from all parts of the kingdom. The Ladies of Honour of tho Greek Court were ranged near the altar in national dresses of white and gold silk, with strings of gold coins hang •
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 January 1890, Page 3
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119THE ROYAL WEDDING AT ATHENS. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 January 1890, Page 3
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