WEDDING IN CAIRO.
PROCESSION TO TEA PARTY. CAIRO, Jan. 20. In the evening, six hours after the wedding of King Farouk of Egypt and Farida, the 16-year-old daughter of a. high palace official, the Queen drove from her home to Koubbeh Palace to meet the King for the first time as her husband, says the Cairo correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The Royal bride was clad in silver and was wearing her bridal veil. She was cheered by vast crowds. King Farouk assisted her to alight from the Royal enr and escorted her up the main steps of the palace. Their Majesties were joined by meir*bers of the Royal Family and the bride’s family and led the procession to the pavilion, where all participated in a tea party. The city at night was a blaze or lights.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 22 January 1938, Page 9
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137WEDDING IN CAIRO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 22 January 1938, Page 9
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