ROYAL LOVE MATCH

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 202, 19 April 1932, Page 3

ROYAL LOVE MATCH

GRANDSON OF SWEDISH KING IS WEDDED TO A COMMONER. OILCLOTH AND ASPIDISTRAS. LONDON, Saturday. Although his Royal grandfather, the King of Sweden, by disapproval of Prince Lennart's marriage to a commoner demonstrated that all the world did not love a lover, a London crowd came to the rescue of the old proverb. Hundreds thronged the vicinity of the Eegistry Office, flocked to the neighbouring windows, stood on ladders propped against buildings and climbed roofs. Mounted and foot police were. required to clear the way to the bride's motor car. The -ceremony was the simplest Royal wedding the world has known. It was celebrated in' an office room by a table covered with black oilcloth. The principal furniture consisted cf a row of much-worn wooden chairs. Aspidistras in pots were the only floral decorations. His Old Nurse. The hride, merchant's daughter, Miss Karin Nissvandt, was dressed in green, a lucky colour in Sweden. Prince Lennart was in a lounge suit. The ceremony occupied 10' minutes. It consisted of a declaration that there were no impediments to the espousal, and ihe exchange of wedding rings. As the couple were leaving, sm'ilingly acknowledging the cheers, Prince Lennart's old English nurse pressed through the crowd and toucbed his hand, and murmured: "Good luck. I hope you are happy." Prince Lennart's face lit up, and he attempted to shaks hands with her, i but she slipped back and disappeared. Guests at the reception toasted the bridal couple, afterwards smashing , the glasses on the ground, in accordance with a Swedish custom, and singing the Swedish version of "He's a Jolly Good Fellow." The Grand Duchess Marie and her brother, the Grand Duke Dmitri, did not attend the reception. "I believe that a wedding without the Church's blessing is not exactly right," she said. "It is frightfully upsetting to me, especially as I like Karin." After the reception, Karin, now "Mrs. Bernadotte," delighted the police escort by pinning roses on their tunics.