THE 'ROYAL WEDDING.
A .GORGEOUS SPECTACLE. ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received .21, 11.40 p.m. Berlin, May 21. The city is crowded with royalties for the Royal marriage. All the details Were arranged by tile Kaiser, who organised a marvellous pageantry and revived historic customs. After a long discussion at the last moment it was ■decided to give the English and Russian sovereigns a grand military welcome. Thtey will .be .attended from the station to the palace by large military suites. King George will arrive on Wednesday and .the Czar on Thursday. Arriving trains are loaded with princely guests from Germany, Austria and Denmark. 1 There will be a banquet on Thursday, at \wMcli .the royalties, princes, field marshals, knights and Black Eagles will be entertained, .followed on Friday by a family banquet. After the civil marriage on Saturday has been solemnised in the electoral room, in the presence of relatives, there will be a stately procession the picture galleries and chapel royal. At a subsequent banquet the emperor, empress, bride and bridegroom will be served by the grand butler and chief cup-*beaTer, who are nobles. After the first course the Emperor will propose "The Bridal Pair." Following the banquet, the traditional torch march will be held; and a tour made 6i the principal salons, pages carrying wax torches acting as conductors, the ceremony will .close at, nine o'clock, when the royalties will conduct the newly-wedded pair to their apartment. The final act will be the dividing of the bride's garter, consisting of a ribbon many feet long, am-ong the guests. The trousseau, though remarkable, is less costly than that of many millionaires' daughters. It was all made in Germany. The wedding gown is of Kreford silk, specially woven, with touches of rose piifk to relieve the silver tones. The veil is made of silesia, and took a hundred workers day and night many weeks to finish, at a cost of £2500. The bride's handkerchief cost £BO.
Several English detectives will accompany King George, with a special eye to the suffragettes.
A large bodyguard of Russian police are already searching every nook and corner of the apartments.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 309, 22 May 1913, Page 5
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357THE 'ROYAL WEDDING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 309, 22 May 1913, Page 5
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