The romantic wedding of the fair Frederica and the pretty Pawel takes place on the 24th. The Queen has given the happy pair a little cottage in the Isle of Wight, and here they will endeavour to make both ends meet on their income of £2800 a year. A breakdown is to be feared, for living is dear, and kings' daughters can't haggle with the botcher and chaffer with the baker. Never mind, love in a cottage is better than misery in a palace, and if they eke out their means by taking in washing or selling sweets and jumbles and ginger-beer to excursionists, they will be far more respected than if the begging box had been rattled and Parliament appealed to for a grant. May Albert Cottage long be the home of bliss and true love's brightest joys; may contentment give a zest to the oold matton, and independence add a flavour to the matutinal bloater.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3572, 8 June 1880, Page 2
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