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PRINCESS WEDS PHILIP
IN HISTORIC ABBEY
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh will long be thought of simply as Philip Mountbatten, the name he took when he re noinced a princedom to win a t.rincess. Help
His Royal Highness the Duke of
Edinburgh will long be thought
of simply as Philip Mountbatten,
the name he took when he re-
nouced a princedom to win a
Princess.
Her Royal Highness the Prini cess Elizabeth, who went to the Altar of Westminster Abbey yesterday with the warm affec tion and sincere good wishes of an Empire showered upon her. Help
Her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Elizabeth, who went to the
Altar of Westminster Abbey
yesterday with the warm affec-
tion and sincere good wishes of
an Empire showered upon her.
The magnificent 'depth of Westnindei Abbey, down hich. the Royal couple yesterday walked. to the great music of organ and choir and the unrestrained cheering of the vast crowds. Help
The magnificent 'depth of Westnindei Abbey, down hich. the
Royal couple yesterday walked. to the great music of organ and choir
and the unrestrained cheering of the vast crowds.
KEEN INTEREST
IN AMERICA
NEW YORK (A.A.P.).-All the New York papers give
prominence to the Royal wedding news. The "Times"
devotes eight columns to news and pictures.
THE "SUN'S" columnist, H. 1.
Phillips , rums up the- feelings
of many Americans by. saying:
"The Royal wedding is pretty
swanky for distressful times. It
represents a vast expenditure of
money in a world run down at
the heels, and the emphasis oni
food, drink and luxury does not
fit exactly into a picture of starv
ing. millions,
"But we would not cut the
bill by as much as a dime or
change a detail.
"With this planet in the said
dejected, befuddled state! it is in
to-day, a wedding done in a-fairy
book manner will give us all. a
badly needed lift.
"For one thing, no veto can touch
it. Romance is outside the juri-s
diction of the United Nations. Love
laughs at Vishinsky.'
The New York "Times" said:
"We cousins in America share BHi
tons' pleasure in the marriage pag
eantry and we fancy that we can
hear the organ's distant peal."
The paper recalls that the lad
comparable occasion was the wed
ding of .the present King and Queen
in 1923.
"The years since that marri
age have been crowded with de
pression, misery, cruelty and a
destructive war. Now there is
the bitter aftermath, in which
Britain lies under a heavy bur
den of continued sacrifice.
"It seems appropriate at a
time when wishing Elizabeth and
Philip a happy 'future to bespeak
the same for the British people."
Theft of Jewels
LONDON (A.A.P.).-Thieves on
Tuesday night entered the home of
Miss Diana-Bowes-Lyon, who was a
bridesmaid at the Royal wedding,
and stole from a dressing-room
drawer a tiara and necklace which
her mother, i frs. J. Bowes-Lyon,
sister-in-law of the Queen, wore
earlier in the night at the Buck
ingham Palace pre-wedding party.
The jewellery was worth from
£2000 to £3000.
Mrs. Bowes-Lyon and Diana were
usleep when the thieves entered
their Mayfair home.
Also missing is a nightdress
which the thieves are believed to
have used to carry the jewellery
away.
Special Postmark
LONDON (A.A.P.). - The Post
Office announced yesterday that the
King had approved the provirion of
Other Royal wedding
news, page three..
a special postmark to commemo
rate the Royal wedding.
The postmark takes the form of
a blow tied with a lovers' knot cur
mounted by two wedding bells and
bears the letters "E" and "P"
in the left and right hand loops.
It will be used until the end of
November. The- only other occa
sions on which a special postmark
has been used to commemorate
dn historic event were on "Victory
days."
The Post Office adds that it is re
gretted that it is not possible to
issue special stamps.
- DAVID McNICOLL'S COLUMN -
LONDON DEFIED COLD
ON WEDDING EVE
Exclusive in Tasmania to "The 9xaminer"
LONDON-While guests at the final pre-wedding
party were dancing at Buckingham Palace, crowds started
to gather along the route of the wedding.
THEY DIDN'T SEEM. to care
about the cold-they had ther
mos flasks, rugs,, heavy coals' and
piles of newspapers to sit on
At leading London hotels,
weslthy patrons packed up their'
dancing for the night, drove their
cars towards. Buckingham Palace
and settled down to wait, for
dawn in their dinner jackets and
long frocks;
WILLIAM McKIE, organist of
Westminster Abbey, "showed
correspondents final Abbey pre
parations.
Dr. McKie is the brother of
Bishop John McKie, Coadjutor
Bishop of Melbourne.
As he led us from. 'the 'Song
School towards the Abbey, we ask
ed him about names engraved on
heavy stones along the flagged
courtyard.
"All organists of Westminster
Abbey are. buried un:der here," said
Dr. McKie.
Then pensively: I suppose I'll be
there some day.
j)R. McKIE was one of the prin
cipal. men of the wedding. He
composed several of the pieces
which were played.
A few days ago he visited the
palace to consult with the Prin
cesses about hymns.
lie found them both sitting at a
grand piano trying to recall how.
the .ancient descant "Crimond"
was played
Dr. McKie sat.down and showed
them.,
THE PARTY at luckingham
Palace was the most lavish
since before the war.
Many guests didn't leave until,,
onie o'clock in the morning, seem
ed reluctant to go even then.
Mr. Winston Churchill was the
centre of a circle all evening,
and suntanned Countess Mount.
batten was the envy of all
women present.
Home Secretary Chuter Ede
wheeled his wife round the rooms
of the Palace in her bathchair, a
touching and inspiring sight.
Among, men smothered with
orders and decorations, Noel Cow.
ard stood out-he wore a simple
white carnation.
It was the only buttonhole In
the Palace.
Supper: Caviar, smoked salmon,
champagne.
EVERYONE in London was a bit
over excited before the wed
ding.
At lunch on Wednesday, the
Marquess of Milford Haven. best
man for the wedding, was show*
ing the first signs of tension.
He was with Sydneysider, Mrs.
Robin Spencer.
Mrs. Spencer, who's in a new
flat. which hasn't any hot water at
present, joined the famous Am:ri_
can hostess, Mrs. Cobina Wright,
after lunch-and went to her suite
to have a hot bath.
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ONE of the last presents received
by Elizabeth-a case of Aus
tralian liqueur made from pas
slonfruit. It's from Australians.
Ken and Alan Hall, and Is one of
the most attractively arranged
presents in the whole collection.
PHILIP, DUKE
OF EDINBURGH
LONDON (A.A.P.). - In a private
ceremony at Buckingham Palace yester"
day morning the King created Lieutenant
Philip Mountbatten Duke. of Edinburgh,
Earl of AMerioneth and Baron Greenwich
:,and4- nv&Aed him with the Order of he
ý.arter
HIS MAJESTY also authorfsed
Philip to use the prefix, "His
Royal Highness."
' Princess Elizabeth probably
will now be known as "Princess
Elizabeth, Duchess of Edin
burgh."
In conferring the titles, the King
touched his future son-in-law on
each shoulder with a naked sword
as he knelt before him in the
Ceremony of the Accolade of
Knighthood.
Sixth Duke
Philip, by his elevation to the
Dukedom of Edinburgh, becomes
the sixth holder of the title, which
was created in 1726 when Prince
Frederick. whose father became
George the Second, was created
the first Duke of Edenborough, as
it was then spelt.
Within a year of receiving the
title, his father acceded to the
throne and Frederick became
Duke of Cornwall.
The King, under his personal
Royal Prerogative has authoris
ed the prefix "His Royal High
ness" for the present Duke.
Philip was born a "Royal High
ness" as Prince Philip of Greece
and Denmark, but relinquished
that rank when lie laid down his
foreign titles in February on be
coming a naturalised British
subject.
Queen Victoria created her son.
Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, but the
title lapsed when Alfred became
hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe
Coburg Gotha and relinquished his
British titles.
The Earldom of Merioneth was
once the title of the Welsh warrior
prince in the days of Llewellin the
Great.
His Majesty chose "'Baron
Greenwich of Greenwich in the
County of London,' to bring Lon
don into the titles of Elizabeth's
Consort. It also was a tribute to
Lieut. Mountbatten's naval ser
vice, as Greenwich has been call
ed the "Cradle of the British
Naivy."
Greenwich is a very old title.
The last holder was the second
Duke of Argyll, famous military
leader in the days of Queen
Anne.
Philip will be entitled to sit in
the House of Lords. Two peers of
a like degree will later sponsor
him.
Powder Compacts
for Attendants
The bridegroom's gifts to the
eight bridesmaids were gold and
silver powder compacts.
The Duchess of Kent designed
the emblem on the front which has
th2 letters "E" and "P" in rubles
and sapphires entwined with a
ducal crown.
The bridegroom gave the two
pages gold cuff-links engravcd
with the same device.
IMPRESSIVE SCENES IN
ANCIENT. ABBEY'
World Represented,
BY DAVID McNICOLL'
Exclusive in Tasmania to "The Examiner"
LONDON.-A signal goes to the elec
trician . . . A switch is thrown ... Huge
Hollywood-style lights blaze down into
the nave of Westminster Abbey ...
UNDER their glare, the ancient
Abbey's dim, dingy corners,
dusty tombs and worn,, damp
stained walls become sharp and
clear.
The thousand less fortunate
guests whose seats are in the nave
and who won't see any of the
ceremony except the procession to
and from the altar, stir in their
frail, gilded, cane chairs.
Women sneak a last look at their
faces, men adjust their ties,
straighten their stocks, smooth
their hair with their hands for the
hundredth time.
Farther up the Cathedral, guests
in the transept stop their low
whispering.
Cameras Grind
The cameras set above the nave
start grinding, swinging slowly
round to take in the magnificent
scene of grandeur.
Above the choir men in the
broadcasting box make final ad
justments, test microphones, have
their last word with Broadcasting
House
All the world is represented
Americans. Russians, Chinese.
French; countries of Europe and
South America. of the Middle
East and Near East and Far East;
representatives who are fgh,
dark Europeans and Oriental.
Moving at the entrance are the
first of the Royal Guests-an odd
collection this one, including many
Royalties little known in England.
Prince John and Princess Eliza
beth of Luxembourg, who have
only returned to their little gin
gerbread kingdom since the war
ended; Prince Michael of Bour
bon Parme with Prince Rene and
his wife. Behind them come
George of Denmark with Princess
Axel and Prince Flemming, and
close on their heels young Prince
Tomislavy
At last come some familiar
faces-Earl and Countess of
Mountbatten, tall dignified,. dis
tinguished-looking as though
Royal weddings are part of any
normal day. They are the most
ridiculously young grand
parents in the world.
QUEEN MOTHER ENTERS
THERE is a flutter as Queen
Mary appears. She walks her
stately way along the crimson car
pet, head erect, incredibly stately,
her keen old eyes picking eut her
friends.
It's not hard to imagine what
she is thinking as she stands
there while the organ above
tosses music down the old walls
which have seen English Kings
and Queens in the glory-and in
.their coffins-since the days of
th0 Conqueror.
The next Royal arrivals are with
Queen Elizabeth. She has with her
the King of Norway, King Michael
of Rumania, the Queen of the
Hellenes, the King and Queen of
Denmark.
Princess Radiant
The Princess is here now. Radi
ant and quiet, her eyes on her
father, she turns to touch her
dress. She smiles at the Abbey
officials and at her, bridesmaids
and pages, looks up as trumpeters
of the Royal- Military School of
Music sound a fanfare on their.12
trumpets and six trombones.
T the. Abbey floats t13e
votes of, the choir-melodies,
trained, to the minute, they are
singing "Praise My Soul, the\
King of Heaven," and their
voices slowly fill the vast Abbey
with glorious song.
The bridal processlorl forms up
and starts the long, slow walk
down the nave towards the altar.
In the lead-the' Comptroller of
the Lord Chamberlain's office and
Master of the Household, dignified
men with ramrod-straight backs.
Behind come the bridesmaids,
all pretty girls with good figures.
The scene at sacrarium is
breath-taking. Here, in all the dig
nified splendour of the Church of
England, stand the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Archbishop of
York the Bishop of Lonc'in, the
Bishop of Norwich, and wit l them
-as a reminder of the Throne's
links with Scotland-stands the
Moderator of the Church of Scot
land, a George Washington-like
figure in court dress with silk
stockings and breeches, silver
buckled shoes, lace cuffs and
stock.
There stands the bridegroom
and his best man.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
moves forward, to where Elizabeth
acsd Philip stand side by side.
He glances round the packed
transept at the guests, lifts his
head and starts to speak.
The wedding of England's future
queen is under way.
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