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THE ROYAL WEDDING.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
CEREMONY.
KAISER'S GIFT TO THE
GrEOOM.
DUCAL THRONE OF BRUNSWICK.
BERLIN", May 21.
Elaborate arrangements have been made
for fhe wedding of Prmee== \ lctona.
Louise onh daughter of the Ivaiser to
Prince Prne=t Augustus of Cumberland
The ceremonj take^ place on Saturday
The most important feature of the mai
nage is that it ends the long standing quar
rel between the Kaiser and the Duke of
Cumberland o\e- the throne of Hanoyei,
which both claim The duk< 1 the
heir to the ducal throne of Brunswick
bu+ he has been excluded from his rights
for years owing to the dispute oyer 11,.n
over It is now semi-officially <?tatcd that
the Kaisers principal gift to the bride
groom will be a proclamation of Pnnce
Ernest as the new ruler of the Duch\
(Brunswick.) from which his father ha_
been o long excluded
Crowded -with Royalties
Berlin is already crowded with royalties
and notabibties <ill the detail of the
wedding arrangements and the attending
ceremonies are being supervised personally
by the Kaiser His "Majesty has organised
\ marvellous pageontrv and has revned
historic wedding customs winch had long
fallen into di<mse
At the last moment the Kaiser decided
to give the British md Ru«Man So\eieigns
a grand military weleonio Their "Vlajc5
ties mil be met at the railwav-station ind
will be accompanied to the pilace by
large military uite- King George it
xiye& m Berlin on Wednesday and the
( /jai on Thursday
Trains loaded yvith princely guest? are
ainying Irom ill ports of Germain ajjd
from Austria and Denmark
On Thursday there yvill be a banquet to
the loyaJtie princes field md.r-hal« ond
Knights of the Black ] ngle and on Fn
dav night 1 family banquet Vitci the
cml jnarriaa on Saturday which tai.e
place n he Electoral ioom of the palace
m the pre-ence ot the relatives there yvill
be a **atel> proce -ion through the pic
ture gallene® to the clupel loyal
This ynll be follow cd by the yyedding
oanquet vhen he Fmpeior and Empress
and the bride and bridegroom y^ ill be
beryed b> the Grind Butler and the Chief
Cupbearer yyho are nobles After the
first course the Emperor will propose the
nealth ot he bndal pair
The banquet will oe followed by the tra
ditional t-orcJi dance The yyedding part}
will tour the principal salons preceded bj
iMge« carrying wax torches Thi- cere
mom closes rt 0 o clock when the royal
tie- will conduct the newly married pair to
their apartment The eei emonv ynll close
by the dividing of the bnde •- garter of
nbben many feet long among the guests.
The Trousseau
The bnde a trousseau 1 a remarkable
one though it is less costly than those
of th" dauahtert. of majiv millionaires
Every trnng v. as made m Germany The
\edding gown is of Krefeld silk specially
yroven yvith touches of rose pink to relieve
the <nlver tone- The yeil wa^> madx.
^ilesii where 100 worker® yvere engaged
day ind night for manv -weeks on its manu
factlre It cost £2 500 The handker
chief which the bnde yvill carrv cost £80
Seyeral FngliJi detectives yvill accom
pany King George, to keep a pecia.1 eve on
the uffra^ette.- yvhile a large bodjguard of
Rus-ian police ire ilready searching every
nool and cornei ot the apartments pre
pared for the Czar fco guard aeain-a the
entry of anarcm«'
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