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Royal Wedding
Gown and Cake
The Duke of Kent and Princess
Marina are accepting gifts of shoes
from Northampton, Princess Marina's
including a pair made of kangaroo
skin, says a London message.
Princess Elizabeth is the most ex
cited member of the Royal Family.
She was taken by the Duchess
of York to Captain Molyneux's for
a fitting of her bridesmaid's frock.
The plain wedding ring of Welsh
gold, which is being made for Prin
cess Marina, will be placed on the
Duke of Kent's finger as part of the
ancient Greek ceremony to be per
formed in Buckingham Palace Chapel.
The Greek Archbishop (Dr. Ger
manos) will be an official guest at
the service in Westminster Abbey, and
will hasten thence to the Palace to
robe and await the Royal couple.
Belted Frocks
The Paris correspondent of the
"News Chronicle" says that Princess
Marina's trousseau is nearly completed.
It has been described as the smartest
ever made for a Royal bride. It con
tains pastel-shaded evening gowns,
modelling the figure, and practically
all are belted. The frocks include
one of Pervenche blue with shaded
blue dahlias on the corsage. Another
ia of pale green rough crepe, with a
silver embroidered pailette belt. There
are others of rose-leaf satin, silver
lame, black velvet, peach lame, and
beige crepe.
Tbe morning and afternoon dresses
include several of the new shades of
green. The sports suits include a
red, beige, black, and green mixture
in plaid tweed, with a red patent belt.
Most of the dresses and costumes are
also belted. All her hats are toques,
except one large one with ostrich
feathers.
For the bridesmaids. Princess Elisa
beth and Lady May Cambridge, there
are dresses of white crepe and silver
lame, covered with white tulle skirts
formed of two deep valances. The
bridsmaids will wear turban-like head
dresses, and their shoes and belts will
be of cloth of silver.
Captain Molyneux, at whose Paris
establishment the wedding dress is
being made, in an interview, said:
"Princess Marina and I worked to
gether building up the trousseau.
Princess Marina drew her own dress
ideas and designed the bridesmaids'
headdress. She also sketched the girls'
tiara of twisted light and dark silver
brocade.
"Princess Marina took a more con
structive and imaginative interest in
her trousseau than any one in my ex
perience."
Gown Tried On
The gown, which the Princess chose
with the help of her mother, Princess
Nicolas of Greece, is of heavy silver
lame, with a brocaded English rose in
the design—a point which appeals
greatly to the imagination of the Prin
cess. It is to be cut upon "princess"
lines, very simple, with the long,
straight, and rather high bodice of the
Middle Ages. The flowing sleeves are
turned back, and have cuffs of plain
silver laihe. From the bride's shoul
ders will fall a train 12ft. long, lined
with plain silver. Queen Mary gave
the Princess the measurements for
this.
The bridal veil, of old family lace,
was worn by Princess Nicolas and
Princess Marina's eldest sister. It will
be supported by many yards of dia
phanous white tulle, which will fall
over her shoulders and cover the
greater part of the train. Princess
■ Marina will wear shoes of silver lame
and she will carry a sheaf of white
madonna lilies.
Princess Marina tried on her
wedding gown, veil, and tiara, present
ing a glittering ensemble. She invited
every work girl who had helped to
make her trousseau to see her as she
would appear on her wedding day.
The gown will be dispatched to
London, where the magnificent court
train Is being completed. It will be
fitted to the shoulders with an in
genious "elastic harness."
The train is without ornament, as its
white silver brocade necessitates this.
It is lined with silver lame to match the
turned back cuffs, and widens to 9ft.,
while the gown, which is tight to the
knees, develops into a four-yard train.
The presents include an ermine cape,
which will be worn by the Princess on
her way to Westminster Abbey.
The Wedding Cake
The Royal wedding cake is a master
piece of confectionery.
It has four tiers, and is Bft. high.
The bottom tier is 33in. wide and
bears plaques in oil colours on the
sugar, depicting scenes at the Par
thenon, the Acropolis, and Piraeus. The
second tier bears beautiful colour
cameos of Buckingham Palace, Wind
sor Castle, and Balmoral Castle, and
plaques of statues of Eros, Peter Pan,
and Cupid, holding a shield with the
monogram "G.M."
The Empire tier depicts the arms
of Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
India, and the Straits Settlements.
The cake is set on an Australian
silky oak base and weighs 4001b.
Two State Dinners
Two State dinners will be held at
Buckingham Palace in honour of
Princess Marina. The first will take
place on November 26, coinciding with
the birthday of the Queen of Norway,
who will be a guest. The Royal gold
plate will be used at the second on
November 27, at which there will be
800 guests. A reception will follow.
Himley Knows Duke
Himley, the Staffordshire village
near the Earl of Dudley's seat, which
has been lent to the Royal pair for
the first part of the honeymoon, knows
the Duke, and the 300 inhabitants
treat him as an ordinary man. No
special preparations are being made
to receive the pair.
Special stands for spectators to
witness the processions to and from
Westminster Abbey are being erected
in Parliament Square and elsewhere
along the route, and arrangements are
being made by the Board of Works to
carry out a scheme of decorations,
mainly of flags suspended from hori
zontal poles fixed to the roofs and
upper windows of public buildings.
The special stands and buildings will
a"-o be decorated with the Duke's
emblems and the national flags of
Greece and Denmark.
Lady-in-waiting Appointed
The King has appointed Lady Mary
Dorothea Hope, daughter of the Mar
quess of Linlithgow, as lady-in-wait
ing to the Princess Marina.
It is pointed out that such a post
was only filled after most careful con
sideration, several names being sub
mitted to their Majesties.
Lady Mary's task of accompanying
Princess Marina's first entry into so
ciety as a Royal princess will be com
plicated because of Princess Marina's
foreign extraction.
She will also be entrusted with an
swering the hundreds of letters and in
vitations to manifold functions.
The "Daily Mail" states that Lady
Mary is tall and handsome, with a
great charm of manner. She was one
of the most striking debutantes of
1920. She was chosen because of her
wide knowledge of British court eti
quette.'
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