Identifier: withinroyalpalac00font (find matches)
Title: Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ...
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Fontenoy, marquise de, pseud
Subjects: Courts and courtiers
Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard Pub. Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rocession, having traversed the suite of interven-ing rooms, approached the palace chapel, the Cathedral choirinside intoned a psalm. The chapel, a spacious and loftyoctagon in the Byzantine polychromatic style, previous to thearrival of the royal family, had been filled with the foreigndiplomatic corps and the highest dignitaries of the realm. The bridal couple having placed themselves in front of thecommunion table before their nearest relatives, the Rev. Dr.Koegel, then His Majestys first chaplain in ordinary, deliv-ered a brief but emphatic address and exchanged the rings.The bride and bridegroom being asked if their intention wasto remain true to each other for better or worse, audibly an-swered, Yes, Dr. Koegel, in his sermon, reminded the young couplethat the last occasions on which the chapel had been usedwere the Emperors golden wedding and Prince Henrys con-firmation. He alluded also to the fact that they had receivedQueen Victorias best wishes, and forcibly dilated upon the
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Emperor William II. and His Family. THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF GERMANY. Z^l sacredness of marriage. The ceremony was closed withHandels Hallelujah Chorus. The bride and the bride-groom as well appeared much affected. As they left thealtar they were kissed by the mother of the bride, while theEmperor and Empress and the Crown Prince and Princesslooked on with manifest pride. Thirty-six salvos of theartillery in the grounds announced to the people the marriageof the heir to the German Crown. The Emperor and Em-press were visibly delighted at this crowning incident in theirlives, and displayed the warmest affection for their son anddaughters, and for the newly-married couple. The royal procession having formed again returned to theWhite Hall, the principal apartment of the huge ancestralpalace. There the Emperor and Empress, the King andQueen of Saxony, and the newly-married couple, havingranged themselves on the dais, with the royal guests besidethem, the whole company defiled past, and bow

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