. H. R. H., the Prince of Wales; an account of his career, including his birth, education, travels, marriage and home life; and philanthropic, social and political work. ir return to the Castle a few moments later the bride andbridegroom were met by the Queen and conducted to the GreenDrawing-Room, where the formal attestation of the marriage tookplace. It may be added that among those present at the marriage andafterwards at the wedding breakfast were the Rev. H. M. Birch andthe Rev. C. F. Tarver, the Princes tutors, and when lunch was overthese gentlemen were informed -that their old pupil s
. H. R. H., the Prince of Wales; an account of his career, including his birth, education, travels, marriage and home life; and philanthropic, social and political work. ir return to the Castle a few moments later the bride andbridegroom were met by the Queen and conducted to the GreenDrawing-Room, where the formal attestation of the marriage tookplace. It may be added that among those present at the marriage andafterwards at the wedding breakfast were the Rev. H. M. Birch andthe Rev. C. F. Tarver, the Princes tutors, and when lunch was overthese gentlemen were informed -that their old pupil sent them asouvenir of himself, of which he desired their acceptance. Thissouvenir proved to be in each case a copy of the Holy Scriptures,handsomely bound, and containing an inscription in His RoyalHighnesss own handwriting. The wedding breakfast, which was served in St. Georges Hall,was very sumptuous, but out of respect to the Queens recentbereavement there were very few speeches—a circumstance which THE PRINCE OF WALESS MARRIAGE 57 probably did not greatly disappoint either the bride or the bride-groom. While the marriage was actually in progress the King of. On the Wedding Day From a Photograph by Mayall Denmark was entertaining both the rich and poor in his kingdom rightroyally, and it must have been a pleasant thought for the Princess to 58 THE PRINCE OF WALES know that her marriage was filling with gladness innumerablemultitudes both of her own people and of her husbands futuresubjects. At four oclock the Prince and Princess of Wales took theirdeparture for Osborne, where a very short honeymoon was their return home, which in this case meant Windsor, it wasnoticed that the lovely bride looked the very picture of streets of Windsor were decorated with flags, and the Royalborough looked as gay as it did on the wedding day. After the marriage of the Prince of Wales the Liturgy of theChurch of England was officially altered by the introduction of the
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