An historical record of the marriage of H. R. H. Albert Edward, prince of Wales with Alexandra Caroline, princess of Denmark1863 |
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Alexandra Caroline Maria Alexandra of Denmark altar arms arrival beautiful bouquet bowed bracelet Bride brilliants brooch Castle centre ceremony cheers choir colours Copenhagen cortége crowd crown Dagmar Danish daughter decorated diamonds display dress Duchess Duchess of Cambridge Duchy of Cornwall Duke Duke of Glücksburg Earl England Eton flags Fleet-street flowers front future Queen Garrard George's Chapel gold Gravesend guard of honour happiness hearts Highness the Prince Highness the Princess houses jewels King of Denmark London look Lord loyal Majesty the King Majesty the Queen Majesty's Mayoress minutes nation o'clock occasion ornamented Palmerston passed pearls pier plume present Prince and Princess Prince Christian Prince Consort Prince of Wales Princess Alexandra Princess Alexandra Caroline Princess Louise Princess of Wales procession reception reception-room richly Royal carriages Royal Family Royal Highness Royal party Royal yacht Saxe-Coburg and Gotha scene seats shawl side station streets surmounted Volunteers Wales's wedding window Windsor
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Page 50 - Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls, To the flowers, and be their sun.
Page 52 - I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us depart: according to God's holy ordinance: and thereto I plight thee my troth.
Page 52 - Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony...
Page 8 - Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable...
Page 53 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
Page 53 - For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be ! 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house.
Page 52 - Who giveth this woman to be married to this man," she answered it by drawing the wedding ring from her own finger, and handing it to her husband.
Page 52 - O ETERNAL God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life: Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in thy Name...
Page 52 - WILT thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony?
Page 52 - Wilt thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health ; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?