Identifier: cu31924027851249 (find matches)
Title: Royal romances of to-day
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Durland, Kellogg, 1881-1911
Subjects: Victoria Eugenia, Queen, consort of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1887-1969 Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1872-1918 Elena, Queen, consort of Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 1873-1952 Queens
Publisher: New York, Duffield
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Cris-tina who placed upon the head of the Princess thebridal veil. This veil was of Alengon lace andwas the very one worn by herself at the time of hermarriage to King Alfonso XII. This veil is beingcarefully preserved by Queen Victoria, who saysthat at the marriage of her first daughter she hopesto place it upon her head. In Spain it is customary for the bridegroom topresent his bride with her wedding gown; this isa universal custom common in all ranks of society.Don Alfonso, aided by his Royal Mother, had hadprepared one of the most elaborate and exquisitelyembroidered gowns ever seen at the Spanish CourtForty of the most expert Spanish women were en-gaged for fifty-six days in making this wonderfulcreation. Or, to put it another way, one woman,working constantly every day of the year, Sun-days excepted, would have required almost pre-cisely seven years to the task! The material wasof the richest white satin and cloth of silver, cut inthe style of dress known as Louis XVI. The dress
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To the Marquis of Villalobar.The end crowns the work. Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain 27 was bordered with dull silver, slightly burnishedand shaded at intervals and trimmed with exqui-site rose-point lace, which was festooned over abackground of cloth of silver. The lace flouncewas eighteen inches in width and the whole gownwas relieved with loops of orange blossoms. The wedding took place in the Church of SanJeronimo, which is on the far side of the city fromthe Royal Palace. The church is not large, butthere are no large churches in Madrid, Madridbeing one of the most modern of all continentalcapitals, and big churches of the cathedral orderare mostly relics of the Middle Ages. The selec-tion of St. Jeronimo for the event was made in or-der that the bridal procession should of necessitypass across practically the entire city, thus afford-ing the largest number of people an opportunity toview the spectacle. The marriage service conformed to every lastdetail with the etiquette and ri

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