The wedding was a very popular One and, despite the bitter cold, the Athenians, agog over the even; cheered the Royal Procession as. it wound its way through the snow-filled streets.
This morning a salvo of guns mounted on Lycabettus—the mountain which hangs directly over the city and within which are the rocky masses forming the Acropholis and Areopagus—awakened the sleeping populace. A further salvo of 21 guns was fired as a signal that the Royal procession had started.
The wedding gown of Princess Frederika, who is a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was of shimmering silver lame and had an 18-foot train.
The wedding presents of the Royal couple included an emerald and diamond necklace from the Greek Government, and a small yacht from the Royal Yacht Club.
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