The Archive · 1938

German Princess

DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT ATTENDING

Athens, Jan. 6.

Huge crowds accorded Princess Frederika of Brunswick, who is to be married on Sunday to Crown Prince Paul of Greece, a hearty welcome when she arrived here to-day with her parents the Duke id "Duchess of Brunswick.

The party travelled in a special train driven by a white locomotive with gold-painted whee! and wer greeted on their arrival with a salute of 21 guns.

Among those welcoming them at the station were King George of Greece, members of the Royal Family and heads of the Government.

The Crown Prince and his fiancee were loudly cheered as they drove to the Palace, escorted by cavalry, through streets packed with people and lined with troops.

The Princess, wearing a blue velvet dress trimmed with a white fur collar—the colours of Greece—was obviously deeply moved by the reception, The marriage will take place at Athens Cathedral on Sunday, and will be attended, among others, by the Duke and Duchess of Kent. The *"N.C.D.N." Photo.

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