Princess Mary of Teck and later The Lady Victoria Constance Mary Cambridge 12 June 1897 – 23 June 1987 was the elder daughter of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge and Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor.
Lady May Cambridge, Queen Mary's niece, was married to the Marquis of Worcester, son and heir of the Duke of Beaufort in 1923.
Shortly before the hour of eleven the bride, sunny and bonny, arrived with her father. The bridegroom had, of course, preceded her.
Throughout that period the public waited patiently. At half-past eleven the peals of the organ, were heard, and the western doors were flung aside. There at once appeared the bride and the bridegroom (radiant and happy) followed by the King and Queen, other members of the Royal family and the distinguished guests in a long procession. The service
was over, and the newly-married couple drove away amid the hearty cheers of thousands. The honeymoon will be spent Lowther Castle, the seat of the Earl Lonsdale.
The arrival of the bridesmaids attracted much attention. They were six in number. Two tiny tots of our acted as train-bearers.
They were Lady Rosemary Eliot, niece of the bridegroom, and Miss Constance Stanley, a daughter of Lady Mary Stanley. Miss Stanley readily yielded to the blandishment of the photographers, and posed with perfect nonchalance amid the clicks of many cameras.
The four adult bridesmaids were Lady Diana Somerset, younger sister of the Marquis of Worcester; Lady May Cambridge, cousin of the bride and daughter of the Earl and Countess Athlone; Miss Harford, cousin of the bridegroom; and Lady Kathleen Crichton, daughter the late Viscount Crichton and Lady Mary Stanley, cousin of the bride. The bridesmaids all wore daintily simple dresses of pink chiffon designed in petal fashion with quaint gold Medici caps. The skirts were made in petal form with several layers chiffon shading with charming effect, from pale pink to deeper rose. The bodices were straight long-waisted, and sashes of the same colouring were loosely knotted in front. They wore Dutch caps of gold net trimmed with shaded roses, and carried baskets filled with natural pink roses.
They carried also gold and platinum purse bags of a size to accommodate a small handkerchief and powder puff. These were the bridegroom's gifts to the bridesmaids. The children received gold fox brooches.
The bride was given away her father, the Queen’s brother, and Viscount Molnesux acted as best man.
The King and Queen were present at the signing of the register. Other guest were Queen Alexandra, the Empress Dowager Maria Fyodorovna of Russia and Princess Victoria. The bride looked very dainty and fragile beside the towering figureof her husband as the wedding procession passed out of the church.
The bride’s dress was of white and silver brocade, cut on classical and simple lines. The gown is low waisted. The skirt was draped to the left hip and held there with a bunch of flowers with a long train of old lace. She wore a headdress consisting of wreath of myrtle leaves, with sprays of orange blossom on either side, and which held an exquisite old lace veil.
The train was one which was worn by the Duchesses of Kents
at her wedding, and subsequently by the Duchess of Cambridge. She presented a picture of sweet and simple loveliness.
TIARA BANDEAU - the Beaufort Hunt Farmers' Gift
Above in the picture shows the handsome antique bandeau, composed of eleven leaves in grey pearls and diamonds, which is being given by the farmers of the Beaufort Hunt to Lady Mary Cambridge on the occasion of her wedding to the Marquis of Worcester, the son and heir of the Duke of Beaufort.
Sources:The Sphere;The Times,Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Saturday 02 June 1923 p 2,Western Daily Express;
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