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PG-P.740.019
16 Oct 1740:11 (618)
They advise from Cassel of the 29th past, that the Princes
William & Frederick, accompanied by the Prince and Princess
of Orange, the Princess of Hesse and the Princes Maximian,
George, &c. set out the Monday before for Amelienthal to
welcome Princess Mary of Great Britain, who, at this
ceremony tenderly embraced her sister the Princess of
Orange, and presented to Prince Frederick her Consort, the
said Princess, the gentlemen and ladies of her retinue, the
day before being appointed for her publick entry into that
city, . . . [3 lines] she was on her arrival at the palace,
immediately conducted unto an apartment, where a crown was
put on her head, and having put on wedding aparrel, was
convey'd by six ladies of the court into a large saloon,
where she was receiv'd by Prince William and the Prince of
Orange, and conducted to the chamber where the marriage
ceremony was performed by a Protestant Divine; to which
succeeded a sumptuous supper consisting of 600 dishes,
besides the desert; but the Princely bride eat little or
nothing, tho' the meats were elegantly dress'd: The
illustrious company diverted themselves afterwards (each
with a burning taper in their hand) with a dance through all
the apartments to the bride's bedchamber, into which, when
she was in bed, they all enter'd to bid her good-night: the
next day, all the courtiers and persons of distinction were
presented to that Princess, having the honour to kiss her
hand.
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