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Family, and their attendants, 

 were conducted to the west ante- 

 room. Amongst the attendants 

 were Lady John Murray, and 

 Lady Emily Murray : the Cabinet 

 Ministers, the foreign Ambassa- 

 dors and Envoys, and their ladies, 

 also attended by particular invi- 

 tation, and proceeded to tlie grand 

 crimson room. When the Queen 

 left her apartment, her Ma- 

 'esty's attendants were conducted 

 through the great hall. The 

 Prince of .Saxe-Cobouig and the 

 Princess Charlotte remained in 

 the closet till after the procession 

 had ad\anced through the suit of 

 apartments towards the altar, 

 which was attended by the Lords 

 of the Privy Council. 



The altar for the celebration of 

 the ceremony was placed near one 

 of the fire-places in the crimson 

 state-room. ^Vhen every thing- 

 was ready, the Lord Ghamberlriin 

 gave notice to Prince Leopold, 

 who tooii his station in front of 

 the altar. The Loi'd Chamber- 

 lain then gave notice to the Prin- 

 cess Charlotte, Avho was led to 

 the altar by the Duke of Clarence. 

 The Priuce Regent took his place 

 by the side of tlie illustrious pair. 

 Behind the Ruyal Dukes stood 

 the Lord Chancellor, Lords Cas- 

 tlerengh, Sidmouth, and Melville; 

 the Earls of A''estmoreland, Har- 

 rowby, Mulgrave, and Batlnu'st ; 

 Mr. Vansittart, Mr.Bathnrst, and 

 Mr. Pole, the cabinet ministers. 

 On the other side of the altar was 

 the Queen, for whom a chair of 

 .state was placed. On her jight 

 hand weie the Princesses Au- 

 gusta, Elizabeth, and Ivlary, the 

 Durhess of York, and her High- 

 ness Princes.s Sophia of Glou- 

 cester: behind her Majesty were 



her Lord and Vice-Chamberlains, 

 and the Ladies of the Household. 

 On the left of the altar stood the 

 the Royal Dukes of York, Cla- 

 rence, and Kent (the Dukes of 

 Cumberland and Sussex, and his 

 Highness the Duke of Gloucester, 

 were not present). The Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury was close 

 to the altai', and behind him the 

 Archbishop of York. The Bishop 

 of London was on the right of 

 the altar, the Bisimp of Exeter, 

 as clerk of the closet, and the 

 Bish.op of Salisbury, the Preceptor 

 of the Princess Charlotte. 



The Dukes of Orleans and 

 Bourbon, the Foreign Ambassa- 

 dors, and the gieat Officers of the 

 Household, stood in front of the 

 altar at some distance. 



Two crim.son velvet stools were 

 placed in front of the altai-, which 

 was covered with crimson velvet. 

 There was some ancient royal 

 communion-plate on the altar, 

 with two sujiCih candlesticks six 

 feet high. 



The illustrious personages had 

 all taken their stations by a little 

 after nine o'clock, when the ser- 

 vice began. The ceremony was 

 performed by tlie Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop 

 of London. !t concluded at half- 

 past nine, when the happy event 

 was announced to the public by 

 the Park and Tower guns. 



Her Royal Highness the Prin- 

 cess Charlotte advanced to the 

 altar with much steadiness, and 

 went through the ceremony, giv- 

 ing the respon.ses with great clear- 

 ness, so as to be heard distinctly 

 by every person present. Prince 

 Leopold was not heard so dis- 

 tinctly. The Regent gave aw.ay 

 the bride. 



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