Evesham's Royal Wedding of 1907
November 1907 was a time of great excitement in Evesham and its neighbourhood, as nearby Wood Norton Hall, home of the Duc d'Orleans, claimant to the throne of France, was the setting for a spectacular royal wedding. The happy couple were Princess Louise d'Orleans, the younger sister of the Due d'Orleans, and Prince Charles de Bourbon-Siciles.
The Duc d'Orleans had made ambitious plans for the nuptials, including the construction of a large wooden pavilion at the side of his mansion, as the private chapel at Wood Norton was much too small for the ceremony.
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Unfortunately the chapel had not been licensed for the solemnization of matrimony, so early on the wedding morning the royal couple had to go to Evesham and take their vows in a simple, official ceremony conducted in the corrugated iron hut which functioned as the town's Roman Catholic Church.
November 1907 was a time of great excitement in Evesham and its neighbourhood, as nearby Wood Norton Hall, home of the Duc d'Orleans, claimant to the throne of France, was the setting for a spectacular royal wedding. The happy couple were Princess Louise d'Orleans, the younger sister of the Due d'Orleans, and Prince Charles de Bourbon-Siciles.
The Duc d'Orleans had made ambitious plans for the nuptials, including the construction of a large wooden pavilion at the side of his mansion, as the private chapel at Wood Norton was much too small for the ceremony.
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Unfortunately the chapel had not been licensed for the solemnization of matrimony, so early on the wedding morning the royal couple had to go to Evesham and take their vows in a simple, official ceremony conducted in the corrugated iron hut which functioned as the town's Roman Catholic Church.
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