ter after the death of the Duke of Clarence the engagement of his
brother to the Princess May of Teck was officially announced. The
wedding took place on July 6th, 1893, and there could be no doubt by
that time of the popularity of the young couple and of the national
pleasure at their union. The decorations in London eclipsed those of the
Queen's ubilee and the crowds were equally great. The ceremony was
performed at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, instead of at St. George's,
Windsor, where the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Princesses Helena and
Louise and the Dukes of Albany and Connaught had been wedded. Amongst
the great gathering present at the ceremony were Her Majesty and the
Royal family as a whole, the Duke and Duchess of Teck, Lord Salisbury,
Lord Rosebery, Mr. Morley, Mr. Bryce, Mr. Chamberlain, Sir W. V.
Harcourt, Lord Ripon, Lord Spencer, Lord Herschell, Mr. Balfour, Mr.
Goschen, the Dukes of Argyll, Norfolk and Devonshire, Mr. Gladstone, the
Hon. T. F. Bayard, American Minister, several Indian Princes and many
others. The _Times_ of July 7th had the following comment upon the
event:

"Few Royal weddings of our time aroused such unusual enthusiasm as
the union of the Duke of York with the bride of his choice--an
English Princess, born and bred in an English home, endeared to all
hearts by the now softened memory of a tragic sorrow and richly
endowed with all the qualities which inspire the brightest hopes
for the future. Fewer still have ever been celebrated with happier
omens, or in more auspicious circumstances than that of yesterday.
The pomp of a brilliant Court, the acclaim, at once tumultuous and
orderly, of the mightiest of cities, spontaneously making holiday
and decking itself in its brightest and bravest, the simultaneous
rejoicing of a whole people, the sympathy, unbought and yet
priceless, of a world-wide Empire, the radiant splendour of an
English summer day--all these combined to make the ceremony of
yesterday an occasion as memorable as that of the Jubilee itself."

[Illustration: KING EDWARD AND HIS FAMOUS RACE HORSE MINORU, WHICH WON
THE DERBY IN 1909.

Minoru (Herbert Jones up), Mr. Richard Marsh (Trainer to
the late King), Lord Marcus Beresford (Manager of the late King's
thoroughbreds), King Edward.

King Edward was not only a great King, but a great sportsman as well. He
had a typically British love of outdoor pa