3-070-993 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Royal Marriage - state entry of the bride into Berlin: procession passing the Brandenburg Gate, 1881. 'The marriage of Prince William of Prussia, Queen Victoria's grandson, to Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, niece to Prince Christian, the husband of our Queen's daughter Princess Helena, was celebrated at Berlin on Sunday last. Our Special Artist, Mr. W. Simpson, furnishes the Illustrations presented in this Number of our Journal. On Saturday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, the Princess was conducted into the city from the Bellevue Schloss, which is situated in the principal park of Berlin. The Royal bride was seated in an old-fashioned gilt state carriage...A few minutes later, the open space in front of the Brandenburg Gate was reached...After an exchange of silent salutes, the cavalcade entered the city through the Brandenburg Gate. Twenty-four rounds of artillery and the shouts of the people on the tribunes in the square marked the moment'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.