15 AUGUST 1952, Page 4

It is a pity that the voice that breathed o'er

Eden on Thursday was only that of the Registrar at Caxton Hall, not of some appropriate ecclesiastical dignitary. Marriage is a solemn undertaking, and there is everything to be said for consecrating it at its outset. However, it had to be as it is, for reasons that are well understood. Anyhow it is a very happy event, and all the Foreign Secretary's friends will hope it may produce happiness perpetually increasing.

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