All four of the women finished dressing and met in the main entrance of the palace to greet their guests. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden were just arriving and stepping out of their carriage. Karolina and her mother stood behind the Princess and the Dowager Duchess as they curtsied and welcomed the royal couple while Theresia instructed the servants to take their baggage to their rooms in the palace. The Grand Duke acknowledged the Dowager Duchess and the Princess with a slight nod as he strode into the palace. The Grand Duchess meanwhile, said nothing while noticing the various stitching repairs made to the Dowager Duchess’s gown.
The 10th Duke and the Duchess of Hamilton arrived next after the Grand Duke of Baden. …show more content…
The pangs of jealousy were showing visible on Princess Louise’s face. She and her estranged husband, Prince Gustav, son of the deposed King of Sweden were in the middle of a divorce and her mother a French Catholic did not look too kindly on her situation. Princess Marie’s other sister Josephine was expecting a child and could not travel to attend the wedding.
The Chargé d'affaires for Her Royal Britannic Majesty Victoria arrived last, after all of the royal guests. He bowed to the Dowager Duchess and her daughter, all the while observing the condition of the palace and the palace grounds. He inquired about the names and titles of the wedding guests to include in his report to the Queen of England. After he left and no more guests arrived, the Dowager Duchess proceeded to the palace church accompanied by her daughter, Karolina, Theresia and her servants.
The wedding guests waited in the Knight’s Hall before being summoned to the palace church for the wedding ceremony. As he waited to drink a cocktail, the Grand Duke of Baden spotted the arrival of the British Chargé d'affaires and quickly steered him to a nearby corner of the great …show more content…
“Citizen King”, he scoffed as he said the anecdote applied to Louis Phillipe, King of France. “The King is the ruler of all of France and its colonies and should be feared by the French People.”
“Opening the vote up to all the French taxpayers is heresy. Only the noble citizens of France should be able to vote in their elections”, he continued while fuming.
Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton entered the great hall, so he lowered his voice. He proudly told the chargé d'affaires that he would be the one giving away the bride due to the death of her father.
He continued to discuss politics with chargé d'affaires and asked about the British Queen’s attitude toward the Bonapartists in France. The chargé d'affaires said nothing as he was under strict orders from Queen Victoria to only observe and