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Show ROYAL COUPLE . B MARRIED ROME, Jan. 8. U'.n-Thn royal houses of Italy and Belgium were united today when Princess Marie j Jose of Belgium and Crown Prince Humbert of Italy were marie-d in the Pauline chapel of the royal quirinal palace. Love Match It was u genuine love match in a glitter ing setting of royalty such as has not been seen in Europe sine? before the war, when thrones and dynasties began to topple. Outside the palace in quirinal square, 40,000 subjects paid delighted homage to the popular heir to the Italian throne and the blonde little pr incess who in three days had won their affection. Kings and queens and princes gathered in Pauline chapel, tich in histor ic associations, for the cerv-rnony cerv-rnony in which Marie Jose abandoned aban-doned her girlhocxl and assumed tho weighty role of future queen of Italy. The wedding was held at II) a. in. Shortly before the hour, tho royal cortege passed through the formal rooms of the palace to the chapel. Marie Jose was in the lead on the arm of her father. King Albeit of (the Belgians. Queen Helen of Italy was on the arm of Prince i Humber t. King Victor Emmanuel accompanied Queen Elizabeth ol Belgium. Premier Benito Mussolino, resplendent re-splendent in gilt-braided coat and sword, and wearing the gold chain of a Knight of the Holy Annunciation, Annuncia-tion, c -me immediately after the i oyalt ies. t Humbert and Mario stood before j ; the altar, Humbert on the right and ' Marie Jose nt the left. When the wedding ceremony was completed, the cardinal began a low mass Mnri(. Jose and Humbert J knelt on a twin pric dieu before the altar. j At the conclusion of the mass, King Vict or Emmanuel gave the signal for- the procession to leave the chapel. |