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Show Iran, Egypt Royalty Wed In Splendor CAIRO. A wedding ceremony whose complexities and magnificence magnifi-cence outshine any in modern history his-tory is uniting 17-year-old Princess Fawzia of Egypt and the youthful crown prince of Iran (Persia). Celebrations Cele-brations started long before March 16, the wedding date, and will continue con-tinue long after, to be culminated April 21 in a second marriage ritual in "''xk1 Teheran, Iran capi- gJ Important because it unites the two 3 most influential Mo- ' ? ' hammedan nations, i? - u the wedding is nev- . ertheless said to be I ' , a love match since 6, the prince and prin- , ' cess met during a s -winter sports expedition expe-dition to S w i t z e r- Princess land. A million Fawzia Egyptians are participating in the gayety of Cairo, a three-day holiday having been proclaimed following the wedding. A royal welcome, aerial and military mili-tary escorts and special trains featured fea-tured the prince's arrival in Egypt, In his honor the tomb of Mohammed Ali founder of the present Egyptian dynasty was reconstructed at a cost of $250,000. The royal couple are being accompanied ac-companied by Egyptian Queen Mother Nazli on their honeymoon trip to Shahpour, Iran. There they will be met by the empress of Iran and two of her daughters. The party par-ty will travel by special train to Teheran for 'four days of wedding celebration beginning April 21. On April 24 the prince will take his bride to their permanent residence, the marble palace. Since this date is the anniversary of the accession to the throne of the shah of Persia, It will have a double significance this year. Princess Fawzia. westernized like Egypt's beauteous young queen, Fa-rida, Fa-rida, is well versed in her native Arabic and speaks excellent English Eng-lish and French. Her next problem prob-lem will be learning modern Persian, Per-sian, her new native tongue. |