The Disillusions of a Crown Princess - Being the Story of the Courtship and Married Life of Cecile, Ex-Crown Princess of Germany #221929

IT Was a bright winter's day. The vast halls Of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg were filled with a great crowd of people eager to catch a glimpse of one of the fairest brides that had ever been led to the altar Of its chapel. The Imperial Family and the Court were celebrating the nuptials of the niece of the Czar Alexander II, the daugh ter Of his favourite brother, — the Grand Duchess Anastasia Michaylowna of Russia, with the heir to the Duchy of mecklenburg-schwerin, and to one of the largest private fortunes in Europe.