After about one hour the church bells started ringing, and bride and groom came out of the church. At the door of the church they thanked the Pastor Markus Merz. Under loud cheers of the public the bridal couple exchanged a long kiss. The three little bridesmaids did their utmost best to strew rose leaves. The bridal couple was followed out of church by the bridesmaids and witnesses. In a copy of a carriage from Queen Victoria of Great Britain bride and groom drove through the centre of Coburg to the Ehrenburg Castle, where the reception took place in the Grand Hall. There they were greeted by three marksmen societies. Also loud salutes were fired from the park next-door.
