Half a Mile of Carpet For Wedding of Archduke and Princess -- The bridge and bridegroom pose for the cameras after the ceremony. Almost half a mile of red carpet was laid from the Chateau Beloeil to the town hall for the wedding of the Archduke Charles-Louis, of Hapsburg, to Princess Yolande de Ligne. The Archduke is the fourth son of the late Emperor Charles, last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the bride the daughter of Prince de Ligne, Belgium's Ambassador to India. The bridegroom is 31-year-of-age; the bride 26. She wore a veil that belonged to Napoleon's wife, Empress Eugenie, and after the religious ceremony at the chateau, walked down the red carpet with the groom, to the civil ceremony at the town hall. January 17, 1950. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.).