October 01, 2021 16:34 GMT – By RFE/RL
Russia has held its first royal wedding since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution toppled the Romanov monarchy, with royals from across Europe attending the lavish ceremony in the city of St. Petersburg.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov, 40, tied the knot with his 39-year-old Italian fiancee, Rebecca Virginia Bettarini, at St. Isaac’s Cathedral in the presence of dozens of royals.
Romanov said that the couple chose the former imperial capital for the ceremony because it was the first place in Russia where the family had returned following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991.
Among the 1,500 guests were some 50 royals from European countries including Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, and Spain.
After the wedding ceremony, which lasted for almost two hours, one-third of the guests were invited for a reception at the Russian Ethnographic Museum, which was founded by Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II. He was executed along with his wife, Aleksandra, and their five children by the Bolsheviks in July 1918.
George Romanov, a descendant of Russia’s former imperial family, was born in Madrid to the Prussian Prince Franz Wilhelm of Hohenzollern and Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova, the self-proclaimed heir to Russia’s imperial throne.
She is the granddaughter of Grand Duke Kirill, a cousin of Nicholas II who fled Russia during the revolution.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-romanov-royal-wedding/31488187.html
Russia finally has a legitimate leader after 103 years.. Too bad his wife is already 39 and probably too old to birth a son.
Apt that he chooses a bride from a fellow fascist regime. Apt also that former fascist Spain sends its Royals and of course another former axis power; Bulgaria, sends some.
An indication that fascism is once again on the rise.
I wonder how long they waited for Vladolf’s permission? Just long enough to avoid children?
I would post an article from time to time, but my tablet is broken. When i switch between apps e.g. Firefox and WP the one i return to crashes. I have tried different browsers and settings – nothing. So, until i either fixed this or got a new device, i will only comment. Oksana has my lap top for her home office stuff, so i can’t use that one either. Just want you to know, not that you think i don’t care about this site no more. I’m also very busy, have evening- and night shift five days a week. 😒
Hang in there Mike!
What else could i do. I love all my ukrainian buddies, ukrainian and russian speaking. I hope i can fix this, it’s really fucked up!
I don’t think that it’s a problem for you to post only comments, Mike. The important thing is that you are still with us and that you are sharing your thoughts with us. I also hardly ever post any articles. In this regard, Veth is keeping us busy enough anyhow. 😁
Veth is an absolute patriot. He and Focusser are the core of this site.
Spain is still fascist. They are also much poorly governed than they were under Franco.
When i read ‘italian’ they lost me. Russian chicks not good, eh?! What a joke! Everything in RuSSia sucks, even the royals!
The word “execution” does not apply in cases such as Nicholas II and his family. They were murdered, not executed. Execution is a punishment that can only be meted out by a legitimate court of law for a very offenses, such as murder. Nicholas was tried by anything close to being legit.
Oops! “anything” should be “nothing.”