Russia to host first royal wedding in a century
Russia's former imperial capital is set to play host to the
wedding of a descendant of the Russian royal family in the first such event in
more than a century.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov will tie the knot
with Italian fiancée Victoria Romanovna Bettarini at St. Isaac's Cathedral in
St. Petersburg today (1) in an elaborate religious ceremony with hundreds of
foreign guests in attendance.
Russia's last tsar Nicholas II, his wife and five children
were killed by a revolutionary firing squad in July 1918 in the cellar of a
merchant's house in Yekaterinburg, a city 1,450 km (900 miles) east of Moscow.
"This was the
first place in Russia to which we returned," George Mikhailovich, 40, told
news website Fontanka.ru about the choice of St. Petersburg for his wedding
Source Ceylontoday
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