The wedding of Prince George Mikhailovich Romanov and Rebecca Bettarini brought together in Saint Petersburg the aristocracy and members of royal families from all over Europe and not only from Europe

The wedding of Prince George Mikhailovich Romanov and Rebecca Bettarini brought together in Saint Petersburg the aristocracy and members of royal families from all over Europe and not only from Europe. It is the first wedding of descendants of the Romanov dynasty on Russian soil in more than 120 years.

In the photographs one may see Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the groom's mother, and her half-sister Helena Kirby, Countess of Dvinsk (the two sisters together in one photograph), the last King of Egypt and the Sudan, Ahmed Fuad II, the Duke and Duchess of Anjou, the Duchess of Braganza with her son Afonso, Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein and the Crown Princess of the Albanians, Elia, Tsar Simeon II of the Bulgarians and Tsaritsa Margarita, the Crown Prince of the Albanians, Leka II, the Crown Prince of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, and the Crown Prince of Georgia, David Bagrationi, Princess Olga of Greece, and the Duchess of Aosta.

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