A descendant of the czarist Romanov dynasty was married in the first royal wedding in over 100 years kicking off a weekend of lavish events that sparked public curiosity, awe and derision.
A descendant of Russia's former imperial family married his Italian bride on Friday in the first royal wedding to take place on Russian soil since tsarist times more than a century ago.
A descendant of the Romanov dynasty that ruled the Russian Empire until its downfall during the Bolshevik Revolution married his new wife in an extravagant ceremony in the former imperial capital, St. Petersburg, on Friday.
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