The first royal wedding took place in Russia after the overthrow of Romanov's monarchy by the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, and various European dignitaries returned to St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend the lavish ceremony.
According to the French news agency AFP, 40-year-old Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov of the Romanov family and his 39-year-old Italian fianc Rebekah Virginia Betarini were married in St. Isaac, the former royal capital of St. Petersburg. In the cathedral.
Hundreds of foreign dignitaries attended the Orthodox Christian ceremony in Russian cities, including Liechtenstein's Prince Rudolph and Princess Talisman and the former King and Queen of Bulgaria.
The list of about 1,500 guests includes several other celebrities, including Monarchist and billionaire Konstantin Maloviev, close to the Russian government, and Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Rebecca Virginia Betarini converted to Orthodox Christianity last year.
Their wedding pair was a symbol of the Russian Empire, made of gold wire and thread.
Rebecca Virginia Betarini also wore a diamond crown at the ceremony.
Galina Baburova, a 50-year-old local woman from St. Petersburg, expressed her best wishes for the royal couple, saying: It's interesting for us to watch the wedding. "
The Romanov family last married in Russia 127 years ago to Nicholas II and Alexandra.
Ahead of the ceremony, Duke George said the couple chose to tie the knot in St. Petersburg because it was the first place in the country where the family returned in the early 1990s.
"It's very close to our family," she told the St. Petersburg news website Fontanka before the wedding.
He added that St. Petersburg is "the history of Russia" and "the history of the Romanov monarchy".
Madrid-born George Mikhailovich Romanov is the son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova, the self-proclaimed heir to the Russian throne.
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova, granddaughter of Nicholas II's cousin, Grand Duke Kirill, Nicholas II was the last Russian king to be hanged by the Bolsheviks in 1918 along with his wife Alexandra and five children.
After his execution, he was buried by Soviet authorities in a place that had been kept secret for a long time.
His body was later transferred to St. Peter's and Paul's Cathedral in St. Petersburg in 1998.
George Mikhailovich Romanov, who studied at Oxford and spent most of his life in France, met Rebecca Virginia in Brussels, where he served in the European Parliament.
