ROYAL ROMANCE.

Lake County Press, Issue 2116, 3 May 1906, Page 7

ROYAL ROMANCE.

i;i ssia.n <;i;a.\)i miKi 1 .: seckltLV WEi»S KLN(! KDWAitD'S .MKIIIv | The •.'rand Duke (!\ ril of Russia 'and the ex-(.'rand Duchess Melita of Hesse were quietly and .secretly married a lew da-.s ago at 1.1)0. Hotel Uiissisi her 1101. in Munich. ! The civil cerenioiiv, was performed : b.v a Cobtirg nllicml. and Ihe religi i.ms cerenioiiv b.v the Kussian Pope. The bride is I lie second daughter of | the late Duke of Sa.M-t.'oburg (Duke of Kdinlmrgh,) and a niece of King I lvlv> aid \h't- mother is an aunt, of | thi' t'/ur, who is consequent ]y, a first ; cousin of Ihe new Ora.nd Duchess. Princess \id oria Melit a was born in Malta m ISTl'i, was married ill ISO I lo the (.'rand Duke of Hesse, and divorced by decree of the ftrnnd Duke iii r.iiil, nn reason being assigned. Since her divorce the Princess has lived with her mother at (Vilmrg. where ihe (.■rand Duke Cyril has I leen a const nisi \ isitnr. The (.'rand I Hike, win. is the son of the ( Dam! Duke \ ladimir. is also a lirst. cousin of the bride. fie is a.lso the same age as h\-v Duval Highness The Hrand Duke is an aide-de-camp io the Czar. lie was on hoard the Pel ropav lovsk when she was struck by a mine oil Pod Ai I hur and foundered wit hj -real loss of life, including Admiral Makharol'f.