German Journalist Sandra Heumann interviewed the couple about their upcoming wedding for “Bunte” in Germany.
Russian Legitimist is pleased to offer a translation of the article.
REBECCA BETTARINI & GRAND DUKE GEORGE ROMANOV
We will soon exchange rings and crowns.
If Russia were still a Tsarist empire, he would be the heir to the throne: Grand Duke George Romanov, 40, son of the Head of the Imperial House Grand Duchess Maria, 67, and the German Hohenzollern Prince Franz Wilhelm Prince of Prussia, 77. BUNTE spoke with his fiancée, the Italian Rebecca Bettarinl, 38, about the Royal Wedding 202l! The newlyweds have known each other through mutual friends since they were 16. "As adults, we met again at a reception in Brussels" at the Embassy. It didn't fly immediately, but the nobleman brought the smart lobbyist into his team for the Russian Imperial Foundation, which she now runs. "My parents knew and liked him, but they learned about our relationship from the press."
Eight years later, the first step of their relationship was the big step: "George asked me at the airport if I wanted to be his wife, because that's where all our adventures together have begun." Now the adventure is their marriage. The wedding ceremony on October 1st is historically significant: "It is the first Romanov marriage in Russia since the revolution in 1917." George's cousin George Friedrich Prince of Prussia, 44, is also invited.
The ceremony will take place in St. Petersburg's Saint Isaac’s Cathedral. There, rings (by Fabergé) and crowns held by the groomsmen are exchanged according to Russian Orthdox ritual.
Two are better than one!
Sandra Heumann (full copyright to the author and Bunte Magazine)
