Show Notes
A large crowd gathers for a fairy tale royal wedding, but will the honeymoon have a happy ending? Part 2
June 1933, Barbara Hutton and Prince Alexis Mdivani have the second and grandest of their two wedding ceremonies in Paris. The elaborate and beautiful ceremony draws a large and excited crowd, followed by a reception then off to their honeymoon. Will Barbara finally have her happily ever after?
Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Mdivani, James “Henry” Van Alen aka Jimmy, William “Sam” Van Alen, Germaine “Ticki” Touquet, James “Jeem” Donahue aka Jimmy, Woolworth “Wooly” Donahue, Fraser McCann, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, General Zahkari Mdivani, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane - Countess Henri de Castellane, Phillippe / Felipe Rodriguez de Rivas y Diaz de Eraso – V Conde de Castilleja de Guzman, James Blakeley, Jean Kennerley, Morley Kennerley, Marshall Heminway, Laura “Dolly” Heminway Fleischmann O’Brien, Jay O’Brien, Czar / Tsar Nicholas II Romanov, Rasputin, Maharajah of Kapurthala, Prince Theodore of Russia – Prince Feodor Alexandrovich Romanov, Jean Patou, Berry Wall, Lili Damita, Rene de La Croix de Castries – Count Renault St. Croix, Victor Grandpere, Christian DuFort, Serge Lifar, Georgian Minister Araki Tchenkeli, Archpriest Jacob Smirnoff, Monsier Affonski, Jane Alcott, Midnight Express train, Hotel Ritz - Ritz Carlton in Paris, Meurice Hotel, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral – L’Eglise Russe – Russian Church, Eastern Orthodox religion and wedding ceremony traditions, wedding reception, Russian choir, priests, police security, crowd control, tailor’s debt, debt collector, process server, honeymoon, increase in news articles, conflicts amongst sources, choices reconstructing the past, celebrity weddings, expensive wedding, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, fantasizing and planning weddings, college roommate, hating my own wedding, fairytales, part ogre princes,…
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