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German Princess LATE ROMANCE # EX-KAISER'S SISTER By Cable—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. BERLIN”, Saturday. Princess Victoria of Schaumbcurg Lippe, the ex-Kaiser’s sister, has been married to the young Russian, Alexander Zoubkoff. A civil ceremony was performed secretly in the registry office at Bonn in the presence of two witnesses only. After the ceremony, the pair arid the witnesses drove to the Bonn Town Hall unostentatiously in a private car. Even the Princess’s household was not aware of the wedding. No relatives were present. The Princess was dressed all in grey with a rope of pearls. She carried no flowers. The news spread quickly, and a crowd of nearly 1,000 gathered outside the town hall. There will be a religious ceremony on Monday, according to Greek Catholic rites. The venue is not known. It Is believed that the couple will then take a lengthy tour. “I hope to forget the annoyances and insults, which have takep every form, from the most disgraceful anonymous messages to actual threats," stated the Princess. She is to be known in the future as Viktoria Von Zoubkoff. The bridegroom will not be a baron, but the prefix “von” has been accepted as the nearest equivalent of the Russian word meaning nobleman.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 207, 21 November 1927, Page 9
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