Monday, April 26, 2004
Royal wedding snubs Dutch throne
"Dutch Prince Johan Friso has married Mabel Wisse Smit - and, in so doing, has renounced his claim to the throne.
The government refused to approve the union because it said the couple had given 'incorrect' information during the prenuptial vetting process.
Their engagement met controversy after the press found evidence Ms Wisse Smit had failed to admit the extent of an earlier association with a drug lord.
The pair beamed as they walked down the aisle of Delft's Old Church.
Norwegian Prince Harald V, US billionaire George Soros, and European royalty were among the 1,400 guests at the wedding. "
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