surname Romanova from her marriage, which therefore implies that theirs is a morganatic union. Victoria Bettarini is the Director of the Russian Imperial Foundation. She is daughter of Roberto Amedeo Simeone Bettarini (born in Taranto on 5 May 1947), an Italian diplomat, ambassador in Luxembourg from 2006 to 2010 and in Brussels from 2010 and 2013, and wife Carla Virginia Cacciatore (born in Rome, Italy, on 30 April 1945), whom he married in Kinshasa, Zaire, on 13 August 1977. They married on 24 September 2021 in a civil ceremony in Moscow. The religious wedding took place on 1 October in Saint Petersburg, at Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Around 1500 guests attended the ceremony, including King Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Queen Margarita; King Fuad II of Egypt; Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar; Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and his wife Isabel, Duchess of Braganza; Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Piedmont; Crown Prince Leka of Albania and his wife Crown Princess Elia; Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and his husband Gauthier Destenay; Prince Louis Alphonse de Bourbon and his wife Princess Marie Marguerite de Bourbon; Prince Aimone, 6th Duke of Aosta and his wife, born Princess Olga of Greece; Russian monarchist and billionaire Konstantin Malofeev; Sarah Fabergé; European historian and socialite, Stéphane Bern as well as many members of Russian, Spanish and European nobility. Following the wedding events, a gala wedding supper was held at the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg. The 500 guests included members of the royal houses of Albania, Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Prussia, Qatar, and Spain. The following day, a Wedding breakfast "à la Russe" was hosted by George's mother, the Grand Duchess Maria, held at Constantine Palace and was attended by a smaller amount of 700 guests before their departures. On May 22, 2022, the Imperial House of Russia announced that Princess Victoria was expecting their first child in autumn. Later on July 21, the Russian Imperial House announced that the couple were expecting a boy. The Grand Duke and Princess Victoria had a son, born in Moscow on 21 October 2022, who is named Alexander Georgievich Romanov. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, head of the Imperial House of Russia, announced that her first grandchild will be called "His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanov". Prince Alexander was baptized on December 6, 2022. Prince