The wedding of the Prince Maximilian of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg to Ms Franziska Balzer took place at the Stadtkirche in Bad Laasphe on August 6th. The reception took place at Schloss Wittgenstein. Many royals attended the ceremony.

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The bride was led down the aisle by her father. After posing for pictures outside the Stadtkirche, the couple drove themselves from the ceremony in a vintage car to the reception at Schloss Wittgenstein, home of this branch of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family.

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Among the congregation were the groom’s parents, Prince Otto and Princess Annette of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, his sister, Princess Lilly of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, her ex husband, Prince Alexander of Schaumberg Lippe, and their son, Hereditary Prince Henrich of Schaumberg Lippe, as well as Isabel Getty, Count Antonio Ruiz-Berdejo y Sigurta, Princess Elna of Bentheim, Prince and Princess Viktor of Isenburg, and Countess Pauline of Berge Trips.

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The bride, now Princess Maximilian of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, wore a cream silk and lace wedding gown with a satin jacket, diamond cluster earrings,  and a small fringe tiara, on loan from Bulgari. Prince Maximilian wore morning dress with a light blue tie.