Princess Christina of the Netherlands married Cuban-born Jorge Pérez y Guillermo on 28 June 1975.
Jorge fled to the United States at the age of 14 with his family, and he had been stateless at the time of his engagement with Christina. Shortly afterwards, he became an American citizen. He and Christina met in New York, where she was working as a vocal pedagogue. She had been born with a visual impairment after her mother was infected with rubella during the pregnancy.
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The wedding took place in the City Hall of Baarn, and they were married by Mayor Jan van Haeringen. With a bit of a language barrier, Jorge eventually says, “Oh, yes,” and “I do.” The couple speak in English when they are together, and Christina was learning Spanish at the time.
The religious ceremony took place that same day in the Dom in Utrecht. During the ceremony, the preacher referred to the couple’s religious differences, saying that it was nonsense to keep to the old Dutch saying, “With two beliefs on one pillow, the devil sleeps in between.” He added that it was powerful to see with how much willpower Christina and Jorge had built a life for themselves.1
Princess Christina did not ask for official permission from the government for her marriage, which meant that she was excluded from the line of succession and no longer a member of the Royal House.
Christina wore an old lace head covering rather than a veil, and her dress was made of white silk organza. She carried a small bouquet of white roses and lilies.
After the wedding, the newlyweds returned to New York, but they eventually moved to the Netherlands, where they had three children together. They were divorced on 25 April 1996.
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