Marriage
On June 5, 1957, Princess Margarita married Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, younger brother of King Peter II of Yugoslavia in a civil ceremony in Salem followed by Lutheran and Serbian Orthodox church services on June 6. Prince Philip and King Simeon of Bulgaria were among the witnesses.
From this marriage were born Prince Nikolas (1958) and Princess Katarina (1959).
The couple settled in the UK, running a fruit farm near Billingshurst in Sussex. They were divorced in 1981. Princess Margarita did not remarry.
Read more about this topic: Princess Margarita Of Baden
Famous quotes containing the word marriage:
“But not gold in commercial quantities,
Just enough gold to make the engagement rings
And marriage rings of those who owned the farm.
What gold more innocent could one have asked for?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In ‘70 he married again, and I having, voluntarily, assumed the legal guilt of breaking my marriage contract, do cheerfully accept the legal penalty—a life of celibacy—bringing no charge against him who was my husband, save that he was not much better than the average man.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“There is a time for all things—Except Marriage my dear.”
—Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)