In late 1894, Nicholas II married Princess Alix of Hesse, a love match that became the last grand imperial wedding of the Romanov dynasty. Just weeks before, Alexander III had died in Livadia, and the ceremony in the Winter Palace's chapel was shadowed by mourning, yet filled with ornate ritual and glittering jewels. This episode explores the week of events — the funeral and wedding intertwined, the bride's conversion to Orthodoxy with the new name Alexandra Feodorovna, the sumptuous gifts, and the famous Khodynka disaster that followed at the coronation. Lucas and Luna discuss the wedding's deep symbolism, from the ancient Russian rite of anointing to the singing of the choir — and how this union, born of love, became entwined with tragedy, as Nicholas's commitment to his wife shaped his disastrous reign. A focused look at a single moment that foreshadowed so much.
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