RUSSIA: White Flowers

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Asked if the Hutton millions had not helped on the romance, Mr. Hutton declared: "Maybe at the beginning that counted but now it's a real love affair. I don't see why Barbara, who's the sweetest girl in the world, can't be loved for herself."

Huton lawyers meanwhile saw to it that Barbara's Prince should not become too great an expense. A marriage contract was drawn up granting Prince Alexis a fat dowry but keeping "complete control of the disposition of her entire property" for Heiress Hutton. Included in the contract, but not made public, was the amount Prince Alexis would inherit in case of his wife's death. These details settled, all was ready for a double celebration of the wedding #151; first, in a French registry office, then two days later with burning candles and flowered crowns in the Russian Orthodox Church.

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