Remembering Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg’s glamorous Valentine’s Day wedding

Theirs was a romance that blossomed out of school-age friendship, but there were various obstacles to be surmounted by Prince Henri of Luxembourg, heir to the principality, and his choice of bride, Cuban beauty Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista. While other royal households in Europe were embracing marriage to commoners, Prince Henri’s parents, Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, were still keen…