Two week honeymoon for royal duke

April 22, 1928

Prince Filiberto of Savoia-Genoa, Duke of Pistoia, marries Princess Lydia of Arenberg on April 30, they will have less than two weeks for a honeymoon, according to the Associated Press. The Duke, who is a cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, is also a soldier - Lieutenant Colonel Filiberto -- and is a student at the Army War College at Turin. All students gets a mere two weeks furlough, and a "member of the royal family is no exception."
The nuptial festivities begin on the 28th, "when the Duke goes off duty," and the "actual honeymooning time will be reduced accordingly."
The wedding is expected to be attended "by most of the available crowned heads of Europe."