THE GUESTS

More than 200 guests from abroad were present at the wedding of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Kitín Muñoz, including members of several European royal families. The wedding was not attended by kings and queens but by representatives of royal families who are Kalina's age, many of them being the bride's cousins.

The wedding was attended by the whole Bulgarian Royal family, including Princess Maria Luisa and her family. Also the groom's mother, his two brothers and sister attended the wedding. One of the witnesses on Kalina's side was her mother's brother José Luis Gomez-Acebo.

Among the royal guests were Infanta Cristina of Spain and her husband Iñaki Urdangarín, Doña Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco, Lord Frederick Windsor, a count Bernadotte, Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco, Lalla Dschumena of Morocco, Prince Nikolaos of Greece, Princess Chantal of France and Baron François-Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue, Princess Béatrice d'Orléans, Princess Adelaïde d'Orléans, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Savoy and Elisabeth de Balkany, Princess Chantal de Bourbon de Parme, Archduke Georg and Archduchess Eilika of Austria, Duchess Sophie and Duchess Margarethe von Württemberg, Duke Duarte and Duchess Isabel de Bragança, Duke Moritz von Hessen, Princess Tatjana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (?), Duke Franz of Bavaria, Princess Maria Theresia and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, Prince Amyn Khan and Hélène Kirby (daughter of Grandduchess Leonida of Russia).

Other foreign guests included many influential figures from the business communities of the United States, France, Spain and Switzerland. The guestlist also included Alvaro de Marichalar, who introduced the couple to each other three years ago, and two explorer-friends of the groom: Miguel de la Quadra Salcedo and Perez de Tudeira, a Mount Everest summiteer. Also expected were Jacqueline Beer Heyerdahl, widow of famous Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, as well as popular Spanish singer Rafael.

President Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria as well as all Bulgarian ministers attended the wedding. Other Bulgarian guests included painter Svetlin Roussev and sculptor Georgi Chapkunov, and other persons connected to Kalina, some of whom she has met in Madrid.