The story begins in May of 1867 as
Princess Maria del Pozzo della
Cisterna prepares for her wedding to
the King's son, the Duke of
D'Aosta. The first disaster strikes
when the Princess's wardrobe
mistress hangs herself. The princess
immediately hires another
seamstress to make her a new gown.
On the day of the wedding, the ceremony
is delayed when the
officer leading the royal procession
collapses from a heat stroke.
When the party arrives at the palace,
the gatekeeper won't open the
gates. He's discovered dead at his
post.
After the wedding ceremony, the best
man accidentally shoots
himself while toying with a ceremonial
gun. Anxious to get away, the
couple flees for the train station to
begin their royal honeymoon and
escape tragedy. As soon as they leave
the palace, the official who
composed the marriage contract dies
from a sudden heart attack.
Before the couple can arrive at the
train station, the stationmaster
somehow stumbles into the path of an
oncoming train, the one sent to
collect the couple.
The King rushes to the station to
prevent the couple from boarding
the train because by now he's convinced
that there's a curse or jinx
on the couple. He attempts to herd
everyone back to the palace, but
on the way, the Count of Castiglione,
who's riding beside the royal
carriage, tumbles from his horse and is
run over by the carriage.
He's killed by one of his uniform
medals crushed into his chest
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