NAMES IN THE NEWS : Papandreou, Liani to Wed Thursday
Defeated Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 70, plans to marry his mistress, 34-year-old airline hostess Dimitra Liani, Thursday but a series of political scandals will block any honeymoon plans.
The socialist politician, whose three-year affair caused constant headlines, is a target of criminal investigation into multimillion-dollar scandals that helped cause his crushing electoral defeat in June.
The low-key marriage has been hailed by Greek newspapers as a major social event, comparable to the 1968 wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy to shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Newspapers say Papandreou, who could face prosecution in scandals that include embezzlement from a major bank, will wed Liani in a small church near their luxury villa in the Athens suburb of Ekali. None of Papandreou’s four children from his marriage to American Margaret Chant are expected to attend.
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