… when a bomb went off near their carriage as they were leaving the Church of San Geronimo in Madrid.
The new queen appeared calm at the time, but when she got to the Royal Palace, she was on the verge of hysteria. One can imagine marrying a known “rake”, speaking a foreign language, leaving all that you knew, converting to a religion you don’t want, and having to face down a bomb AND a wedding night in one afternoon was a bit sressful.
(Photo: Bomb going off May 31, 1906 next to the carriage of the just married Victoria Eugenie, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, and her new husband King Alfonso of Spain)