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OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEDDING OF YASODHARA KUMARATUNGA IN LONDON
By Walter Jayawardhana
The wedding of London educated daughter Yasodhara of Sri Lanka’s
former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and a Consultant medical practitioner
Roger Walker was announced in London’s Daily Telegraph newspaper
in a paid advertisement about three weeks ago.
Following the British tradition of calling Consultant level medical
practitioners as Mister the Telegraph advertisement called the groom
as Mr.R.H.M. Walker and the just passed out young doctor bride as Dr.M.Y.S.
Kumaratunga.
According to the Daily Tegraph advertisement which appeared June 16
2007 the marriage took place at Fawsley Hall in London between Mr. R.M.H.
Walker and Dr. M.Y.S. Kumaratunga.
The advertisement simply said the bride is the daughter of Mrs. C.B.Kumaratunga
of Colombo and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.J.H. Walker of
Swange, Dorset in the United Kingdom.
Apart from the bride’s bachelor uncle Anura Bandaranaike, who could
not elevate his matrimonial status higher than from the best man at
Mahinda Rajapksa’s wedding the only other well known politician
invited for the function was Chandrika’s best political ally who
does not believe in marriage at all, Mr. Mangala Samaraweera who is
openly inviting her to lead whatever political alliance he forms. Strangely,
the latest political ally of the former controversial politician, UNP
leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was a notable absentee at the wedding. It
is not known whether he was invited for the London wedding which allegedly
cost 500,000 British pounds.
Sri Lanka’s corporate raider and millionaire business man Harry
Jayawardena and other businessman friend of Chandrika Ranjan Eumo were
among the Sri Lankan list of invitees along with sister Sunethra Bandaranaike.
Except those handful of people the majority at the wedding were relatives
and friends of the Walker family and Chandrika’s foreign friends.
The following are some of the wedding photographs now circulated among
the bride’s friends in London. The photos show the stocky and matronly
figure of Chandrika with her latest short hair style and her son Vimukthi.
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