Romanian Roma princess Ana Maria, 12, cries as she tries to escape her lavish wedding to a 15-year-old Roma boy in Sibiu, 250km northeast of Bucharest on Saturday. The unwilling bride, whose marital age is common among Romania's traditional Roma — also known at Gypsies — who are estimated between 500,000 and 3 million, was convinced to return to the ceremony by her family.

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