PM's daughter to wed rocker from Britain

LONDON - Yevhenia Tymo-shenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter, will wed rocker Sean Carr in Yorkshire, England, on November 2, according to The Times online (www.timesonline.co.uk).

The two met in a bar in Egypt, after which Ms. Tymoshenko coaxed Mr. Carr's number from a friend of his. Ms. Tymoshenko contacted Mr. Carr on her return to London and they met at a biker festival.

Ms. Tymoshenko, 25, studied at the London School of Economics, while Mr. Carr, 36, had a market stall in Leeds where he worked as a cobbler and key cutter.

Five months into Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Carr's relationship, he visited Ukraine, at the height of the Orange Revolution. One day into his trip Mr. Carr stood on the same stage on which Prime Minister Tymoshenko called for President Leonid Kuchma's resignation.

Mr. Carr eventually closed his market stall and moved to Ukraine, where he now plays in a heavy-metal band called Death Valley Screamers.

The Times reported that Prime Minister Tymoshenko said of her future son-in-law, "He is an excellent person." Though Mr. Carr was scared of Prime Minister Tymoshenko at first, now he calls her "Mama."

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 24, 2005, No. 30, Vol. LXXIII

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