With their long faces and blank expressions, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan do not look like a couple enjoying their honeymoon in the Eternal City of Rome.
Settling down for a meal surrounded by other diners in the heart of the Italian capital, the Facebook CEO seems to be staring straight past his new bride while she looks right past the multi-billionaire and at the floor.
Maybe the couple are preoccupied with the disastrous floatation of Facebook onto the stock market which has seen the social networking giant lose billions of dollars off its initial listing price.
Why the long faces?: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan look awkward as they eat on their honeymoon in Rome
So far the couple have taken in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the Spanish Steps and eaten at Pierluigi restaurant which has been an institution in Rome since 1938.
Tying the knot last weekend in the backyard of their $7 million home in Palo Alto, California in front of 100 guests, the wedding came one day after Facebook went public and was valued at $100 billion
During the ceremony, the couple of nine years apparently 'couldn't stop grinning' throughout and even went as far as to write their own vows.
Priscilla Chan seems to look past new husband Mark Zuckerberg as they eat their meal on honeymoon in Rome
The Colosseum in Rome is one of the sights that Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg have visited
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peterislocated within the Vatican City has also been visited by the honeymooning couple
The ceremony was a surprise to the 100 or so guests who gathered in the backyard of the Palo Alto home of Zuckerberg and the Facebook CEO is rumoured to have told his wife-to-be's grandmother of the intended nuptials by speaking to her in Chinese.
Inspired to learn the language by his new wife, Zuckerberg had been learning Chinese for two years.
Guests at the wedding enjoyed simple food from the newly wed's favourite Palo Alto Mexican and Japanese restaurants, Palo Alto Sol and Fuki Sushi, with the Mexican entrees reportedly costing $7.50 for each person.
True
love: Priscilla Chan, the new Mrs Mark Zuckerberg, was walked down the
aisle two Saturday's ago by the couple's dog Beast, a Hungarian
sheepdog. The couple also wrote their own vows
Guests had arrived believing that they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation from her degree in pedatrics.
However, they were greeted with the sight of the multi-billionaire wearing a suit and tie, instead of his more usual jeans and hoodie.
Entertainment was provided by Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and he played 'Last Night on Earth' as the couple performed the first dance.
Married: The couple have been together for nine years, but did not reveal their engagement
The much vaunted IPO has run into severe difficulties, with the share price down from $38 to $31 amid acrimony and accusations that the company was overvalued before the launch.
The Facebook founder is being sued in a class action for $2.8 billion for allegedly deceiving shareholders over the disappointing stock market flotation.
Couple: Ms Chan and Mr Zuckerberg met when they studied at Harvard and have been together ever since
The lawsuit was filed in New York against Zuckerberg and senior Facebook executives by US law firm Robbins Geller, which in 2008 won a £4.5billion settlement for the shareholders of Enron.
The class action alleges that Facebook 'selectively disclosed' concerns that the company was struggling to raise money from users who access the social networking site via smartphones rather than PC's.
Guests: Those invited thought they were attending a party to celebrate Ms Chan's graduation
Arrival: Guests were pictured turning up at the Palo Alto home on Saturday afternoon
Private: Mr Zuckerberg is known to be secretive about his personal life despite running a social network
'The true facts at the time of the IPO were that Facebook was then experiencing a severe and pronounced reduction in revenue growth due to an increase of users of its Facebook app or website through mobile devices rather than a traditional PC such that the company told the underwriter defendants to materially lower their revenue forecasts for 2012.' states the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks to claim the money lost from the current drop on the opening price of $38.
Drinks: The Facebook founder ordered large amounts of alcohol in anticipation of the party
'Mr Zuckerberg was put on the lawsuit because he was one of those who signed the stock market registration statement, which makes him liable for anything which is not true on it.'
Flotation: Mr Zuckerberg opened trading on the Nasdaq last Friday, the day of Facebook's IPO
In a statement, Morgan Stanley said that it 'followed the same procedures for the Facebook offering that it follows for all IPOs. These procedures are in compliance with all applicable regulations'.
Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said: 'We believe the lawsuit is without merit and will defend ourselves vigorously.'
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