JD.com founder Liu and wife attend Princess Eugenie’s wedding amid US rape case

JD.com founder Richard Liu Qiangdong, who was arrested and then released in the US last month after being accused of rape, showed up with wife Zhang Zetian in the UK last Friday, as the couple attended the wedding of British royal family member Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.

Liu, 45, donned a black morning suit with bright pink tie and held hands with 24-year-old Zhang, who wore a matching pink dress and hat, as they made their way with other guests to St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.

The live-streamed video of the British royal nuptials showed Zhang briefly speaking with Liu before she took out her smartphone to take a panoramic photograph of the castle grounds.

The event marked the first time Liu, who serves as chairman and chief executive of e-commerce giant JD.com, made a public appearance with Zhang, following his arrest on suspicion of rape on August 31 and released the next day by the Minneapolis Police Department.

Beijing-based JD.com said it had no comment about Liu’s visit to the UK.

Liu and Zhang’s public appearance appeared to show that all was well on the domestic front. Zhang, also known on the mainland as “Sister Milk Tea”, had posted a photo on her WeChat Moments page on September 24, showing two adult hands and a hand of a young child holding a mooncake, the traditional treat given out during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.