Posted on 06/27/2011 3:15:08 PM PDT by Cincinna
Charlene Wittstock has not one, but two tough acts to follow.
As the future princess of Monaco and wife to longtime bachelor Prince Albert II, the Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-raised former Olympic swimmer is to succeed Grace Kelly, whose 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier III is still widely seen as the gold standard for royal nuptials.
And as if the blue-eyed Hollywood beauty-turned-beloved princess didnt cast a long enough shadow, Alberts long-awaited marriage to Wittstock comes on the heels of the royal wedding of the decade, Kate Middletons union with Britains Prince William.
Its still the biggest thing to hit Monaco since Grace walked down the aisle in an elegant antique lace gown, ushering in a new era of high-wattage glamour into this tiny Riviera principality
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Leni
Leni, I have been searching, but haven’t found anything yet.
TV5Monde.com the French cable station in the US might, maybe the BBC.
I’ll keep everyone posted.
Looking at it again, it looks like something from HSN of QVC, not Cartier or Tiffany’s.
With all that money, you’d think they could but some good taste.
Monaco is all glitz, glam, and bling.
If you go out fo breakfast, the ladies are all decked out in very major jewelry, even at the beach!
Monaco has zero crime, and is run like a Police State- cameras photograph every license plate going in or out, cameras on the street so everyone feels safe and protected, and they walk around town freely in big diamonds. It us really something to see
Parked around the fountain near the Casino, Hotel de Paris, & Cafe de Paris are rows of Rolls Royces, Porsches, Lamborghini, Ferrari .
Sure does---too ostentatious---just screams "cubic zirconium."
Grace would never wear something like that.
And if you're shopping for jewelry, check out what they're selling on HSN of QVC.....so your store purchase won't look like it came off cable TV.
That's b/c Monaco is a tax haven---pampered mistresses of global bigwigs (with something to hide) land there (probably gambling state treasuries away).
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