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Monaco’s long-awaited bride competing with 2 icons: Princess Grace and Princess Kate
The Washington Post ^ | June 26 2011 | Staff

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 didn’t cast a long enough shadow, Albert’s long-awaited marriage to Wittstock comes on the heels of the royal wedding of the decade, Kate Middleton’s union with Britain’s Prince William.

It’s 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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PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN & NANCY REAGAN, CAROLINE & ALBERT


21 posted on 06/27/2011 9:14:42 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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22 posted on 06/27/2011 9:27:12 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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Cinc, do you have info that the royal wedding will be covered by any U.S. television network?

Leni

23 posted on 06/27/2011 9:32:19 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Bring Back the MISERY INDEX! Obama's INDEX! Include Food & Energy in a TRUTHFUL INDEX!)
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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.


24 posted on 06/27/2011 10:04:02 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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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 .


25 posted on 06/28/2011 1:01:21 AM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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........her ring looks like something from HSN of QVC.......

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.

26 posted on 06/28/2011 4:14:35 AM PDT by Liz ( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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Monaco is all glitz, glam, and bling......the ladies all decked out in major jewelry, even at the beach.....they walk around town in big diamonds. Parked near the Casino, Hotel de Paris, & Cafe de Paris are rows of Rolls Royces, Porsches, Lamborghini, Ferrari. Monaco 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.......

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).

27 posted on 06/28/2011 4:23:18 AM PDT by Liz ( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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