Monthly Archives: April 2011

Dutch Royal Family, Royals in General

Blauw Bloed: Weekly Video News and Activities with All Your Favorite Royals

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Good Morning everyone and Happy Easter to all!    🙂

Well, it’s Sunday and you know what that means.  Yup, it is time for this week’s installment from the Dutch royal program, Blawu Bloed.  This week Blauw Bloed host, Jeroen Snel, is in London where he focuses on the upcoming wedding between H.R.H. Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton.  Of course, there is much more covered in this episode including all the activities from the Dutch royal house.

So click the link where it says Voorruitblik Op Huwelijk Van Het Jaar and enjoy!

Monaco Princely Family

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and Miss Charlene Wittstock Visit the Le Jardin Exotique in Monaco

On April 23, 2011, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée, Charlene Wittstock, spent the day at the lovely Le Jardin Exotique in Monaco.

The couple had a chance to see the unique floral and fauna within the Jardin which originally opened to the public in 1933.  There were many well-wishers at the Le Jardin Exotique this afternoon and the couple were all happy and crap to met them.

Anyway, there are a myriad of photos from today’s event so please click the link to view:  Photos galore.  To learn more about the Le Jardin Exotique please click the link here. 

The next time royal watchers will see the couple will be on April 29, 2011 for the wedding between H.R.H. Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton.

Photo courtesy of the Palais Princier de Monaco

British Royals

The Royal Wedding Between Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, 1973

For those who have never seen the royal wedding between Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips well today you are in luck.   By the way, yes, that is Westminster Abbey where another couple (I forget their names… lol) will tie the knot this Friday April 29, 2011.

Click the links to watch:  Part One and Part Two 

Photo courtesy of: T.R.F.

British Royals

The Royal Wedding: H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer

Well, ladies and gentleman we have less than a week to go before H.R.H. Prince William of Wales marries his longtime girlfriend, Miss Catherine Middleton, at the stunning Westminster Abbey in London, England on April 29, 2011.

So, to get you in the mood I thought I would post the entire 1981 British royal wedding, including a rare engagement interview, between The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.

Click the links below and enjoy!  Oh!  One last thing, before you ask, all the links work properly… I double checked.       🙂

Engagement Interview One

Engagement Interview Two

The Wedding

 Part One 

Part Two 

Part Three 

Part Four 

Part Five 

Part Six 

Part Seven 

Part Eight 

 Photos courtesy of:  Day Life and T.R.F.

Monaco Princely Family

The Princely Wedding Between H.S.H. Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Miss Grace Kelly

On April 19, 1956, Academy Award winning actress, Miss Grace Kelly married H.S.H. Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a romantic ceremony at the Cathédrale de Monaco.  Fifty-five years later avid royal watchers and your average Jane or Joe on the street still believe it was one of the most beautiful and romantic weddings in history.

For those who have never seen the wedding, between the dashing young prince and the elegant actress, well now is your chance.  The French network, INA.fr, has a lovely video clip of the wedding.  Click the link to watch:  Video  and Photos

 

Monaco Princely Family

The Future Princess of Monaco, Charlene Wittstock, To Have Her Own Anthem

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According to the French newspaper, Nice-Matin, the future Princess of Monaco, Charlene Wittstock, will soon have her own anthem.  The musical piece was composed by Jean-Christophe Aurnague the, “…organist of the Church of the Sacred Heart.”

After the civil marriage on July 1, 2011, the new Princess Charlene of Monaco, will step out onto the balcony, to wave to her well-wishers, while the new anthem will play gloriously throughout the courtyard of the Palais Princier de Monaco.

Oh how lovely.

I’m sure we will hear this soon-to-be anthem at least a billion times by the end of the year, and I hope the piece will be good… it better be.   🙂

To read about Miss Wittstock’s anthem please click the link here.

Source: Nice-Matin  Photo courtesy of:  Zimbio.com by Bauer Griffin

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Dutch Royal Family

H.R.H. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Participates in an Opening of a Nature Preserve

On April 19, 2011, H.R.H. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands participated in the opening of Volgermeerpolder Nature Preserve in the Netherlands.  The crown prince was on hand, along with hundreds of attendees, to not only open this great new reserve, but also to unveil a lovely statue in honor of the workers (did that make any sense?   🙂 )

According to the online Dutch newspaper, Parool.nl, the Volgermeerpolder:

… in North Amsterdam was one of the largest waste dumps in our country. The former landfill, with a size of 100 acres housed as many as ten thousand barrels of dioxins and benzenes. Now, after the remediation largest ever in the Netherlands, the heavily polluted site transformed into a nature preserve.

Any way, there are many great photos from today’s opening so please click the link here to view.

Source and photo courtesy of: Parool.nl by AP Photos/SPD