Marie Antoinette: Queen of Fashion is hour-long lecture presented by Associate Professor Caroline Weber from the Department of French and Romance Philogy at Barnard College. Overall, the lecture is quite interesting. 🙂
For more information about or if you would like to purchase Ms. Weber’s book, Queen of Fashion: What Marie-Antoinette Wore to the Revolution, you may do so via Amazon.com. 🙂
Recently, His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg participated in a charity race in Austria entitled, Ischgl Heroes Challenge. Click here to read an article as well as to view photos from Wort.lu. It’s in English by the way. 🙂
Finally, on the official website for Château de Versailles there is an interesting article about the history of chocolate at the legendary court. Click here to read the article. (in English)
On February 27, 2012, Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Maria Theresa of Luxembourg welcomed Red Cross volunteers to the Grand Ducal Palace for a reception. The purpose of today’s event was to thank as well as honor the more than 70 volunteers who are committed to the Red Cross and to those who are “… the most vulnerable in the Luxembourg and abroad.”
On February 22, 2012, Prince Charles-Philippe d’Orléans, Duke of Anjou and the Duchess of Cadaval brought home their daughter, Isabelle, from the hospital. Click here to watch a video.
Finally, new photos were released of Carl Alexander Prinz von Hohenzollern’s press conference/photo-op/wedding reception held at Château du Bel Air. The new royal couple looked incredibly happy as they sipped on Andres champagne whilst wearing Lederhosen.
A touching moment during the press conference/photo-op/wedding reception is when Frederic Faux Prince von Anhalt presented Corinna, the bikini princess, with a brand new tiara… from Claire’s Accessories. Click here to view photos.
Sources: Cour Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg and journalist Manuel Beninger.
According to the Austrian newspaper, Kleine Zeitung, Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover is currently in Lech, Austria on holiday with her family. It is unknown if the beautiful princess met with members of the Dutch royal family whilst at the luxurious ski resort. Click here to read the full article. (in German).
Meanwhile, the Duke of Vendôme recently spoke to La Toile regarding his interest in preserving the environment. Click here to read the article. (in French)
Here is the documentary, Versailles: Countdown to Revolution.
A Lavish drama-documentary chronicling the final days of the Bourbon dynasty under the ill-fated Louis XVI and his Queen, Marie Antoinette. Unlike his highly sexed forebears, it takes Louis seven years to consummate his marriage – and his performance as ruler of France is no more distinguished than his efforts in the royal bed chamber.
The French people are starving, but the aristocracy is too busy partying inside the gilded palace of Versailles to take much notice. Louis tries to make a difference, but his every attempt at reform is blocked by his greedy relatives. Marie Antoinette gets much of the blame for the excesses of the rich, even if she never uttered the famous words “let them eat cake”.
As he drifts into depression and madness, Louis and his Queen attempt to stave off a revolution, pleading with the nobility to accept reform. But it is too late – the astonishing extravagance of Versailles, which once served the glory of France so well, backfires into the ending of the monarchy itself.
By the way, some segments of the documentary may not be suitable for those who are, well, prudish.
Recently, the Comte de Paris (Henri d’Orléans), head of the French royal house, was invited to the Paris Wermus Cactus talk show on France 3. The topic: “What if France resumed/went back to having a monarchy?” The 33 min program is in French, so if you understand the language click the link below to watch. 🙂
Here is a documentary about that short dude from Corsica that did something mildly interesting eons ago and the dude who liked to stick his hand in his shirt entitled, Enjoy! 🙂
The Royal Correspondent 