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Monaco Princely Wedding: More News and 37 Days Until the Wedding!

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On May 25, 2011, the Palais Princier de Monaco officially announced, what many already knew, that Mr. Alain Ducasse will “… organize the official dinner…” for the upcoming princely wedding in Monaco.

According to the Palais Princier de Monaco:

This dinner will be prepared in the kitchens of the Louis XV of the Hôtel de Paris with the support of the staff of the establishments of the Société des Bains de Mer de Monte Carlo

The couple would like this moment to celebrate Mediterranean cuisine, using mainly products from the region, in particular those from the Prince’s estate located at Roc Agel.

Over 450 persons will attend this dinner, which will take place on the terraces of the Opéra Garnier on the 2nd of July.

Congratulations to Mr. Ducasse!   🙂

In case you were wondering, only 37 more days until H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco marries his longtime girlfriend, Miss Charlene Wittstock.  Can you feel the excitement?  I can!!   🙂   I’m looking forward to the wedding on July 1 and 2, 2011.

Source and photo courtesy of:  Palais Princier de Monaco

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H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco Attends the Chelsea Flower Show

On May 22, 2011, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the Chelsea Flower Show in London, England where his country entered the show for the first time.

The garden was designed by “… Sarah Eberle, the award-winning garden designer, aims to capture not only the architecture of the principality but the mundane side of life that visitors and camera crews rarely see.” 

Apparently, the prince has a passion for gardening and he was excited that Monaco had finally entered the show.  The British newspaper, Telegraph, interviewed Roger Shine, a close friend of the prince, who noted that it was the prince’s idea:

… to show at the Chelsea Flower Show. He has always been passionate about gardens, as his mother was. The gardens at the palace have been part of his life. He felt showing at Chelsea would help people’s perception of Monaco and help them see that it’s about real people getting on with their lives. It’s about the new Monaco, rather than the old. It’s not all fast cars and glitzy yachts.

The Chelsea Flower Show runs through May 28, 2011, and this year the show is sold out, according to various sources; however, you can still view the gardens via the RHS Chelsea Flower Show website here.  

To read more about Monaco’s entry at the show please click the link here, here, here,  and here.

To view photos please click the link here.

Sources:  The Telegraph, City Out Monaco and RHS

Photo courtesy of: Yahoo AP

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Charlene Wittstock and H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco: Extended ZDF and Das Erste Interview

Both ZDF and Das Erste released a semi-extended interview/slightly different with Miss Charlene Wittstock and H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.  To watch please click the links:  ZDF and MDR.de 

To be honest with all of you, the interviews are pretty much the same; however, the ZDF asked a couple of questions that was not aired in my previous report about the couple’s interview (if that makes any freaking sense.)   🙂

Photo courtesy of:  Daylife by Francois Durand/GettyImagesEurope

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Charlene Wittstock and H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco: A Bild Magazine Interview

During the recent amFAR Cinema Against AIDS 2011 event at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, German columnist, Caroline Dendler, caught up with the couple to ask them a few questions regarding their upcoming nuptials on July 1 and 2, 2011.   Here is what the couple had to say:

Caroline: Your wedding dress is by Giorgio Armani it is already finished?

Yes, everything fits perfectly and it is wonderful, but I can not reveal too much (as she smiles.)

How do you deal with the constant comparisons between the eternal Grace Kelly? 

We are very different people with different biography, so you can compare us at all.

Your religious wedding is on 2 July is a formal state ceremony how many of your longtime friends could invite?

There are of course my family and a few close friends. There is also protocol that must be followed (regarding heads of state, dignitaries, and of course all the European royal families and royal families abroad.)

You look so beautiful tonight.   How you dealing with the wedding stress  (are you worried or stressed?)  What are you doing to calm your nerves?

No, not at all.  Perhaps it just looks that way.  I’m still swimming, doing sports.  Staying very active.

Charlene, there are 44 days until the wedding.  How are you feeling?

I’m excited, I’m not nervous at all, I’m glad everything is perfectly prepared.

(Prince Albert continues to smile proudly as his fiancée replies to questions and then expresses his thoughts:) “It will and I am sure we will have a lot of too!”

Prince Albert, all of Monaco is surely relieved that you finally asked for Charlene’s hand in marriage because it has indeed taken a long time!

I am now much about our wedding day. And, some of my friends joke saying that you took long enough to find the right one and I did find the right one.  I’m incredibly happy!

Source and photos courtesy of:  Bild.de  Danke!   🙂

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H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock: An Interview

Recently, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée, Charlene Wittstock, gave a televised  interview with the German network, ZDF.

The interview took place at the Palais Princier de Monaco and during the interview the couple spoke about their upcoming nuptials, the desire to have children, and much more.  Here is an article from the German online newspaper, MDR.de, which highlights what was said during the interview:

Many have doubted whether Prince Albert II, would ever find a woman to be by his side forever. Now, in only a few weeks, Miss Charlene Wittstock will soon become the Princess of Monaco.  On the occasion of their wedding the couple gave interview for German television.

At the palace in Monaco the couple have confessed that the big wedding is completely to their liking. ‘If we could we choose, we would invite a small round nice people and stop somewhere, a very simple wedding ceremony,’ says Monaco’s Prince Albert. ‘But there are not only the other royal families and heads of state, will attend, we have also invited athletes, actors and musicians  all of whom are friends of ours .  ‘It will be fun,’ says Charlene Wittstock.  4,000 guests are invited to the religious wedding and over 200,000 spectators are expected to be in Monaco that day.

Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock have known each other since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.  Now, eleven years later, they will marry.  Did their love need a little time to develop? ‘A little bit,’ admitted Charlene. ‘There were a couple of years in between in which we had no contact,’ says Albert of Monaco.  Then in 2005, they met again and the rest is history.

When asked how much the future role as Princess of Monaco will change her life, she says, ‘I think it will be something magical, but I will try to take it easy and carefully.’ The question remains whether the two other strong women in the Grimaldi family, Princess Caroline and her sister Princess Stephanie, will also take it so loose [?] now that Charlene will be number one.  ‘They are both great women who have achieved much in their lives,’ says Charlene Wittstock.  ‘They have always been incredibly supportive of me and always very kind to me.’

Almost all the royal families in Europe are expected at the wedding; however, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will not be there. ‘They simply have too many commitments at the time,’ said the prince.  Asked about a possible heir to the throne in Monaco Charlene answers, ‘I would like to have children. I can not wait to start my own family,’ she says. ‘I agree with you,’ said the prince, who currently has two illegitimate children.

The interview will air sometime soon (I’ll let you know when it does, and if it will be streamed online on a later date.)

So, there you have it… only 43 days until the wedding in Monaco!

Source:  MDR.de  Photo courtesy of: CWFB

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H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock in Cap d’Antibes, France

On May 19, 2011, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée, Charlene Wittstock, attended the 18th Annual Cinema Against AIDS 2011 event at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France.  Joining the couple with famed fashion designer, Mr. Karl Lagerfeld.

According to the official site for 18th Annual Cinema Against AIDS 2011, since the event’s first initial inception in 1993 the, “…Cinema Against AIDS events around the world have raised nearly $60 million for lifesaving AIDS research.” (source)

After the lavish dinner and auction was over, it was estimated that ten million U.S. dollars was raised for AIDS research during this event; furthermore, “… the appearance of Prince Albert of Monaco and his fiancée, Charlene Wittstock, at the dinner and auction helped raise 1,000,000 Euros (roughly $1.4 million in U.S. currency)…” (source)  In the end, the winners of the auction won “… two rounds of tennis with the prince and two swimming lessons with the future princess of Monaco.” (source)

To view photos from the event please click the link here. 

Photos courtesy of:  Y.Herman/Reuters