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T.S.H.s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco: The South African Wedding Reception

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This evening at the famous Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga, South Africa Their Serene Highnesses Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco had their wedding reception — again — for several of their closets friends who could not make it to Monaco last weekend.

Guests included South African president, Jacob Zuma, and his wife, loads of members from the International Olympic Committee, and some of the princess’s friends as well as family members.

To read an article from the Washington Post newspaper about the event please click here.  Another article.

To view photos please click the link here and look down.  More photos.  VIDEO!

And, an interesting, yet brief, commentary from a South African newspaper here.

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‘Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess’ Exhibit Comes to Toronto, Canada. Plus Other News

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It was announced this afternoon that the exhibit, Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess, will be shown at the TIFF Bell Lightbox museum in Toronto, Canada.

Per the Hollywood Reporter:

Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox will be busy this fall with the exclusive North American exhibit of Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess. The late princess of Monaco’s rarely viewed gowns and artifacts, from the palace where she married Prince Rainer III in 1956, will be on display.

The exhibition will also feature the princess and actress’ Van Cleef & Arpels tiara, her 1955 Oscar for The Country Girl, letters from Alfred Hitchcock, childhood scrapbooks, yearbooks, notes from Prince Rainier and Super-8 home videos she made.

The Lightbox show—which will run from November 4 through January 22, 2012.

Finally, on July 9, 2011, the Musée Océanographique de Monaco will open the exhibit L’Histoire du Mariage Princier by Stéphane Bern.

This exhibit focuses on the recent July 2 religious wedding between T.S.H.s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco.  Per the official site for the Musée Océanographique de Monaco:

This exclusive exhibition offers a tour around objects particularly symbolic of marriage, previously unpublished photographs, the Lexus Hybrid car, gifts offered by Monaco and several outfits, presented to the public for the first time.

If you decide to waltz on over to the Musée Océanographique, whilst on vacation on Monaco, you will be able to gaze upon the Océan Tiara that was recently constructed for Princess Charlene by Van Cleef & Arpels.  The exhibit ends in November.

For more information please visit the Musée Océanographique de Monaco website here.  

For information about the Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess exhibit at the TIFF Bell Lightbox please click here.

Source: Hollywood Reporter and Oceano.mc

Photos courtesy of: Oceano.mc and The Star.com

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T.S.H.s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco Have Lunch with the President of South Africa

On July 6, 2011, T.S.H.s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco had lunch with the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and his lovely wife Thobeka Madiba, at the King’s House in Durban, South Africa.

The couple are in town for three reasons:  The IOC meetings in which H.S.H. Prince Albert II is a member, to throw another lavish wedding celebration, on Thursday at the famous Oyster Box hotel, in the princess’s former home country, and finally to begin their honeymoon.

To read more about the princely couple of Monaco’s lunch with President Zuma and to view photos please click the links here and  here.

Source and photo courtesy of: DM

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T.S.H.s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco Arrive in Durban, South Africa

After their whirlwind and lavish two-day wedding ceremony this past weekend Their Serene Highnesses Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived in Durban, South Africa.  Come this Thursday July 7, the couple will throw yet another wedding reception at the Oyster Box hotel for a few hundred of their closest friends.  Soon after the prince will participate in the IOC meetings.  When that is all over the princely couple of Monaco will begin their honeymoon.

To view photos please click the link here.

Photo courtesy of: REUTERS/Stephane de Sakutin/Pool

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‘H.S.H. Princess Charlène Essaye Sa Tiare’ by Lorenz Baumer

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Here is a video about the making of H.S.H. Princess Charlene’s Ecume des Jours/Diamond Foam Tiara by Lorenz Baumer.

Princess Charlene of Monaco opted for something much more personal choosing a bold, asymmetrical creation in diamond and white gold that symbolizes the one-time Olympic swimmer’s love for the sea.

… [the] tiara in white gold and nearly 60 carats worth of diamonds evoke the spray thrown off a crashing wave.  Thin strips of precision-cut diamonds arch up from behind the left ear and fan out in an almost pinkish explosion at the temple. Large round cut diamonds, the largest weighing 8 carats, punctuate the ends of the sparkling arcs. (source)

 Click here to watch the video! 

Finally, if you are interested in discussing royal jewels — past and present — with others I highly recommend visiting as well as signing up to the forum known as Royal Jewels of the World.  The members of this forum are incredibly knowledgeable and very kind.  Here is the link.   🙂

Finally, to learn more about Lorenz Baumer, the designer of H.S.H. Princess Charlene of Monaco’s tiara, please click the link here. 

Photo courtesy of:Daylife

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T.S.H.s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco Host a Brunch at the Palais Princier de Monaco Before Leaving for South Africa

On July 5, 2011 Their Serene Highnesses Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco will arrive in Durban, South Africa to throw another lavish wedding party on Thursday in the princess’s ex-home country.  Moreover, Prince Albert II will participate in the IOC meetings which are being held in Durban this year.

But, before the princely couple will leave for South Africa they threw a lovely brunch this past Sunday for several of their royal guests and friends according to France24 news network:

Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, the world’s newest royal couple, hosted guests for a private marriage brunch on Sunday a day after their church wedding, the royal family said.

The brunch in the private gardens of the tiny principality’s royal palace was prepared by French chef Alain Ducasse, creator of the main wedding feast, along with Joel Robuchon and palace chef Christian Garcia.

To view photos from the brunch please click the links here and here.

Source: France 24

Photo courtesy of: Madame Figaro