Princess Alexandra, News and Picture Thread 1 (April - December 2004)

[drimal]

Part IV Pictures from 18.04.2004


1.the whole family on the stairs of the castle
2. pretty Princess Alexandra
3. the family outside
4. Princess Alexandra with her siblings
5. Princess Alexandra with her mother Maria Teresa (beautiful picture!:) )
6. and 7. other photos on the stairs with the beautiful carpet
8. another picture with all five children of the Grand Dukal couple
9. a small picture ( unfortunately I have lost this picture in an higher quality:( !)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Is a castle the same thing as a Chateau?

[bad_barbarella]

i thinks so... :S she always looks so pure in white

[suturegeisha]

Originally Posted by gaggleofcrazypeople

Is a castle the same thing as a Chateau?

"Chateau" is the French word for castle. "Palais" is the French word for palace. So...
Chateau de Fischbach=Castle of Fischbach, or appropriately in English, Fischbach Castle.
and
Palais Grand-Ducal=Grand Ducal Palace.

Hope this helps.

[drimal]

Originally Posted by suturegeisha

"Chateau" is the French word for castle. "Palais" is the French word for palace. So...
Chateau de Fischbach=Castle of Fischbach, or appropriately in English, Fischbach Castle.
and
Palais Grand-Ducal=Grand Ducal Palace.

Hope this helps.

Yes suturegeisha. You are right!:)
Luxembourg has its own language, the Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch), but laws and statutes are in French.
We have no newspaper in Luxembourgish, the two main newspapers Luxemburger Wort and Tageblatt are in German. But the main TV channel RTL Tele Lëtzebuerg is in Luxembourgish.

So official it's Palais du Grand Duc , Château de Fischbach and Château de Colmar-Berg.

The Grand Dukal family is living in the castle of Fischbach (Château de Fischbach) and the Palace(Palais). They moved from Colmar-Berg to Fischbach after Henri became Grand Duke on 7th october 2000 and the former Grand Duke Jean and his wife Josephine-Charlotte live actually in Fischbach.

[suturegeisha]

Originally Posted by drimal

Yes suturegeisha. You are right!:)
Luxembourg has its own language, the Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch), but laws and statutes are in French.
We have no newspaper in Luxembourgish, the two main newspapers Luxemburger Wort and Tageblatt are in German. But the main TV channel RTL Tele Lëtzebuerg is in Luxembourgish.

So official it's Palais du Grand Duc , Château de Fischbach and Château de Colmar-Berg.

The Grand Dukal family is living in the castle of Fischbach (Château de Fischbach) and the Palace(Palais). They moved from Colmar-Berg to Fischbach after Henri became Grand Duke on 7th october 2000 and the former Grand Duke Jean and his wife Josephine-Charlotte live actually in Fischbach.

Oh, so Grand Duke Henri and his family, plus GD Jean and GD Josephine-Charlotte live in Fischbach, now, too? I didn't know that- I thought they still lived in Colmar-Berg. Thanks for the info, drimal. :)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I thought that too...maybe I was missinformed. Oh, and thanks for the Chateau thing-I'm just beginning to learn French.

[drimal]

Originally Posted by suturegeisha

Oh, so Grand Duke Henri and his family, plus GD Jean and GD Josephine-Charlotte live in Fischbach, now, too? I didn't know that- I thought they still lived in Colmar-Berg. Thanks for the info, drimal. :)

Sorry, I wrote something wrong.

It is right that the Grand Dukal family (Henri, Maria Teresa and their children) moved from Colmar-Berg to Fischbach, but the former Grand Dukal couple (Jean and Josephine Charlotte) have moved too. They moved from Fischbach to Colmar-Berg where they are living now.

It's some sort of tradition that the reigning Grand Duke is living in Fischbach.

I hope you excuse me my little error.

[suturegeisha]

Originally Posted by drimal

Sorry, I wrote something wrong.

It is right that the Grand Dukal family (Henri, Maria Teresa and their children) moved from Colmar-Berg to Fischbach, but the former Grand Dukal couple (Jean and Josephine Charlotte) have moved too. They moved from Fischbach to Colmar-Berg where they are living now.

It's some sort of tradition that the reigning Grand Duke is living in Fischbach.

I hope you excuse me my little error.

Ah. I see. I think my eyes must have been crossed when I read it before. Thank you, drimal.

[drimal]

Part V Other Pictures of 2004

1.and 2. from the baptism of Jean of Luxembourg (son of Guillaume, Prince de Luxembourg+Nassau+Bourbon and Sibilla Sandra Weiler)
Here is a link for more pictures of this event:) :
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal...g2004album.htm
3. with Prince Imre (son of Princess Marie Astrid)
4. a photo of Princess Alexandra in 2004 (but I ignore the event)





Note: It is a pity that the thumbnails are no longer pictures, but small links. I prefer a lot more the former system. Hopefully they will change that!

[hillary_nugent]

Thanks for the pictures Drimal did the event of which the pictures were taken occur recently???

[drimal]

Originally Posted by hillary_nugent

Thanks for the pictures Drimal did the event of which the pictures were taken occur recently???

Well, I guess it was in spring 2004, because my newspaper published an article about the event. But I ignore the exact date, because the source worldroots.com, where I had this information doesn't show an exact date.

[bad_barbarella]

I think shes more of a Princess than charlette from monaco... i love what she wears

[hillary_nugent]

Originally Posted by bad_barbarella

I think shes more of a Princess than charlette from monaco... i love what she wears

Indeed she is because she IS a princess ^__^ where as Charlotte isn't

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

She has much more class.

[hillary_nugent]

Originally Posted by gaggleofcrazypeople

She has much more class.

I think Alexandra and Charlotte both have class and they're both beautiful young ladies, why do you think Alexandra has more class? ^___^

[bad_barbarella]

she dresses different i think they are both beautiful ppl... its just she seems more pure... less kinda i dont know hehe

[drimal]

Part VI Vacation 2003 in La Tour Sarazine (18.08.2003)

In Summer 2003 Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa made holiday in La Tour Sarazine. The following pictures are from 18th August 2003.


1. Grand Duke Henri and Prince Felix coming out of the water (in background Princess Alexandra with a cousine)
2. Princess Alexandra and brother Prince Louis (they seem to have a good relation :) )
3. a match of waterball between Henri's sons
4. a happy sovereign couple in vacation
5. Princess Alexandra and her cousine (I read somewhere Marie-Gabrielle) on a rubber dinghy
6. Henri with his eldest sons Guillaume and Felix (and the little white dog)
7.to 9. family pictures

[drimal]

10. Princess Alexandra with cousine (Marie Gabrielle?) and mother Maria Teresa on a rubber dinghy
11. a really impressive family picture:o
12. the family playing cards
13. picture in front of a typical Mediterranean tree
14. a happy family (I like Alexandra on this picture)
15.and 16. looking in a pond (that reminds me The Frog Prince)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Originally Posted by drimal

3. a match of waterball between Henri's sons

Waterball??????