Prince Albert & Charlene Wittstock Wedding Suggestions & Musings

[goody7058]

I don't think it pregnancy. I think it something else PA hiding.

 

[dazzling]

I didnt expect it to be in a year, I thought maybe whithin 6months or so but seems like a summer wedding is more ideal for Monaco.

I think it something else PA hiding.

Why do you think that?

 

[Moonmaiden23]

Why is it protocol that they wait 6 months?

I could be wrong, but i think the time gap is so that the other Royal houses can be given notice, and time to arrange their schedule/calenders. Royals schedule their foreign visits, etc months and months in advance.

They are probably the only people on the planet-other than prison inmates-who know where they will be and what they will be doing a year from now!

 

[Renata4711]

PA is not only Charlene's fiancé, but also a Head of State, and his diary is already so crowded that they will have a job finding a date.

The reason his dairy is so crowded is that he has many official duties arising from his position, as well as his strong commitments to charities, especially his own PA2 Foundation.

 

[azure]

They are probably the only people on the planet-other than prison inmates-who know where they will be and what they will be doing a year from now!

This arrangement has its pros and cons. It is not really nice to have everything programmed. What you'll do, where you'll go.. Of course you are more regular but there is something stressful in all this.
You put your daily life in class and arrange it according to a calendar
Do i sound excessive..?

 

[Moonmaiden23]

azure I can promise that you DON'T sound excessive...I understand what you mean.

Princess Grace-God rest her soul-was chatting with an old friend who was at a lull in her career, and mused that she had no idea what she was going to be doing for the forseeable future.

Grace is reported to have said to her friend..."How lucky you are!" with a wistful tone in her voice.

 

[rominet09]

Armani Privé has guided her perfectly so far so why should she change ?
She hasn't pu one dress wrong so far with them !

 

[Renata4711]

Regarding her friendship with both Giorgio and Roberta, I can't see how she can not have a wedding dress from them.

Colour: I'd go for sea green - like a nymph !

But I suspect we'll have to settle for white or cream.....

 

[Sister Morphine]

Regarding her friendship with both Giorgio and Roberta, I can't see how she can not have a wedding dress from them.

Colour: I'd go for sea green - like a nymph !

But I suspect we'll have to settle for white or cream.....

It's a Catholic wedding -- there's no way she's not wearing a shade of white.

 

[AshleyAthena]

PA is not only Charlene's fiancé, but also a Head of State, and his diary is already so crowded that they will have a job finding a date.

The reason his dairy is so crowded is that he has many official duties arising from his position, as well as his strong commitments to charities, especially his own PA2 Foundation.

Exactly. I don't find a year wait excessive for the wedding of a head of state, with his diary, the diary of those invited, and the planning of the wedding.
Also, don't forget the wedding will be a Catholic one, perhaps the wait is so they can get precana around Albert's schedule?

 

[Renata4711]

I was joking - of course it will be white or cream.

Perhaps they will take Grace's wedding gown out of the Princes sGrace exhibition and alter it.

 

[fandesacs2003]

I was joking - of course it will be white or cream.

Perhaps they will take Grace's wedding gown out of the Princes sGrace exhibition and alter it.

Charlene could definitely not fit inside Grace's dress!!! She is much more heavily built

 

[laduchesse]

Charlene could definitely not fit inside Grace's dress!!! She is much more heavily built

For some reason, I thought I read somewhere (maybe on this board), that there were some problems with how Grace's dress preserved, i.e., while they're still able display it, somehow the preservation methods had a negative impact on the quality of the dress over the years, so it wouldn't be suitable to use again. Maybe my memory is playing jokes on me though...

 

[Sister Morphine]

Why would she wear her dead mother-in-law's wedding dress, even if it was altered? That sounds macabre. I mean, there are already people here going off the rails accusing Charlene of trying to copy Grace, if she wore the same dress, even with changes, she'd be raked across the coals.

 

[LadyS]

I would definitely say Armani as she has an association with them already. I don't know if there are any Monegasque designers she could used it might be good to show her support of her new country. (I don't think she would pick a South African designer although there are quite a few good ones.)

 

[Naggi]

Isn't she South African? It would be nice to see her in a creation of a designer from her own home country. But I doubt that to be honest....

 

[Thecia]

How about Hendrik Vermeulen? He's South African and specialises in haute couture. Of course there is Simon Rademan, Abigail Keats or Kara Janx but they might not be so appropriate. Ah! I wish Victor Stiebel were still around. He was South African, wasn't he? She could get some of his vintage stuff. I saw an evening dress he designed in Paris. Honestly, I nearly died it was so gorgeous.

 

[Lumutqueen]

I would love to see her in a very delicate dress covered in pearls, diamonds and with some beautiful lace.
Marchesa or Valentino.

I don't see why Caro and Charlotte must wear Chanel, I understand that they like it, but they can differ from the norm.

 

[Thecia]

I would love to see her in a very delicate dress covered in pearls, diamonds and with some beautiful lace.
Marchesa or Valentino.

I don't see why Caro and Charlotte must wear Chanel, I understand that they like it, but they can differ from the norm.

Valentino! The master of femininity. I love his work.
Had you asked me a year ago if Caroline would wear Chanel, I would have said yes absolutely. But now, she's straying a little. Which is great because I'm not keen on Karl's recent collections. And Charlotte is more of a Gucci girl now.
Just please God don't let Charlene's dress be Armani. I love him and I think he's a genius but I can't see him designing a wedding gown. His style is too angular and conceptual.

 

[princess carmen]

Armani did Katie Holmes's wedding gown and it was very pretty.

 

[Moonmaiden23]

Valentino! The master of femininity. I love his work.
Had you asked me a year ago if Caroline would wear Chanel, I would have said yes absolutely. But now, she's straying a little. Which is great because I'm not keen on Karl's recent collections. And Charlotte is more of a Gucci girl now.
Just please God don't let Charlene's dress be Armani. I love him and I think he's a genius but I can't see him designing a wedding gown. His style is too angular and conceptual.

I was thinking the same thing about Armani, that his designing style might be too severe and angular...but haven't the magnificent evening gowns worn by Charlene recently all been Armani Prive? That strapless, dusky rose sheath that she wore a few weeks ago was drop gorgeous!

Katie Holmes' beautiful wedding gown was Valentino, I believe. I LOVE his evening wear.

 

[Thecia]

Armani did Katie Holmes's wedding gown and it was very pretty.

Oh I know Giorgio designed Katie's dress. And I have to say I didn't like it much. One of the few times I've ever disliked an A-line cut. It was too severe for my taste and not at all feminine IMO.

 

[cdm]

I never heard of this 6 months wait because of protocol.
Philippe and Mathilde got engaged in september and were married in december.

 

[princess carmen]

Her gown in the engagement photo was by Akris.

 

[princess carmen]

I don't really see the big deal over the long engagement. There have been several during the last few years.

 

[carlota]

albert said today himself that the wedding will be in summer 2011. so more or less a year.

 

[Sister Morphine]

I never heard of this 6 months wait because of protocol.
Philippe and Mathilde got engaged in september and were married in december.

That's the way the Belgian Royal Family did it. That's not necessarily how the Monegasque Princely Family does it. You shouldn't use one couple as an example for another. It doesn't always work.

 

[Simply Amazing]

That's true. Even Prince Albert's parents, Prince Rainier and the former Grace Kelly, didn't announce the exact wedding date until a several weeks after the engagement announcement.

No royal EVER releases the date the same day the engagement is announced, Victoria didn't do it Nikolaos didn't do it, None of the British royals did it, they all wait a while before announcing the date.

I never heard of this 6 months wait because of protocol.
Philippe and Mathilde got engaged in september and were married in december.

That's true, but then again, Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace were engaged on January 5, 1956 and married a little more than 4-months later on April 18/19th of that year. No extended time there, but may I remind you that in the Netherlands, The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima were engaged on March 30, 2001 but didn't marry until February 2nd of the following year - a full 10-months later. That says nothing of the recent nuptials of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel on June 19th, some 15-months following their February 24, 2009 engagement. Now while each royal (or in this case, princely) court may prescribe to their own protocol in handling such matters, I can only surmise that among the reasons are to 1) ensure that the couple has time to spend getting to know one another; 2) the incoming royal can get acclimated to "life behind the gilded cage" via intensive training to adapt to their personal and professional role; or as I firmly believe was the case of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, to quickly produce a legitimate heir to the throne.

 

[Jaya]

I am not happy with this timeframe of waiting one year-which I think is quite long as I have read War and Peace and it is exactly the time frame Countess Natasha Rostova waits for Andrei Bolkonsky because his dad has inhibitions about rushing into marraige. That year is critical.

 

[Jaya]

For some reason, I thought I read somewhere (maybe on this board), that there were some problems with how Grace's dress preserved, i.e., while they're still able display it, somehow the preservation methods had a negative impact on the quality of the dress over the years, so it wouldn't be suitable to use again. Maybe my memory is playing jokes on me though...

It was never antiquated for museum purposes. and it has disintegrated.Gros Faille which was the textile of her skirt and cummerbund disintegrates if not proper lined.