Bernardo Guillermo and Eva Prinz-Valdes; New York, 5 Sept. 2009

[lucien]

More members of the Royal Family have arrived in NYC to attend the religious wedding of Bernardo and Eva Guillermo in Brooklyn this weekend.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by lucien

More members of the Royal Family have arrived in NYC to attend the religious wedding of Bernardo and Eva Guillermo in Brooklyn this weekend.

So far TRH The Prince of Orange,Princess Máxima,Princess Laurentien,Princess Margarita and TH Prince Maurits,Princess Marilène,
Princess Annette,Prince Floris,Princess Aimée and Tjalling ten Cate have arrived for todays wedding which will be at the Our Lady
of All Saints chuch in Brooklyn.

The mother of the groom,HRH Princess Christina,will sing during mass.

It will be the very first time since the divorce that the parents of the groom will meet again,both are aware a new era has started with this marriage and with their granddaughter Isabel,born april 13th and who will be baptised during the wedding ceremony.

[Maura724]

That's cool that Christina will be singing - rather unusual to have one of the parents involved in such a way, but I think it's nice. Lucien, you just mentioned members of the younger generation of Dutch royals. Are any of Christina's three sisters coming?

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Maura724

That's cool that Christina will be singing - rather unusual to have one of the parents involved in such a way, but I think it's nice. Lucien, you just mentioned members of the younger generation of Dutch royals. Are any of Christina's three sisters coming?

Yes I would expect one,but that isn't officially announced by the RH.
All her sisters have always been very protective of her,and with a reason ofcourse.Now,as she will also meet her ex for the first time since the divorce I expect at least one to be present to support her morally,if she needs that,or just for fun anyway.

Btw,Princess Christina also sang on both her parents funerals and during weddings of her cousins.

[R_Bee]

Whoever said the bride and the bridesamids look like nymphs (and not in a good way) was spot-on. The wedding seems to have been really casual, especially when compared to the grand church it took place in.

[Jacknch]

Well, this is an exciting day for them and I am really impressed with the turnout of so many member of the Royal Family!

[sgl]

It is really wonderful to hear that so many members of the family were able to attend! I didn't realize that Princess Christina liked to sing. What a lovely addition to the ceremony!

[sgl]

Thank you, Lucien! I didn't know that. She must be a very talented singer! It is nice to hear that Princess Christina will have her family around her during the potentially stressful situation of being around her ex. I hope that she is able to ignore any stress from that particular situation, and that she has a wonderful time with her beautiful family.

[lucien]

From yesteryear,the 75th birthday of Princess Juliana,the small boy in the middle is Bernardo,todays groom,
Alexanders holds Juliana in his arms,and wee Nicolas is to the left in front of aunt Trix:

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Bernardo (left) and Nicolas with wee Juliana:

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With daddy Jorge and grandmamam,as all grandchildren called Princess Juliana:

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With his parents as a todler:

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With aunt Margriet and uncle Carlos Hugo:

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With wee brother Nicolas at the White Diningroom of Soestdijk Palace:

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Bernardo was baptised on june 23rd 1977.

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Arriving at the Royal Palace Amsterdam for the Ball before the wedding of Alexander and Máxima with brother Nicolas ( left) and cousin Prince Pieter-Christiaan

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With brother Nicolas and sister Juliana at the funeral of Queen Juliana

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At the wedding of cousin Prince Constantijn and Laurentien

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?...2106974&pos=45


courtesy anp

[lucien]

And while we're all waiting,news from New York:

News Summary Royalblog.nl: Dutch 'royal' wedding in Brooklyn church

courtesy hja & Patrick & oh I forgot his name,sorry...

Just saw the church is under renovation,all covered up...pity,
but inside is nice.

[lucien]

While waiting for the wedding,we might as well look at some pics of the grooms family:

Huwelijk Bernardo & Eva

courtesy Royalblog.

The church,Our Lady Queen of All Saints at 300 Vanderbilt Avenue,Brooklyn:

http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Bkln/im...lSaintsExt.jpg

[RubyPrincess168]

Originally Posted by lucien

The church,Our Lady Queen of All Saints at 300 Vanderbilt Avenue,Brooklyn:

http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Bkln/im...lSaintsExt.jpg

Wowsers! What a church! What faith is it?

[RubyPrincess168]

Originally Posted by lucien

News Summary Royalblog.nl: Dutch 'royal' wedding in Brooklyn church

Who's the woman in white in the picture? Is that the bride with her future mother-in-law? I remember his sister Juliana's "debut" at the Crillon Ball in 1998.

[Maura724]

What time is the ceremony?

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Maura724

What time is the ceremony?

This evening local time...

[lucien]

Other members present are TRH Prince Constantijn and Princess Maria Carolina.No pics yet,but sister of the groom Juliana promissed the media will get their moment.Photographer Patrick van Katwijk is besides making pictures also twittering but so far no pic there either but says the photo moment was a bit chaotic as in the wedding picture when at the end the bridal couple ended up with Princess Christina alone,without Jorge.

Home

Pictures

[lucien]

Patrick @ Royalblog.nl

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/photos/hu...eva/index.html


More photo's will follow on the above link.As the photo moment was at about 09.00PM local time,and that took
a while as the church in under restauration and you can't take nice pics with all the scaffolding,
it just took longer,as Patrick explains while twittering.The whole bunch of photographers and reporters
didn't make it back to the hotel till after midnight,and only then could all the work on the photos' start
so Patrick requests for some patience,but the photo's will come soon now.



Courtesy Patrick van Katwijk

[lucien]

PPE Agency

Courtesy ppe

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8...54e3437970b-pi

Lovely photo.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/patrick_r...o-en-eva-.html

[RubyPrincess168]

Is the Dutch Royal Family Catholic? Or just that branch?

[MAfan]

No, the Dutch Royal Family is Protestant, but both Princess Christina and Princess Irene married to Catholic men, and their children has been raised as Catholics.