Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Princess Clotilde and Family 5: May 2008-

[pamk]

Originally Posted by Odette

Nothing wrong with that. What I find amusing is when the royals become celebrities for a few yards of fabric and some baubles.........One is either a HRH or a celebrity. These two should not mix.

I understand - but some of these HRH are not wealthy and cannot lead the lavish lifestyle of their non-royal friends and they want to. So, they sell themselves out as "ambassadors" of a fashion house (or a car manufacturer,
luxury watch company, etc.) - they get lots of free clothes or goodies, lots of invites to society events, free "this" and free "that"
In today's culture, HRH ARE celecrities - they sell lots of magazines when their photo is on the cover.
I agree with you that they should not mix, but such is life today.

[Odette]

True, very true and still sad. Many old aristocrats lived in almost empty houses and sold the family silver to keep up appearances......and their "reputations" intact. Well it is a changing world that is for certain.

[giov]

Originally Posted by pamk

I understand - but some of these HRH are not wealthy and cannot lead the lavish lifestyle of their non-royal friends and they want to. So, they sell themselves out as "ambassadors" of a fashion house (or a car manufacturer,
luxury watch company, etc.) - they get lots of free clothes or goodies, lots of invites to society events, free "this" and free "that"
In today's culture, HRH ARE celecrities - they sell lots of magazines when their photo is on the cover.
I agree with you that they should not mix, but such is life today.

You are right, but Clotilde, Princess Caroline or Marie Chantal of Greece, for example, they all are very rich and they could afford any dress, but still they are "ambassadors" of fashion house!

[Odette]

Originally Posted by giov

You are right, but Clotilde, Princess Caroline or Marie Chantal of Greece, for example, they all are very rich and they could afford any dress, but still they are "ambassadors" of fashion house!

I do not believe Clotilde is rich. I may be wrong.
However I highly doubt P Caroline or MC are borrowing clothes or accept free stuff. There are a lot of others I would believe they are but the conversation would belong to another thread.

[giov]

Originally Posted by Odette

I do not believe Clotilde is rich. I may be wrong.
However I highly doubt P Caroline or MC are borrowing clothes or accept free stuff. There are a lot of others I would believe they are but the conversation would belong to another thread.

As fas as I know, the Savoias are still very rich. All of them! The only "poor" ones are their distant cousins Savoia-Aosta.
As far as it regards the other two Princesses, though I can't obviously be sure, I doubt that Caroline pay for the Chanel dresses or that Marie Chantal used to pay for the Valentino ones. Caroline is not only one of Lagerfeld's best friends, but she is also a sort of muse for Lagerfeld! I think that is also the reason why she only wears Chanel!

[Tosca]

Originally Posted by Odette

True, very true and still sad. Many old aristocrats lived in almost empty houses and sold the family silver to keep up appearances......and their "reputations" intact. Well it is a changing world that is for certain.

I know of a Prince, living not far from my home, whose family is older than the Grimaldis or the Hanoverians, that often sell his family silver or pretends that it's been stolen..., and also sell interviews to a couple of mags. I often happen to see him, but won't tell who he is, of course.

Originally Posted by Odette

I do not believe Clotilde is rich.

As far as I know, her family owns a beautiful castle in France.

Giov, according to "Striscia la notizia", a satyrical TV show, Prince Carlo Giovanelli is Europe's poorest prince.

Here's the clip (it starts automatically)

[Warren]

The clip is worth looking at to see (near the start) a glimpse of Prince Giovanelli's fabulous garden.

[Tosca]

Originally Posted by Warren

The clip is worth looking at to see (near the start) a glimpse of Prince Giovanelli's fabulous garden.

The Prince said that he rents his gardens and the largest rooms of his palace for wedding receptions.
BTW the TV show host is a friend of my hubby's: you may wonder what sort of people we're mixing with . Ciao Charlie!

[Count]

Originally Posted by Tosca

The Prince said that he rents his gardens and the largest rooms of his palace for wedding receptions.
BTW the TV show host is a friend of my hubby's: you may wonder what sort of people we're mixing with . Ciao Charlie!

It is true Tosca, it is possible to rent the beautiful Casale Giovanelli in Rome, there is a nice garden.
Prince Alberto and Don Carlo (do not forget that the Head of the House is Alberto...) are both not really wealthy, they survive.

Alberto, who is a real gentleman and Prince 100% lives in Clusone near Bergamo. Carlo lives in Rome and goes from one party to the other...

Their life should is quite boring...

[Tosca]

Prince Emanuele Filiberto dining out with a mystery lady in Rome.
The article reads that they're just friends, and that he is going to spend the summer holidays/vacations with Clotilde and their daughter.
Still according to the mag Clotilde divides herself between Paris and Umbria (Central Italy) where they own a country house.

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[Odette]

Tosca thanks for the photos. I have lots of amicos but no one looks at me like that or holds my hand..........Does not look good. He is a married man and his wife is out of town..........he ,at least, should have been discreet.

[iceflower]

Ouch! I agree with you, Odette.
No matter what kind of relationship this may be, but the
only women Prince Emanuele should run around with like this,
should be his wife, sister, if he had one, or one if his daughters
if they were a bit older. These pics are a bit unfortunate if one
can say so Nevertheless: Thanks a lot for sharing them with
us, Tosca

[princess gertrude]

Oh my, she looks really young, like she should be his neice or something. Hopefully she is or some close relation, if not, well I just don't know what to say.

[Tosca]

Well, apparently this week's DIVAeDONNA mag has solved EF's mystery lady case: she is an actress, whose name's Daniela Mazzolari. There's an interview where she explain that they are long time very good friends, and that she isn't absolutely romatically involved with him. She also says that, even though she's only seen Clotilde for a minute at an event, EF always talk to her about his wife and daughters, and that he's still very much in love with Clotilde.

EF and Daniela at a charitable sport event that took place in Cortina this past winter:

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Some pics of EF visiting Palinuro in Southern Italy (JulieNews.it)

[Tosca]

Prince Emanuele Filiberto and Princess Clotilde are spending their holidays/vacations on Island Cavallo:

Corriere della Sera

[Odette]

Thank you Tosca. Did you see the end of that clip? It looks like Clotilde is either going to go hug her husband or wring his neck........It is a short clip but it does not look like either one of them looked at each other.......

[iceflower]

Thanks for the nice video, Tosca!

Here are some new pics of Clotilde and the girls:
Clotilde Courau with her two daughters Vittoria and Luisa
at the airport of Sardinia, Italy - 20/07/08

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