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I am also an amateur rosarian with a particular focus on royal roses. I have been desperately looking for this rose for about 10 years now. Recently a friend, who is also a rosarian, told me that roses are often renamed. Princess Alice of Monaco also had a rose named after her in 1896, bred by...

I think you have the tiaras confused. The Congo tiara is the VC&A tiara. It was worn for the wedding not the pictures. The large scroll work tiara worn for the photos was a gift to JC from Societie General. It was made by Henry Coosemans. It is not the Congo tiara, not worn for the wedding...

He has not been released from the hospital.

Marie-Christine is married to Count Rodolphe. Her uncle is Archduke Rudolf. They are not spelled the same. This is what creates the confusion. Every effort was taken to ensure that no one was confused about the two. The conversation naturally flowed from one person the next. They are a very...

I believe the Habsburg's sold their considerable interest in the business some years ago. Rudolf works in private investment management. He isn't really that private. He is incredibly active and visible in various fields of business and Catholicism.

They are both in Argentina.

She is a citizen of Luxembourg, like all of her siblings.

On December 11th and 12th Felix was clean shaved and in Switzerland. Even if he stopped shaving for the entire week starting that weekend he would not have had a beard like Guillaume by the time you saw him on the 17th. I know this for certain. If you saw a man with a beard resembling...

I know you pulled her aside and discussed the too short orangy-red disaster and the gold accessories with her, right?:biggrin: I thought she looked around the same height in those shoes. In the black and white Letizia heels from later she probably made him look as short as Guillaume. Meow, I've...

She is absolutely not the same height as Felix. Period. The only reason I think this is an issue is because it is so glaringly obvious when you see them that it makes me wonder if you really recognized Felix and Claire. As, you say you didn't even know he was dating. How then would you have...

I've seen at least 100 photos of Claire and Felix standing beside each other while both were wearing regular shoes (converse, loafers, UGGs, boots, flats, ect..) There is a VERY, VERY glaring height disparity between the two. Not even from a distance could you mistake them for being the same...

Either Felix is 4-5 inches taller or he wears heels when he is with her in all of the photographs I have of the couple together. Since I really doubt that Felix wears heels, especially since you can see his converse and loafers in most of the pictures, I have to say it is 100% certain that she...

In the Grand-Ducal Palace.

They are both very tall. Felix is taller by several inches. In low heels Claire would match his height. She is easily 5'9" and Felix is certainly a minimum of 6'. Perhaps it is a sign that they spent the Christmas season together. :eek::ermm:;)

I think it is just the angle. In other pictures they look exactly the same from top to bottom. Henri's sword and Guillaume's sword and together. They hold them at different levels and the lighting and angle is different but they look the same to me. Probably standard issue the same as every...

The 8.7 million Euro only reflects the cost of the monarchy. It is not a reflection of the personal wealth of the family. Some time after the auction was cancelled it was estimated by royal watchers with connections to the auction business that the fee for cancellation would have been around...

He was introduced as Guillaume. His name is not William, Willem, Wilhelm or any other linguistic version. Luxembourg has 3 national languages if his parents had wanted him to be known as any other variant they could have named him such. He was introduced to the room as His Royal Highness The...

She stated in an interview that she would always support her children's choices concerning their partners because she remembers how it was for her. She wants them to make good choices. She seems ready to accept that they have the right to spend their lives with the partners they pick.

The blonde is Imre. The brunette doesn't look like one of Marie-Astrid's sons. In 2001 Alexander was much younger than the brunette and his hair was white blonde. Christoph has darker hair but that doesn't look so much like Chris. Other cousins were also present. The family also usually has...

I never said anything about her character. I never implied that she was dumb. You're putting words in my mouth that I never said. I said that I don't feel she is well educated just because she attended a private high school and has started her college career. Sorry, but 2 inches of dark roots...

It is a very Catholic school...not for the mildly religious. Guillaume completed the program there in 2006-2007. The is very popular with the Habsburgs. Two Archdukes are on the board and a boat load of young Archdukes have completed the program.

They decided to retain the dynastic name Nassau even after Charlotte married Felix. Her children inherited their places in the succession and their Luxembourg titles from her. Why not keep the dynastic name of the woman that they owe their position too? It seems logical. It just doesn't fit with...

First off, I was making a joke by comparing a potential relationship between Kitty and Guillaume to Diana and Charles. I thought that was pretty evident. The similarites between the two would be too glaring for anyone to miss. I couldn't resist making a joke of it. It wasn't a massive or...

She's only 19. She's pretty but she looks pretty average when she isn't wearing a kilo of makeup for a magazine. AFAIK, Guillaume has moved beyond the trust fund Barbie type and into serious (not necessarily boring stay at home types), educated and very Catholic girls. Well educated? She...

Yup, I'm a woman. I really hadn't thought of that possibility. Maybe he is uncomfortable with all of the female attention he must attract. :ermm: