The pictures are very nice. I love her gown and she is pretty. In some of the pictures she doesn't seem to look too happy but she is smiling in the balcony picture and the official pictures. :flower:
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Originally posted by mgrant@Apr 13th, 2004 - 1:28 pm In some of the pictures she doesn't seem to look too happy but she is smiling in the balcony picture and the official pictures. :flower:
If I remember correctly --if not vaguely! -- the story is that Josephine was not happy about the wedding. I recall reading that Josephine cried on her wedding day because she was in love with someone else and was "forced" to marry Jean?
Maybe someone not so vague as me can further add to this story or just tell me that I am off my rocker!
If I remember correctly --if not vaguely! -- the story is that Josephine was not happy about the wedding. I recall reading that Josephine cried on her wedding day because she was in love with someone else and was "forced" to marry Jean?
Maybe someone not so vague as me can further add to this story or just tell me that I am off my rocker!
Yes, it was an arranged marrige, but it was Jean who was in love with someone else.
It was more or less arranged between Josephine-Charlotte's grandmother and Jean's mother. But it was not as if they were 'forced' into this marriage. Jean and JC already knew each other very well.
Whatever happened exactly, it's a very happy marriage. It was from the start.
It was more or less arranged between Josephine-Charlotte's grandmother and Jean's mother. But it was not as if they were 'forced' into this marriage. Jean and JC already knew each other very well.
Whatever happened exactly, it's a very happy marriage. It was from the start.
Many arranged royal marriages became happy marriage after time, children, etc and became at least fond and respectful of each other and their duties. But there are marriages that ended horribly (e.g. Marie Jose of Belgium and Umberto II of Italy). Others started began as love matches and turned sour (Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg and Alfonso XIII of Spain). Love matches that end "happily ever after" exist but are rare.
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Real princesses always wear sleeves so why do we all go for strapless?
The more I look at pictures of this gown, the more I appreciate it. I find it has a feel of romance, of femininity, of innocence, of understated glamour.
-- the story is that Josephine was not happy about the wedding. I recall reading that Josephine cried on her wedding day because she was in love with someone else and was "forced" to marry Jean?
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