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(I looked for a more appropriate thread to post about this old documentary, but this seemed to be the best available.) This film was shown on Australian television several times when I was growing up. I believe Prince Ranier had it taken into the family’s private control some years ago … and...

Yes Elly C, I’ve read a bit about that at different times … and the difficult situations Grace sometimes found herself in throughout the following years. I enjoyed this though for the 1950s glamour and the escapism it must have offered the average women … I don’t think men find this sort of...

Oh yes SirGyamfi1, I have misunderstood your post. When I used the term “our betters” in my post I was referring to the Australian premiere of this documentary, to the well-known Aussies here who attended it. I think even the State Premiere was there. I’ve never added the private Mustique...

Although the anecdote contained in the excerpt below from Anne Glenconner’s book is from 1975 SirGyamfi1 … and general knowledge of Princess Margaret’s relationship with Roddy Llewellyn wasn’t until 1976 … … I think this demonstrates a bit what I meant by using the term “our betters”. I’ll...

Definitely Alisa. The original report of Christian visiting the Selous Game Reserve, that article noted this was only one thing amongst other activities he and his friends had already undertaken in those first five days. I think he will have a lot of experiences across many places, terrains...

This post maybe be better moved to the thread about the young Royals and social media … or deleted if it is deemed inappropriate, thanks Moderators. Sorry PhillyMonarchist, I’m not sure if your post is a statement, or a question … that is, are you asking if private accounts have been leaked...

Can’t believe this movie is almost a decade old now, 2015. If you can’t get the above links to work, and would like a light-hearted, sunny trip through it all again … the meeting, courtship and wedding of Mary and Frederik, as seen through Australian eyes and humour … here is another link...

I was really taken with this place when it first became know to the general public Lady Daly. (I like property and travel.) From memory … it’s been a few years … it’s one of the few places that not only has a stream running through it, but actually also has four wells. Even Oprah Winfrey’s...

Here is the documentary “The Man Who Brought Mustique”. As noted upthread, this film had a cinematic release here in Australia when it first came out. Having now seen it myself, and knowing how respectful people were at that time towards “our betters”, it must have raised a few eyebrows...

A nice video of Harry and Meghan’s Montecito home. This property was identified pretty early on when the couple first brought it. There were many photos of the different rooms and the grounds at that time, but the sales promotion video was not available. I think this eight minute video is...

The official documentary of Grace and Rainier’s wedding … in two parts … filmed by MGM. The music and narration seem dated now, but the footage is wonderful. A slim, young Grace in her gown, with a brilliant red sash/train, wandering around her soon to be Palace home, lots of wonderful scenes...

This was an article published ten days before the official announcement, published in Denmark for Danes to read. If you didn’t see it then, don’t worry about it now polyesco/Izzie, it doesn’t mean anything to most people I think. Lots of things get said/thought you probably don’t see here on...

Mentioning Christian’s gap year … in another thread … being an actual year made me wonder if he will actually take a whole year. Is this trip to East Africa more or less it, or will the Crown Prince have a real year of travel and adventure. When the information about the visit to the Selous...

Maybe longer/deeper friendship with these mates Somebody, than from his most recent school. And maybe the off-spring of friends of his parents … who can afford the expenses of a trip to Africa. A nice introduction for Christian … seeing the wild-life first … rather than having to knuckle down...

Fantastic dancing. Here is a longer version video of the couple’s Salsa dance, and they are so good. With the Bride middle-aged and the Groom not a completely well man, they still look like they own the floor and would dance all of us in to the dust. (And great shoes on the Groom.) Wishing...

Tanzania it is. “Ekstra Bladet” is reporting that Christian … accompanied by three friends from Herlufsholm school … has taken a safari in Selous Game Reserve in his first few days in Africa. (His friends possibly won’t stay with Christian for his entire three month trip.) Here is a nice...

If it’s ever confirmed that this is where Christian has gone Somebody, we will have to get a first-hand account of the place from you. I’m very envious of the whole idea of an African adventure and anyone having that experience. And this place sounds wonderful with its colonial style farmhouse...

The coffee plantation “Shanghai-La” … situated at Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania … has been suggested as the location of Christian’s African adventure. Owned by the brother of a close friend of the Danish Royals, it seems more likely than the place I posted about upthread. Here are some details...

Muhler … do Mary and Frederik still own this Verbier chalet? You were quite close with your estimate of it’s location which is easy to compare on Google Earth to one of your photos. The address … in the local way of writing addresses … is Chem.de Darbonne 27. Google Earth does not have...

There is a photo amongst the montage released for Christian’s eighteenth birthday hereditarytitles that shows all the children … Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine, with Mary … smiling broadly in what appears to be a schoolroom somewhere in Africa. When it first came out where the Crown...

Yes, I can’t imagine the family won’t take advantage of Christian’s time in Africa to join him and share some of the experience. Perhaps when he’s found his feet there and can show them about and what he’s been up to. I watch a lot of YouTube’s on tv and Mary giving the opening address in...

I won’t be surprised to learn more details over the course of Christian’s stay ricarda … three months is a long time to keep a lid on things these days. The Ol Donyo property I mentioned upthread actually has two farms … though called ranches as they are owned by the Maasai people who run...

Perhaps at the Ol Donyo Laro estate in Kenya. Frederik and Mary honeymooned there, and Queen Margrethe hosted the wedding of the owner at Marselisborg Castle … so close ties for Christian, not total strangers.

That’s actually some good Salsa …

Better look today. Shoes seem out of place though. Mary really likes that Canopy Bay hat.