I am not usually a "Joachim watcher"...I prefer to focus on his Australian sister-in-law...but I am excited about this news!!! Another royal wedding to look forward to (and a royal wedding dress, sorry Joachim
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But now finding out more information about Marie Cavallier, there seem to be SOO many similiarities between her and Mary...not just physically (both brunettes with brown eyes) but birthdates (Mary, 5th Feb and Marie, 6th Feb)...youngest in a large family (Mary one of four, Marie one of five)...both have step-parents (Mary because of death of mother, father remarried, Marie because of divorce, mother remarried)...Both engaged on a similar date (Mary, 8 October, 2003; Marie, 3 October 2007)
Sorry to do the unthinkable and compare Marie with Mary but the similarities are too hard to ignore...
So enough of the similarities...here's where they differ (on a more superficial level)...I prefer Mary's engagment outfit (beige dress with belt detail and tweed dress coat and cool shoes) Marie's was just too white, conservative and boring...her black shoes looked clunky...
The ring - this is why men should never design jewellery (remember Sophie Wessex's black pearl cross necklace she wore on her weddingday designed by Prince Edward...awful!)...I like the idea of the red, white and blue for the French flag, but it should have been on a simpler band (not filigree)...it looks huge and gaudy...
Anyway enough, I can't wait until next year for the wedding to see what Marie (and Mary)will be wearing...and then there's the question of children(and their names) I love the idea of Joachim and Marie having more kids and them having French (ish) names...Princess Antoinette or Prince Sebastian...