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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2011 16:03:18 GMT -5
You are seeing the downfall of Monaco because Albert is piss-ass weak and allowed a high school dropout con artist to sucker him into marrying her. Starting at Turin in February 2006, Albert made Charlene the defining image of who he is and who Monaco is. So, who's the biggest jackass in Monaco - that's right Albert raise your hand. His hand is without ring!!! Wow...What a family event. And Charlene wears only her engagement ring - can't see the one from July... So are they going to marry once more ?having wearing engagement rings.
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Post by scout on Dec 15, 2011 16:03:27 GMT -5
If Charlene gave the kids gift cards, what a move to the impersonal! I had always thought that that was a very nice touch for the princely family to give a present picked out for each child. With a country this small, they were able to do it and it is/was a very nice personal touch. Plus, since in years past, the children got actual presents, it had to be a bit of a disappointment to simply get a piece of paper, a shot to the gut and disrespectful. Of course, they can go get the present that they want, but what a statement the princely couple made in saying 'we really don't care enough about you to stop our vacations and try to find gifts for each of you. you are really not that special.' Plus these loonies that keep saying that now that Albert is married, then Caroline and Stephanie need to move on, need to get acquainted with the facts. Albert has USED Caroline and Stephanie for some TWENTY or more years to serve as his hostess when he couldn't be bothered to find a wife. And to shove them aside now, is very ungrateful. Also, even though William and Kate have married, we don't hear how everyone else needs to get off the stage. In most royal families, everyone who wants to can play a role. I agree with MyaDia that something happened. Maybe when Caroline and Stephanie heard about how Charlene had 'organized' the day, they decided to not be associated with the new program. I think that Albert would have liked his sisters to be there as they have in years past, but the principality may not be big enough for more than one princess. Oh well, it is the Charlene reign and I guess we can delight in it or be put in jail.
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Post by margarita on Dec 15, 2011 17:10:36 GMT -5
A German tv station (I think it was brisant) had a news clip about this event. They showed how Charlene hands out presents to children which were NOT EVEN WRAPPED INTO PAPER!!! Only some cheap ribbon someone put arround them in a hurry or without much care.
They didn't take the time to wrap the presents into paper like in the previous years!!! And that was what the moderator critical remarked and the whole clip was about ;D ;D
So there was no moment of surprise for the kids about what's inside. You could see in from the very start.
No warmth, no style, no work = Charlene. And Albert allows that to happen!!!
I sometimes wish I could beat him so that he comes to senses.
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Post by cm7007 on Dec 15, 2011 18:25:35 GMT -5
I see there are now some photos in front of a skimpy tree where she is handing out presents. They probably already read our posts about the missing tree and no presents and decided to get the photos they had out with a tree and presents asap!
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Post by smt on Dec 15, 2011 18:57:07 GMT -5
I've been off-line all day attempting my best to recover from a stomach bug! So, I just went over to the Sugah Boards and they are just besides themselves with how wonderful Trampolina looks. One even went as far to actually write "... looks just like Princess Grace ...." duh! That would be the problem with this picture!!!
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Post by taz on Dec 16, 2011 18:20:38 GMT -5
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Post by bettina on Dec 17, 2011 16:35:45 GMT -5
If you think the Christmas vouchers handing was tacky, you should see the new Christmas card! I will try to take a photo of it but, to give you an idea, there is a Christmas tree and the dynamic duo's faces are in a bauble that is hanging on the tree! Sadly this is a new era of kitch in Monaco...
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Post by emmeline on Dec 17, 2011 16:41:54 GMT -5
If you think the Christmas vouchers handing was tacky, you should see the new Christmas card! I will try to take a photo of it but, to give you an idea, there is a Christmas tree and the dynamic duo's faces are in a bauble that is hanging on the tree! Sadly this is a new era of kitch in Monaco... OMG trying to imagine that is is already ... welcome back bettina, hope you can scan the card!
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Post by bettina on Dec 17, 2011 16:47:47 GMT -5
OMG I saw the video of the children with the ribbons but, not wrapping paper around their presents! Unf...ing-believable, never in my life I thought I'd see something like that! One could not ruin Christmas present giving so well even if they tried, worst than the Christmas Grinch! Come to think about, put the two faces next to each other, there is some resemblance... I will take a photo of the card, it will be quicker... Make sure you did not eat anything prior to viewing...
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Post by hibou on Dec 17, 2011 18:58:59 GMT -5
OMG I saw the video of the children with the ribbons but, not wrapping paper around their presents! Unf...ing-believable, never in my life I thought I'd see something like that! One could not ruin Christmas present giving so well even if they tried, worst than the Christmas Grinch! Come to think about, put the two faces next to each other, there is some resemblance... I will take a photo of the card, it will be quicker... Make sure you did not eat anything prior to viewing... Thanks Bettina! karma for the effort and info!
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Post by cm7007 on Dec 17, 2011 21:54:00 GMT -5
Thanks Bettina. Can't wait to see the two idiots hanging from a tree! How appropriate!
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Post by bettina on Dec 18, 2011 7:34:06 GMT -5
As promised... Attachments:
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Post by smt on Dec 18, 2011 8:29:33 GMT -5
Thought for the day: Do you think that Trampolina turns around and smiles when she passes a Santa Claus and he says "Ho, Ho, Ho" ? Just askin'
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Post by hibou on Dec 18, 2011 8:35:24 GMT -5
The first thing that entered my mind when I saw the card was she's even tried to make Christmas all about her. This has Kmart special written all over it. I wonder if the paper stock is cheesy too? Saying it lacks class is an understatement. This is a middle school crafts project idea. You know the ones the teachers have the kids do to give their parents. Just when you think things couldn't get worse.... I hear you spinning in your grave Grace. JMO.
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Post by bettina on Dec 18, 2011 10:40:37 GMT -5
My thought was "Well, now everyone is going to say they live in their own bauble" which at the moment, sadly, seems so true...
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Post by margarita on Dec 18, 2011 13:27:44 GMT -5
My thought was "Well, now everyone is going to say they live in their own bauble" which at the moment, sadly, seems so true... ... they are captured in their own pink bubble and someone decided to hang them. Very apt. Maybe someone else created that card to make fun of them ? ;D ;D ;D
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Post by emmeline on Dec 18, 2011 14:25:46 GMT -5
Oh dear Jesus, that is the official Christmas Card?! I'm speechless
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Post by margarita on Dec 18, 2011 14:43:05 GMT -5
Oh dear Jesus, that is the official Christmas Card?! I'm speechless emmeline ... me too btw: Is it me or did they use a -well, not pre-surgery- but still-not-that-much-surgery image of her? She looks a little bit more healthy and not like the empty plastic alien she looks now. OMG Charlene can barely smile - and when she smiles she can show only one kind of smile Sooo artificial
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Post by emmeline on Dec 18, 2011 14:52:35 GMT -5
Since she is Princess, everything is tackier. Even when she was the official fiancée she looked more like princess, but now... I mean: Red Cross 2010, she looked prettier and Red Cross 2011 and that horrible fuchsia gown, she looked like a bad fabricated Barbie Mattel. National Day 2010 she looked like Evita, but it was better than National Day 2011 and that stupid cape, and the whole weird sporty outfit. With gloves. Christmas Card 2010 was her sitting, wearing a boring outfit all in black, with Albert standing behind and a Christmas Tree. Now, this card the stupidest thing i've seen in a while. Plus, that Xmas card of last year was the most royal she could get, because she doesn't even have an official portrait of her sitting, and Albert behind, like every princess. And of course, we can't forget the Christmas presents that were given last year, with Caroline, Stephanie and Alexandra. Nice presents, with an ACTUAL TREE behind in the palace courtyard. Now, they had a snowman and a gifts with poor ribons.
This is just bad. BAD.
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Post by taz on Dec 18, 2011 15:37:01 GMT -5
Thanks a lot bettina! At Woolworth you get more sophisticated cards... ;D
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