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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 1:37:01 GMT -5
Some people on other boards are questioning the sash she wore to the opera and saying it was the male version - you can see the difference in the side by side pics with Caroline. Anyone with more knowledge of Monaco, is there a good explanation for this? ROFL trashy was so keen on getting it, she wanted it to really show? Albert gave her the male version, because the female doesn't fit? My guess would be that Caro has had hers very much longer and that they changed ribbon since then. Apparently you get 2 versions anyways: one discrete one which they all wore during mass and then the showy one. Personally I think trashy looks like a prize ox the way she is wearing it. As always she lacks grace and standing right next to Caro enhances the effect. Especially since you can see that Caro has attached hers with jexellery on the shoulder to keep it from moving into unfortunate places as she is moving. Maybe trashy attached hers too, but Caro did it, as always with style. Unlike trashy she knows how to accessorize and make a simple outfit look wow with adding just a little touch. That's what makes her glamorous. Instead of fighting her she should have tried to learn from her. I am sure Caro would have been only to willing to help, if trashy would have shown herself as willing to learn. I bet she is teaching Tatiana the ropes already and Tatiana is smart enough to listen. SHe will outshine trashy from the beginning.
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 1:46:50 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 2:24:17 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Nov 20, 2012 4:21:17 GMT -5
Are those the colours CC supposedly decorated with? The dining hall ceiling is quite nice, but the red damask is so dated and the charcoal walls in the next room add to the garishness though I don't mind the contrast with the gilt. Everything is too heavy colour-wise, and two portraits are hung too high at each end of the room IMO.
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Post by agentf on Nov 20, 2012 4:23:34 GMT -5
this NH is a disappointment. The family at the church looked like attending funeral. Where was Tati? I agree with other posters that Trashy didn't want her, because she's pregnant while Trashy is barren. Where was Alexandra? Why Charlotte didn't appear in Opera? Andrea looked like a mess with his beard. Charlene looked ridiculously in her navy coat and hat. In pictures it obvious that Trashy is aloof; she's still a stranger in MC & of course doesn't speak French. The only things I like this year are inviting Hans Adam & Stephanie's coat. Charlotte probably kept Tatiana company.
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 5:26:13 GMT -5
Are those the colours CC supposedly decorated with? The dining hall ceiling is quite nice, but the red damask is so dated and the charcoal walls in the next room add to the garishness though I don't mind the contrast with the gilt. Everything is too heavy colour-wise, and two portraits are hung too high at each end of the room IMO. some of the pics are not straight either. When I was there, we were in 2 different rooms, which were light coloured,though pretty cold. On the way there we had to pass through a corridor, which was completely cluttered with little statues and the like. You coudn't even step back and enjoy them. They would have been better placed in an exhibit or in the big rooms. Instead they were all lined up in a row and on the other side you had huge oil paintings of a minor quality hanging off the wall. and no these rooms are not trashys work. These are the official rooms. One is the throneroom and the other the blue room. These have been like that for ages. I don't think that she would be allowed to touch these. No her work is limited to the private quarters where only Albert and the trashstocks have to live with it.
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 5:41:06 GMT -5
this NH is a disappointment. The family at the church looked like attending funeral. Where was Tati? I agree with other posters that Trashy didn't want her, because she's pregnant while Trashy is barren. Where was Alexandra? Why Charlotte didn't appear in Opera? Andrea looked like a mess with his beard. Charlene looked ridiculously in her navy coat and hat. In pictures it obvious that Trashy is aloof; she's still a stranger in MC & of course doesn't speak French. The only things I like this year are inviting Hans Adam & Stephanie's coat. Charlotte probably kept Tatiana company. Or Alex. Maybe they had a girls night at Caros place with Steph and her daughters, poking fun at the trashstocks. Seeing that obviously sth happened and Steph has picked her side, interestingly she seems to be siding with Caro even if that means to be against her brother... I have not noticed any pics of her and her bro showing that special bond they used to have. Albert apparently doesn't notice that he is being alienated from those he is closest to.
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Post by agentf on Nov 20, 2012 7:00:56 GMT -5
I don't know, but to me a Mediterranean palace inspires other colours that are more airy, brighter and certainly cheerful. I didn't realize there was a shuffling for sides to be taken. Stephanie probably gave CC the longest benefit of the doubt until she finally realized there isn't much there with redeeming virtue and that in the crunch, CC would only think for herself. I don't see CC being a team player, or else she'd have started with the basics of respecting Monaco rather than siphon it to prop up South Africa so much.
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 7:43:42 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 8:04:53 GMT -5
I don't know, but to me a Mediterranean palace inspires other colours that are more airy, brighter and certainly cheerful. I didn't realize there was a shuffling for sides to be taken. Stephanie probably gave CC the longest benefit of the doubt until she finally realized there isn't much there with redeeming virtue and that in the crunch, CC would only think for herself. I don't see CC being a team player, or else she'd have started with the basics of respecting Monaco rather than siphon it to prop up South Africa so much. No idea who decided on the colours, but if you look at Rainiers office, that was pretty dark as well. Also remember the rooms the used for most interviews, they were mostly dark. As to sides to be taken, well I think in the beginning Steph was on trashys side due to where she was coming from and the fact that Albert wanted to marry her, so I guess she felt it necessary to support her. Also trashy played her little game with STeph as well. She would support her aids engagement, boasted about wanting to do sth along those lines and apparently lunched at her restaurant on occasion. She was really trying to pretend that she was going to be Stephs friend, when in fact she was only scheming. SHe always said that she had only 2 friends in MC and those were her bridesmaids. Steph was never counted among her friends. She was a tool and I believe Steph has realized that by now.Maybe it dawned on her at her last aids event, which neither her brother nor her sister in law attended. Before Albert was almost always there. Only once he had trashy go alone with Steph. Other then that he was his sisters greatest fan and even went on TV shows with her to promote her charity. He has done nothing for her recently. Also apart from the red cross and the no finish line, he didn't do anything with her for quite some time. And if you compare red cross and no finish line pics, you can see the difference. Also notice that trashy tried to squish into no finishline, but now has either opted out or asked to nottag along. There have been far more events surrounding NH then have been reported. STeph did a few things and so did Caro. Also Albert attended more events. Check out Monaco info. But the only events that got covered were the ones that were attended by trashy. It is as if they are trying to control media to make it not so obvious that trashy basically didn't do anything at all and the sisters and Albert were the only ones at work. Because they not only did the usual NH events, they also did no finishline and the Ducasse anniversary. Albert even went to 2 Ducasse events. Whereas trashy couldn't even try on her coat to see where she could fix that order. Not mentioning having it properly fitted. In contrast Caroline looked stunning and regal at all her events. She gave a speech at the cultural order ceremony too.... In any case I think trashy has managed with her latest stunt to completely isolate herself within the family. And although I don't think that Albert has really grasped it yet, but he cut a fairly lonely figure too. It was really obvious not only from the pics, but also in live, that he was doing his job, enjoying to see his people and unlike in previous years he had no one to share it with as trashy was bored and too involved with herself. Thee were only a few pics with Andrea and a hug from Charlotte as he went back inside.
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Post by refia on Nov 20, 2012 11:57:29 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 12:18:31 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Nov 20, 2012 15:08:35 GMT -5
OMG!! Well, I'm glad Albert is finding solace in his job, his people. Maybe he'll start to appreciate his role and their affection more now that he's alone in his marriage. That's very disappointing if he's neglected Stephanie, though not surprising CC may have used her as a springboard to consolidate Albert's affections. What a raw deal. That's all the Grimaldis get in exchange
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 17:57:14 GMT -5
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Post by royalpauper on Nov 20, 2012 18:20:17 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Nov 20, 2012 18:35:54 GMT -5
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Post by royalpauper on Nov 20, 2012 18:39:48 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Nov 21, 2012 1:38:02 GMT -5
after slightly criticising trashy, Bunte is now praising Charlotte and in a side note Caro...Considering how they have promoted trashy these past years, it seems that even at Bunte the winds of change are blowing. They have had several critical articles these past months. So either trashy is no longer talking to them or they have realized that they were betting on a loser. Eventually I think that not only Bunte, but pretty much all media will end up siding with Caro. And not only because she is here to stay.... www.bunte.de/royals/charlotte-casiraghi-sie-hat-das-grace-kelly-gen_aid_36660.htmlI am expecting the German tabloids in their coming issues to get into the fight between trashy and Caro. And unlike the rubbish they wrote about Caro and Steph for years, this one is very obvious.
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Post by paca on Nov 21, 2012 6:44:52 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Nov 21, 2012 16:13:15 GMT -5
In the 2nd pic, Stephanie is making a icky face and wrinkling her nose à la "are you kidding me?" and the look on the guy's face behind them is not convincing either. It's too funny to watch an under"dog" put on airs. Can she be so completely clueless? Does she really think she's better than Stephanie? I think the whole family will shake their heads and breathe a sigh of relief when they don't have to put up with ridicule any longer. Everybody outgrows that at some time. Even the Grimaldis. PS: Oh brother, Stephanie looks like she's wearing a Kabbalah red string around her wrist
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