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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 28, 2011 17:01:58 GMT -5
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 27, 2011 18:18:31 GMT -5
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 25, 2011 19:36:02 GMT -5
Looking back over the online posts of Conlene, her friends and family I couldn't help but wonder about motivations. Conlene obviously has lots of time to post and has been posting for quite some time under different names. I'm wondering if some people who own these forums actually know it's them. They can see the IP addresses. They have to know. Connie and crew become "old" members, gather a group of loyal "friends" from their posts and then manage to throw fits to change forums to suit their fandom dreams.
I can't think of any other royal who would act this way. At some point it will be exposed and what's on the internet is forever. Is that how people want to be remembered?
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 25, 2011 19:30:08 GMT -5
The media have learned from the police to ask a question over and over again. If the person is telling the truth, there aren't any inconsistencies. If they are spinning tall tales then it becomes obvious. It will just take time for the press to begin to tear her back down from the pedestal she thinks she's on.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 25, 2011 19:10:56 GMT -5
PLEASE! Conlene is only giving a bone to Caroline and "Uncle" Karl by asking him to do the photographs. She's picked another designer for all her gowns and dresses because Caroline was associated with CC. Since Caroline and Charlotte still get more attention she's trying to cultivate them all by showing how nice she is. *barf*.
The only real story is that the magazines are all picking up on FAT AL. Even HOLA had it on the front page (and they are a total suck-up to the royals). Al won't fit into any of the suits from the designers because he's so large. He's not lost any weight (all the sugars all swear he has). He's GAINED. At least Karl said something. It shows he cares more to say the truth about Al than kiss his rear end. As a Monaco resident that says a lot.
The weight will kill him. But maybe that's Charlene's plan. God knows we don't need a regent Charlene. If Charlene loved him she would be trying to help him. She's too busy with her "image" and her "style" and her "tiara" - along her with "royal" obsessions.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 24, 2011 0:27:06 GMT -5
Al Bob - Al's nickname he signed at a bar
Fat Monaco, Rainier's childhood name from bullies in England. It fits Al better
Con Air = Albert's jet when the Constar in on board.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 20:40:47 GMT -5
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 20:17:07 GMT -5
I personally like books with chapters that I can quickly share with my daughter but don't require hours of background or catchup. To Marry an English Lord [Hardcover] Gail MacColl (Author), Carole Wallace (Author) -This book is not what you think. It's about the Guilded Age and the American Women who married into the aristocracy. www.amazon.com/Marry-English-Lord-Gail-MacColl/dp/0283999721/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303607594&sr=1-1Sex with Kings : 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge (P.S.) by Eleanor Herman (Apr 1, 2005) www.amazon.com/Sex-Kings-Adultery-Rivalry-Revenge/dp/B000GH2YQ0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303607452&sr=1-1The Glitter and The Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan This is a very old book about the Guilded Age and the former Duchess of Marlborough www.amazon.com/Glitter-Gold-Consuelo-Vanderbilt-Balsan/dp/0704100029/ref=pd_sim_b_1The Grimaldis of Monaco by Anne Edwards Short bios of all the Grimaldis www.amazon.com/Grimaldis-Monaco-Anne-Edwards/dp/0688088376/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303607786&sr=1-1A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar www.amazon.com/Treasury-Royal-Scandals-Shocking-Wickedest/dp/0140280243/ref=pd_cp_b_1Queen Mary 1867-1953 by James Pope-Hennessy My favorite historical royal. She knew how to be a Queen. www.amazon.com/Queen-Mary-1867-1953-James-Pope-Hennessy/dp/1842120328/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303607868&sr=1-1Palace: My Life in the Royal Family of Monaco by Baron de Massey The dirty truth behind Monaco's royals before Grace died. www.amazon.com/Palace-Life-Royal-Family-Monaco/dp/0425117766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1303607950&sr=1-1Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics (P.S.) by Eleanor Herman www.amazon.com/Sex-Queen-Virile-Passionate-Politics/dp/0060846747/ref=pd_sim_b_5Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, From Cleopatra to Princess Di by Kris Waldherr www.amazon.com/Doomed-Queens-Royal-Cleopatra-Princess/dp/0767928997/ref=pd_sim_b_4
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 20:10:13 GMT -5
Since we're all interested in royals (historical and current), please share your favorite book suggestions and authors on the topic.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 19:38:50 GMT -5
They all look fine to me. At least they didn't need plastic surgery to look like someone they aren't.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 19:37:10 GMT -5
Heck, she couldn't even bribe plastic surgery herself onto the world's most beautiful people (or the royal most beautiful list). She has yet to make a best dressed list. As you can see from their world wide google stats, these two are just a flash in the pan. Even the "royal wedding" - an entity, not a person - got on the list before they did.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 19:34:46 GMT -5
For sure, Jazmin appears intelligent. She's a high school graduate (unlike her future stepmother), graduated with all kinds of honors and awards and was a California scholar. Alexandre is still young but I read he attends a prestigious school in or around Monaco. There are some brains in the family, just not much between those two. I'm not sure they could get a whole brain between them.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 19:32:05 GMT -5
Charlene has encouraged this praise until people started throwing a fit about it online. In fact, she used (in her new PR answer) what someone had posted was a better "answer" on RD. Let's be honest, the palace and Charlene could have nipped it in the bud. The plastic surgery, the Grace like clothing and the poses that mimic Grace are a planned PR stunt. Notice that not one mention of the wedding in the press can go without bringing in Grace. She's still the real attraction and star.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 19:23:30 GMT -5
Pippi, I'm not going to get into a pissing contest with you.
Albert is involved in anything he can get his photo taken at. He's not known for his involvement with scouting. He appears when it suits him.
Rainier did cultivate the relationship with his son and Carl Gustav. CG has recently been outed as having cheated on his wife (and the woman admitted it in interviews). They are indeed two peas in a pod.
CG frequently, if not yearly, vacations near Monaco. He attended the Grand Prix yearly for a LONG time. I don't care who "owns" the house. He stays there, often. Everything Lilian has will go to and is paid for by the Swedish royal house.
Carl Gustav can be proud about his DISTANT relatives all he wants. He is closely related to the other monarchies - through Queen Victoria. He IS NOT closely related to Albert and the Grimaldi clan.
I am personally a 7th cousin of Laura Ingalls Wilder, James Garfield, Robert Frost, Franklin Pierce, Louisa May Alcott, among many others. I'm also related DISTANTLY to every royal family. I don't know any of those people from ADAM. I can be proud of it all I want. It doesn't make me close to them. I certainly wouldn't be getting wedding invites.
I guarantee a lot of Albert's much closer relatives won't be invited. This is all for show and how many famous and rich people Albert and Connie can get to their wedding for publicity sake. It's not a "family" only wedding.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 18:24:19 GMT -5
He will remain a mystery. So what is Philippe Junot doing today, maybe nobody cares. And the same to and for This house from Hannover. Junot is still photographed and talked about but mostly in the Spanish speaking press. If I recall, he was most recently linked to the whole Bernie Madoff debacle. The French accountant of Madoff who committed suicide was Junot's employer or something like that. Junot's daughters are quite stunning and are also often photographed. I think they live in Spain.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 17:12:06 GMT -5
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 17:01:55 GMT -5
I found a few others from other sources. Albert and Con Air head are such a laughing stock. These are from Eringer's blog (there are a lot more http://www.eringer33.com). From Robert Eringer's Blog. "Portrait sketch of Prince Albert II of Monaco by Elsa Caselli" Also from the Blog of Robert Eringer Robert Eringer Robert Eringer, Aaron Ernst Robert Eringer Robert Eringer, Aaron Ernst Robert Eringer, Aaron Ernst
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 15:00:25 GMT -5
I don't know, I'd like to see their kid's tell all about their parent's business relationship.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 14:59:15 GMT -5
Because Charlene could care less about Monaco unless she's getting press for doing something. She's driven around and been shopping for expensive clothes and jewelry. The little things and people don't concern her. She couldn't even be bothered to learn their language.
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Post by mrplowfan on Apr 23, 2011 14:56:45 GMT -5
Much of the SMB is family owned, thus state owned. Most of Monaco's revenue comes from the SBM. Albert is an absolute monarch. He will get some underling (or the council) to order them back to work rather than risk his precious wedding being marred. No person's rights are more important than his own selfish needs.
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