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Post by scout on May 10, 2011 11:03:15 GMT -5
Geez, will Albert ever let Grace rest in peace?
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Post by scout on May 9, 2011 10:16:48 GMT -5
I'm with you Emmeline! Ugh! I assumed that I would watch the wedding, but the closer we get, I don't think I have the stomach for this gross mockery of the marriage ideal. To think that Grace's tiara will go from her head to that of Charlene. What a travesty! Albert must really hate his mother.
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Post by scout on May 9, 2011 10:09:31 GMT -5
Refia, Albert just saw your signature, his stomach went spastic, and he broke out in a cold sweat. Just 53 days, Al, until Charlene is tied to you forever. Maybe someone could sing him 'The Twelfth of Never' just to emphasize that point.
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Post by scout on May 8, 2011 11:30:00 GMT -5
Somehow, I don't think that the royals will appreciate being asked to party with Charlene's family and friends.
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Post by scout on May 8, 2011 11:23:19 GMT -5
I always thought that it was telling that Albert changed the wedding date because it coincided with an IOC meeting. So he moved the wedding to earlier and then said that his first week of wedded bliss would be spent at the IOC meeting, rather than a private exotic location with his wife. Somehow, I would think that if you were so in love, then your wedding would take priority over any other event in your life. This was a big slam to Charlene, but she took it like a trooper, showing what her true aim was.
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Post by scout on May 8, 2011 11:10:31 GMT -5
MyaDia, again great research. Question: Does Albert ever give his take on his first meeting/meetings with Charlene? Or did he just view her as one of his 'yacht girls' so he barely remembered her name? Or is it all irrelevant to him? I'm not up on all the royals, but do we know how Matilde met Phillippe of Belgium? How about Maxima and W-A? We know William met Catherine at college. We know that Victoria met Daniel at the gym. Both methods that most of us can relate to in entering into a lifelong relationship with someone. We know how Mary meet Fred; it seems that it was another one night stand like Albert and Charlene. Do we infer anything from that? I find it interesting that Charlene keeps talking about how they met and it keeps changing. She gives the impression that there is something distasteful about the whole relationship in its beginning (and there are live witnesses to this shabbiness) and she is hoping that she can find a plausible story to make her and Albert seem like two normal people in love. Most people don't keep rehashing how they met their mate because it usually is not that interesting to outsiders. Also, why keep trying to give details? Is it because most liars believe that if they throw in details, then you will be more likely to believe them? Albert apparently hid Charlene from his father when he was alive as he knew Rainier would not approve. Did he hide her even though he was madly in love with her? Or did he hide her because she was a 'yacht girl' and his father disapproved? Most women have too much self-respect to be treated this way, but Charlene did not approach this relationship with the normal objective: love, respect and life-long commitment. Just like other con artists, her objective was the money. The more I see these two together, the little that they are, I am convinced that there is no love and this is a business transaction to improve tourism. It will fail, because the lack of authenticity is too obvious. Also, Albert seems to be getting so sick of Charlene and wants to be away from her, I doubt they will reproduce unless Charlene uses scientific methods. JMO
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Post by scout on May 7, 2011 13:40:01 GMT -5
I echo your thoughts Royal Pauper. Just from this thread, we see Caroline in Venice promoting Monaco's ballet and now, back in Monaco, helping organize a celebration next year in the cathedral. She seems serious and thoughtful as she goes about pursuing her projects and tries to add meaningfully to the events. Unlike the "floating coat hanger" and her sugar daddy who believe that these events are simply done so they can have photo-opportunities.
Yes, a waste.
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Post by scout on May 7, 2011 8:23:25 GMT -5
this whole sham is like a hitchcock movie. let's enjoy it as such!! although these two are the worst actors in the world. which is why they deserve each other. maybe a swarm of birds will come in and peck the shit out of them during their street fair wedding. or they'll get lost in a lifeboat after one of albert's romps gone wrong on his yacht. either way, i'm enjoying this now like a bad reality show marathon -- you know, train wreck tv -- you just keep watching to see the next stupid thing they do! 'birds' 'lifeboat' I see that you do know your Hitchcock. However, I think that Hitchcock would be throwing the birds at Charlene, not to get the scene just right, but to get her to go away and never come back.
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Post by scout on May 7, 2011 8:16:04 GMT -5
they would have to make Monaco as a whole more attractive. People and their conduct can help to transport this, but if the economic crisis has brought out one thing then that people are no longer buying easily into image: they want substance. No one pays just for the name, if they don't get quality as well. As long as the economy was doing ok, Monaco could continue even if already since 2000 numbers kept going down. The past GP those people who were coming (and I'm talking the regulars not the rich), instead of spending money in restaurants, were raiding the local supermarkets for sandwiches and drinks. Casino down at the port had to close early, because they were out of stock. those who come here to party only come because they are invited. They don't pay and don't want to pay for it. The big companies could not afford to show off with sending at the same time people into unemployment. And those left willing and able to show off,were no longer willing to pay as much since they knew they could demand to pay less. It would take about ten years and lots of work to reshape Monaco and create a good foundation for its future. Albert could have used the time right after he took over, using the motivation of a lot of people who were waiting for a chance to help with a change. Now they are frustrated. things could have been on track already,if Albert would have started work straight away instead of circling the globe with a coat hanger.... Paca, you are too funny! 'circling the globe with a coat hanger' Thanks for the info. From what you are saying, Albert should have been slowly stepping into power in the early 2000's as Rainier was getting older and sicker. Then when he took over in 2005, he could have had his staff ready to go. But Albert is very lazy and he played with women during this time and couldn't be bothered with the his responsibilities and the duties that have allowed him to have all these perks.
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Post by scout on May 5, 2011 15:17:22 GMT -5
myadia the reference used to come out to shop is to Grace not trashy...trashy doesn't go to shops as she doesn't speak French and doesn't want people to know that after all these years of doing nothing she still can't speak to people. What I like about this article the most is that in spite of the fact that she is from SA, they don't write her up. There is no national pride there that one of their natives has made it to royalty or should it better be royalties STh that Albert hasn't seen is that this woman has nothing to offer, but people from her country can see that she is nothing to be proud of. They know that their country has better people to offer to the world then a swimming coat hanger. I do wonder what these SA journalists know about her that they are cold shouldering her....remember the sports journalist in Beijing how he snubbed her when she came around trying to suck up? "swimming coat hanger" LOL too funny ;D
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Post by scout on May 4, 2011 19:09:02 GMT -5
MyaDia,
I appreciate all the hard work that you are doing for the forum. I'm sure you're excited as I am about all the information, pictures, and comments that we already have. Let's keep it going, guys; it's great!
;D
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Post by scout on May 4, 2011 19:04:01 GMT -5
I miss Pippi!
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Post by scout on May 3, 2011 14:11:15 GMT -5
Charlene's exs who dumped her were real men. Albert isn't and he won't do it. The wedding will go on and her "lay" will be worth it. From the sugars about the whole incident: I think we can safely surmise from the following that Charlene has been helped along with her fashion sense by the Queen of Fashion ~ her future sister-in-law, Princess Caroline of Hanover ~ whom better to have assisted her these past 5 years.
From this I can also deduce that Princess Caroline will in all likelihood be loaning or gifting Charlene several House of Grimaldi tiaras, jewels, etc. from her collection.
That said, I'm most curious to see if Charlene will wear a tiara at all because now that I think about it none of the Grimaldi women, except Caroline, have worn many tiaras over the years. Not even on their respective wedding days. A shame really, they have so many wonderful pieces. We shall see though, perhaps Charlene will be the first to wear one on her wedding day. HOW IN THE f*ck DID THEY GO FROM Caroline having used the designer a few times to Caroline giving Trampolina all the family jewels? Caroline has probably used every single designer in the world at this point. From what I've heard she didn't like what Charlene has worn or that Charlene whored herself out. I doubt she "helped" her along.I'm with you on this rant, MrPlowFan! The sugahs continually show their ignorance when it comes to promoting Charlene such that it makes me wonder if they even follow royalty or are just cheerleaders for Charlene. They assume that anything Caroline wears actually belongs to Albert and it is Grimaldi jewels. I'm sure that I can see Ernst allowing Charlene to steal one of the Hanover tiaras, simply because she is so special. Plus, any research would let one know that Caroline's grandmother left her the tiaras, not Grace, and not the Sovereign. I believe that these tiaras were bought by Caroline's grandfather for her grandmother and were never part of any Grimaldi family jewels. I'm sick of the sugahs expecting Caroline to just go hide somewhere and never show her face just so Charlene doesn't have any competition. If Albert really loved Charlene, she wouldn't feel so threatened by other beautiful women, even women who are his sisters are a threat to her. How pathetic!
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Post by scout on May 2, 2011 16:58:41 GMT -5
Emmeline -
Love your signature video of Charlene at the Swedish wedding. The look on her face was priceless and sums her up. She thinks she is so special. Aah!
;D
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Post by scout on May 2, 2011 16:56:39 GMT -5
*snore* look at those enhanced lips! The poor blob next to her...if the sugars scream he's lost weight again, I won't be responsible for my hysterical laughter. If he'd lost all the weight they claim, his rear end wouldn't have been so big it needed several more buttons than usual. Grey hair to match his tie. White floppy sun hat on Charlene to make sure she gets attention. Of course, the sugars immediately started screaming that Charlene's white today and yesterday were "okay" since Pippa Middleton was in white. WHAT? The bride chose the dress for her attendants - all white. It's her prerogative. Charlene did it to get attention! As usual, delusion reigns on the sugar boards. I agree MrPlowFan: enough with the lies about Albert losing weight. The gray suit that he wore to the wedding made him look huge and did him no favors. One article noted 'the ageing Prince Albert of Monaco'. He just looked like a huge gray blob next to a gray T-square topped with a marshmallow. They both were nicely turned out; however, they want you to say that they were the most attractive, best dressed, etc. Just not true.
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Post by scout on May 2, 2011 16:49:08 GMT -5
Love, love this article!!! I can just hear Charlene cursing reaction to this! What a moron she is! Kate really stole her thunder. Not that there was much thunder to steal! Wake up Albert! Once again she's coming in BEHIND A TRUE CHAMP! She should just STOP competing. In every aspect of her life. She's be happier. Love your posts cm7007. You are absolutely right; Charlene should stop competing. But who started the competition to begin with? Charlene and her buddies. I'm under the impression that first Charlene was better than Caroline and Stephanie, then Grace, then all the Crown Princesses, and now it's Kate that she is better than. All this tells me is that Charlene has extremely low self-esteem and cannot stand on her own, so she's always bringing others into the conversation by stating how she is better than them. Stand on your Charlene and fit into your role in life and stop the comparisons. How childish! This competition fetish also seems to be wearing off on Albert. With this wedding, he seems to be obsessed with showing that he stands equal or above other countries such as Great Britain. That comment of his about learning from the mistakes of Will and Kate's wedding was really rich. As if his wedding can even have the same pageantry. Is he going to have horse-drawn coaches and cavalry escorts? Since the formal dinner is at the casino, I guess we can assume that the Prince's Palace is not large enough to accommodate a ball as Buckingham Palace can. Stop the competition; you can't win. And you look silly trying.
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Post by scout on May 2, 2011 12:26:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the info MyaDia! I thought that they would all wear black because they are all married women, then I saw GD Teresa and Q Paola of Belgium in white and decided that I didn't understand the dress code. Thinking ahead, will Charlene wear white when she and Albert get that private audience with the Pope that they are angling for? Will she hope that everyone will assume she is an HRH just as the palace website has deemed with calling it a 'royal' wedding? Maybe just saying your something, whether you actually are, can make it so.
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Post by scout on May 2, 2011 11:18:38 GMT -5
I think that we have had this discussion before on the RD during the funeral for Princess Antoinette (which I can't refer back to), but what is the distinction between a lady wearing black or white for such an event? I note that P. Letizia wore black, but GD Teresa wore white. What are the reasons behind this, if there are any? Thanks for expanding my knowledge!
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Post by scout on May 2, 2011 10:40:23 GMT -5
I agree with both of you emmeline and creativemind.
and Caroline and whoever was with her would have shown up on time at the Queen's party the night before.
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Post by scout on Apr 30, 2011 19:36:37 GMT -5
After seeing the British wedding, Albert and Charlene should just give it up and elope. There is no way that their wedding will even come close and the fact that it is held out on the street will really make people wonder about these two. (I can hear the commentators asking if Monaco has any churches where the wedding could be held.)
William and Kate had a private wedding that because of his position, they let the world peek in on. There were little touches throughout, such as William not looking at Kate till she got to the altar, that they planned for themselves, not to impress the world. They wanted a special day with little touches that they could treasure throughout their lives. The fact the world was watching was just something they had to put up with, not the objective of the event.
Albert is putting on a made-for-tv wedding for which he hired Charlene to play the bride part. There is no love here or desire to create private memories. The spirit of the whole thing is wrong and once it is over, Albert will have made Monaco a huge joke because everyone will still have the memories of William and Kate fresh in their minds and everyone will clearly see that Al and the con artist are not in love (except for those people who refuse to face facts).
It is interesting that while the obvious comparisons to Charles and Diana's wedding, the wedding most used to compare William and Kate's to was Rainier and Grace's which was over fifty years ago. Note there have been many royal weddings in the ensuing years, but none of those were mentioned that I heard. Obviously the dress helped, but commentators were already making the comparison before they saw the dress. Once Albert and Charlene trot out their charade, people are going to react as if they are smelling bad fish and wonder how two people so in love on their wedding day could create such a strange man.
I truly don't know how Albert can go forward with this wedding after what he saw this past Friday. Is true love and companionship just something that he can not understand?
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