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Post by agentf on Feb 24, 2018 9:55:22 GMT -5
Its all about money, all the time... No true extravagance, no pitch for high art... just the bottom line, even at a life milestone of a monarch.
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Post by axelle on Feb 24, 2018 12:57:27 GMT -5
Sadly very true.
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Post by axelle on Feb 25, 2018 13:10:35 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Feb 27, 2018 22:35:17 GMT -5
Fascinating. I was speaking to friends about doing a documentary in Louisiana. My ancestor was there in the mid-18th century under the French governor Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, after which the latter gifted the former with land in 1752 in Hudson, Qc that had belonged to his father, also governor of New France. Pierre was born in Quebec city. I didn't know there was a Monaco connection. Its funny to hear obtuse references to Louisiana's beginnings in movies like Le Bossu, one of my favourites, with Daniel Auteuil. I hope Albert will meet Zachary Richard, Daniel Lanois and all those great singers. Lanois produced U2, I think. Fun. I hope to go, if life can become unstuck soon.
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Post by agentf on Mar 4, 2018 7:12:49 GMT -5
Now Albert, when he goes, can refer to distant cousins the Rigaud de Vaudreuil as extra Louisiana creds.
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Post by Lady Michelle Elizabeth on Mar 11, 2018 5:12:24 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Mar 12, 2018 7:58:47 GMT -5
Well, thank God. You do have to leave something for future historians. The excerpts are a bit dry. If Caroline wants to share no doubt a loaded mother-daughter bond, she might want to listen to herself describe the change in Albert when he became a parent and how he understands things differently now. Maybe her bond to Grace is too close or too raw, being the eldest. I always say to my friends' daughters when they've come to me, that a mother doesn't know where she ends and her daughter begins, and so often they can be so brutally candid with their daughters and different with their sons. Its the creation paradigm. Its uninterrupted.
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Post by mrszinck on Mar 14, 2018 6:33:21 GMT -5
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Post by mrszinck on Mar 14, 2018 6:48:11 GMT -5
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Post by axelle on Mar 14, 2018 7:03:21 GMT -5
Happy 60 PA!!!
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Post by agentf on Mar 14, 2018 13:55:16 GMT -5
Happy 60th birthday, Albert. Every child brings his parents joy at first sight and after, as he undoubtedly knows. Be blessed and be happy.
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Post by smt on Mar 16, 2018 11:32:26 GMT -5
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Post by axelle on Mar 17, 2018 9:40:17 GMT -5
Light show was amazing! Great job! What is she doing wearing sunglasses??! She must have some eye problem that she didn't want photographed - infection? Who knows -
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Post by smt on Mar 29, 2018 4:26:42 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Mar 29, 2018 12:36:35 GMT -5
Has he gone to Louisiana yet or is it part of the same trip? I wonder. Update: he did. He's off diving in Columbia tagging sharks.
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Post by tops on Apr 10, 2018 4:33:50 GMT -5
Hot off the press (internet!) from Riviera Radio April 10, 2018: (I can't but think about all of the personal water bottles that end up in the sea. Why not re-fill and re-use?)
"Prince Albert of Monaco warns of 'irreversible tragedies' facing world's oceans - His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Monaco has said that urgent action is needed in order to avoid “irreversible tragedies” in the world’s oceans caused by plastic pollution and climate change. Speaking at a major conference at Edinburgh University Prince Albert told the gathering of academics, senior official and ministers that the threats facing the oceans were “increasingly alarming”and people must stop believing it was possible to pour “anything and everything” into them “without consequences.” The conference was organized by the Monaco Blue Initiative, a think tank that aims to bring together experts and decision makers to find practical solutions. It was set up by the prince’s foundation and the Oceanographic Institute."
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Post by smt on Apr 20, 2018 7:15:01 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Apr 26, 2018 8:21:08 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on May 3, 2018 12:25:57 GMT -5
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Post by smt on May 8, 2018 14:45:42 GMT -5
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