Prince Albert & Charlene Wittstock Wedding Suggestions & Musings


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Moonmaiden, I grew up before Vatican II and we were taught at a very early age the Latin for Mass. My sister actually said the servers prayers when she was 5 years old. Of course, she had to kneel outside the sacrasity since she was a girl.
 
So did I, Grandma828 ......
In my case, it was "church" Latin from the age of seven, followed by Classical Latin from 10 to19 in Grammar School.....
And, guess what? I ended up teaching it... to children and adults.

I'm still in love with the language - handy, because about 65 percent of English words are derived from Latin...
 
Renata and Grandma I envy you in a way, because it's(the Tridentine) a very beautiful and spiritual Mass...something that is missing in the Novus Ordo. :sad:

But I got very confused when I attended one, because I simply didn't understand what was going on.
 
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Mariage Princier:

On the Cour d'Honneur, there will be a giant red carpet, leading all the way to the top, for use by Charlene and her father.

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Jason Hartman, the singer who was around at the Grand Prix, is indeed there for the wedding. He sings in the Zulu language and he has brought members of his family.
His contribution will be during the first part of the Eagles Concert.

There will be another South African group, but it wasn't mentioned.
Charlene Wittstock: The Monaco-Matin Interview | The Royal Correspondent

Hard to believe, but the Principality is painting all 72 of its letterboxes...

"Tout doit être parfait en Principauté !"
Everything has to be perfect...

Les boîtes aux lettres font peau neuve ! | monacomatin.com
 
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The giant red carpet is for Charlene and her father who will cross the place of palace from the house of carabinieris to the altar in the courtyard and also for the guests(royals and others who will arrive and will cross the place of the palace to attend the ceremony in the courtyard.
Jason Hartman sings also in english he sings with his father and his brother who plays battery. there is a short video on the monaco matin site
 
Melina, do you know who the other South African group is?

And what is "battery" ?
 
Another view on "princely" versus "royal:

Looking through the details on the "Wedding" pages of Monaco-Matin, I noticed that even the Mairie (town hall) can't make up its collective mind on whether PA is "royal" or "princely". Both terms are used within the same sentence :~))
 
his brother plays drums in the band . You could hear what he is singing on you tube.
Charlene Wittstock talks about Jason Hartman because, he played free at the brasserie at the moment of the Grand Price.
But I had no news about the other group which will play for the wedding.
On Monaco Matin, there is also the Agenda about the events of the wedding. We know the program but there are more events, we did not know as.
The couple will stay two hours after the civil ceremony with the people of monaco during the cocktail at 6 pm
There will be a diner at 12am for the guests of the Prince on july the 2th before the religious ceremony, 'I doubt that Charlene would attend to this diner just some hours before the ceremony'
On july the 3th, the to morrow of the wedding, there will be a brunch atthe palace for the guests of the Prince.
Perhaps we will get some photos of the guests for this two small diners besides the two ceremonies and I hope to see the other royals at this wedding
 
Many Catholics prefer the Tridentine Mass, because of its beauty and tradition.
(I keep hoping Pope Benedict XVI will reinstate it, or at least make it a preferred option).
Is it definite that this is the Mass in use for the wedding?
 
There hasn't been any announcement on this topic, as far as I know.
 
Do you think that the royals who have houses in the south of France will stay at their own house or will they be in a hotel in Monaco.
The Belgians have their house in Grasse, the Luxembourgs in Bormes-les-Mimosas, the Swedes in Sainte-Maxime.
 
The royals who have their house in the South of France will not be far away Monaco, they would be less one hour of Monaco, but I think they must to be at the hotel because between the ceremony and the dinner they must change their clothes, they would not have many time, it is why they will have the dinner at the Casino and Opera, and not at the museum which is more far from their hotel.The Palace is also not far from the Hotel of Paris where they will be
 
I agree, Melina - it would be foolish for the special guests to stay away from Monaco. There was a Nice-Matin article about the numbers of sightseers expected in the Principality.
Even extra trains and buses and free parking won't be enough.
 
Mirabel said:
Many Catholics prefer the Tridentine Mass, because of its beauty and tradition.
(I keep hoping Pope Benedict XVI will reinstate it, or at least make it a preferred option).
Is it definite that this is the Mass in use for the wedding?
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No, I doubt that there will be a Tridentine Mass for the nuptials, simply because the Pope has not approved the use of the old Tridentine Mass.

The Latin rite Mass that was recently approved by the Holy See is called the Mass in the Extraordinary Rite...kind of cumbersome, I think...but I don't get to decide.:ermm:
 
It all sounds exquisitely lovely...dining on the terrace of La Salle Garnier which overlooks the sea...but I wish they would publish the menu so I can be even more envious! :bang:

They won't do that until after the wedding, perhaps.
 
Apparently there won't be any culinary excesses - just good food.
Alain D. confirmed that the milk will come from PA's Roc Agel cows, and the same goes for the vegetables :)
 
Excesses or not, I'm still dying to know the details of the menu...as well as all the other minutiae of the wedding.

But as I stated, like the William/Kate wedding it probably won't be published until closer to the day.
 
It will be very good because Ducasse is excellent in the cooking, french cooking is good, a menu is made with meat or fish and vegetables, and if it is a meditterannee cooking, it will be very excellent.and I know I am native of South of France and I can only say that each time I return to my home after a travel , I am happy to find again my native cooking
 
Alain Ducasse is also running a cookery TV show, with valuable prizes.
It's on the Nice Matin site.
 
Moonmaiden23 said:
It all sounds exquisitely lovely...dining on the terrace of La Salle Garnier which overlooks the sea...but I wish they would publish the menu so I can be even more envious! :bang:
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JMO, but I loathe eating outdoors!
I always think there's bugs.
Even if I can't see any, I'm convinced they're there, getting on the food. :eek:
 
LOL Mirabel! :lol:

Do they even have flies and bugs on summer evenings on the French Riviera??

I never even thought of that.....
 
This is the link for Alain Ducasse's TV programme, named "Devenez chef avec l'école Alain Ducasse" - a bit like Masterchef on British TV...

Grand concours: devenez chef avec l'école Alain Ducasse | Nice-Matin


There are now two places where one can leave one's good wishes for the impending nuptials:

1) the "Carnet de félicitations" of Monaco Matin

Mariage Princier : carnet de félicitations | monacomatin.com

2) The "Livre d'or" from Monte-Carlo Multimedia (Philippe Zunino)

Livre d'or et commentaires Monaco - monte-carlo - agence immobilire monaco - Masters Series Monte Carlo - tennis monte carlo

Two links for the "Carnet de félicitations"" for PA and CW:

Monaco Matin:
Mariage Princier : carnet de félicitations | monacomatin.com

Monte-Carlo.mc (Philippe Zunino)
Livre d'or et commentaires Monaco - monte-carlo - agence immobilire monaco - Masters Series Monte Carlo - tennis monte carlo

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At present, the local population seems much more interested in a bear who keeps popping up in various places, currently in the Estérel.

L
 
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It always seems longer.....

Start making a "Carnet de félicitations".......

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The Nice-Matin website has got a small present for us readers, in the shape of a PDF document:

http://edito.nicematin.net/AM/pdf/agenda-mc.pdf

It's a countdown to the wedding, starting on Thursday the 30th....
 
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I see Edward and Sophie are going (no surprises there from the British Royal Family). I understand the entire Swedish Royal Family is going.

How about Holland/Spain/Greece/Norway?
 
For the people who are living in South Africa,there is an announcement that theSABC3 will be screening the wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock and there will be an exclusive interview on the channel's weekly magazine show Top Billing.
We know that the crown prince couple of netherland, the crown prince couple of Norway, the royal family of belgium will be there, the grand duc and grand duchesse of Luxemburg with the Prince Guillaume will attend, there will be the royal family of Spain. It was in Point De Vue Magazine


We only begin to know which guests will be there but in a newspaper of Australia, we know that Sophie Edigton aussie swimmer will jet now to Monaco , she is hosted to the wedding of Monaco, I think she will compet to the race of Mare Nostrum which will be at the end of the next week and her boyfriend the rugbyman Adam Byrns will join her at the end of the month. they are both invited to the wedding .
Karl Lagerfeld is also invited to the wedding
 
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I thought the wedding was in September!? There isn't any coverage going on here in the U.S. about Albert and Charlene
 
sirhon11234 said:
I thought the wedding was in September!? There isn't any coverage going on here in the U.S. about Albert and Charlene
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No, there isn't.
I expect there'll be some photos in the tabloids of the wedding events, but otherwise I'd have to say there's not a lot of interest here.
There really hasn't been much coverage since Stephanie was young and dating actors like Rob Lowe. But since then, nothing!

We'll probably have to watch online.
 
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