More recently, an exclusive royal wedding took place, in which Cinderella from the people turned into the Princess of Monaco. She became a professional swimmer from South Africa Charlene Wittstock. Since ancient fairy tale times, the attributes of a royal wedding have changed a bit, the bride was in a magnificent dress from Armani, and instead of a carriage for the young, there was a brand new Lexus, made specifically for this wedding. The wedding was waiting for the whole tiny European country. Prince of Monaco Albert II and his chosen one were married in a church. For the sake of this ceremony, Charlene Wittstock, a former Protestant, converted to Catholicism.
The magnificent wedding ceremony lasted all weekend. First, the 53-year-old Prince of Monaco, Albert II and Charlene, went through the usual civil wedding ceremony. The beautiful bride, who became a princess that day, was dressed in a light turquoise wedding dress with a jacket from the famous Italian designer Giorgio Armani. She had a surprisingly modest hairstyle and diamond earrings in her ears. The Prince of Monaco was dressed in a snow-white carabiniero uniform.
The ceremony was held on the territory of the princely palace, 850 guests attended, among which were mostly members of the royal families and heads of many states. About 3,500 people gathered on the square in front of the palace, whom the newly-made spouses greeted from the balcony. The very next day, a wedding took place in the church. The wedding ceremony was conducted by the Archbishop of Monaco Bernard Barsi. The wife of Prince Monaco Charlene, who had already become a princess, and Prince Albert, after the wedding, went to Opera Garnier for a gala dinner.
According to numerous rumors, the couple’s romance lasted for as long as 8 years, and the wedding could not take place at all, as the bride was supposedly going to run away from the crown. This happened when a young bride found out that her third husband should have a third illegitimate child. Charlene Wittstock has been living in Monaco for several years, but so far she has not been able to learn French well. In addition, she is not a special blue blood, she does not even have a university diploma. But the Prince of Monaco chose the former Olympic swimming champion, because she looks very much like his mother, actress Grace Kelly.
Despite the fact that by royal standards a wedding worth 80 million euros is not very chic, but even modest, the whole ceremony was very magnificent. During the wedding ceremony, six children carried the train of the bride’s dress. Then the newly-made spouses took a ride on an exclusive Lexus with a special transparent roof. Almost all the inhabitants of this small country watched the entire action, which was shown on huge television screens. For them, this ceremony was extremely important, since now two square kilometers of the state’s territory will remain independent and will not come under French rule.
The head of the principality, Prince of Monaco, now has a legal spouse and it remains only to wait for the appearance of the legal heir to the throne. However, passions did not subside, and immediately after the wedding, rumors appeared that there had been a disagreement in the couple. But the head of state of Monaco indignantly rejects all these rumors, calling them selfish, threatening lawsuits "for the spread of slander." One week after the wedding, the couple went on a honeymoon in South Africa and did not stay together all the time, as it should be for happy young spouses. But the temporary separation was connected with official necessity, during the “honeymoon”, the ruler of the Principality of Monaco held several important business meetings, since in addition to managing the state, Prince Albert is also a member of the International Olympic Committee for 26 years.