Monday 24 May 2010

Prince Charles And Camilla's Wedding

The Earl and Countess of Wessex with their new baby boy

Prince Andrea Casiraghi

ROYAL PRINCES

ROYAL PRINCES

ROYAL PRINCES

IS THE GEORGIAN DYNASTIC MARRIAGE OVER?





August 3rd, 2009

In February of this year Georgia celebrated what most called ‘wedding of the century’ for the country: the dynastic marriage of Prince David Bagration-Mukhrani and Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky (see this blog entry).


Less than six months later, however, it appears that not even the most important dynastic considerations can save the marriage. Georgian newspapers report that the couple separated barely a month after their marriage, and it now appears that any hopes of their reconciliation are lost.

Members of the Bagration family declined to comment on the situation in any way. Princess Anna’s mother pronounced the matter ‘a strictly private affair’ and assured the journalists that no member of the family will share any information with the media. Read more…

PRINCE LALLA OF MOROCCO RECEIVES WOMEN WORLD LEADERS' PRIZE


Princess Lalla Meryem received on Thursday in Paris an international trophy awarded by the Women World Leaders Association.The Prize was awarded to the Princess for her quality as Chairwoman of the National Union of Moroccan Women in recognition of her untiring efforts to reinforce the status of Moroccan Arab and African women and her remarkable actions to promote women participation in development and progress.


On this occasion, Chairwoman of Femme Leaders Mondiales Nicole Barbin highlighted the considerable actions devoted by Princess Lalla Meryem both at the national level and at the international scene in her quality as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors.

On her part, Princess Lalla Meryem said in response to the tribute paid to her by the chairwoman of the association Nicole Barbin in presence of eminent figures: “that the award granted to her by the World Women Leaders Association is “a recognition for the daily struggle of Moroccan women for dignity and equality”,”Such a distinction is all the more important as it is granted as today to a country from the South” the Princess Aded that “In all areas women’s struggle is part of their conditions but there is an area where they invest their energy their imagination and their affection that of education of children who will in future take charge of an ever-changing world”.

The Princess received the prize during a Gala dinner held under the high patronage of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the attendance notably of top French officials in addition to former Ministers eminent artists and businessmen.