Kate and Wills tour Canada while Prince Albert II takes the plunge royal watcher's bonanza, with wedding vows, an official visit & poignant reminders of princesses past. Monaco's Prince Albert II took the plunge with Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock of South Africa, marrying her in a civil ceremony ahead of a religious service Saturday. His brother, Prince Rainier III, wed Hollywood actress Grace Kelly in the small country 55 years ago. British royal newlyweds Prince William & Kate, the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, won raucous cheers from an estimated 300,000 people while touring Ottawa on Canada Day. It was their first official visit abroad after their widely watched wedding in April. & admirers of the late Princess Diana gathered at the gates of Kensington Palace in London to leave tributes to her & share their memories on what would have been the 50th birthday of the people's princess. Kathy Martin a young age Grace in 1982 & Diana in 1997.Of Australia who left a tribute at the gates said both Grace & Diana were icons who died in automobile accidents.
Remembering Diana
Diana also was on the minds of some Canadians in the crowd greeting her son, William, & his spouse.Happy Birthday Lady Di. Canadians love you, read sign held up in the coursework of the Canada Day celebrations. The red & white clad crowd chanted Will & Kate often in the coursework of their appearance on Parliament Hill to mark Canada's 144th birthday on the second day of the royal visit.Kate was similarly attired in Canada's colours, wearing a with a maple leaf. Queen Elizabeth II loaned the brooch to the duchess for the tour. The queen wore it in 1951 cream dress by the London designer Reiss, complete with a maple leaf brooch, as well as a amazing red hat topped they spoke in English & Italian for the second day in a row & drew loud cheers when they referred to his as a princess on her first visit to Canada. William, who wore a blue suit as well as a red tie, thrilled the crowd as grandmother as the queen of Canada. They also reminded the crowd how Kate's grandfather held Canada dear to his heart after training in the province of Alberta as a young pilot in the Second World War. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed the royal couple as the world's most famous newlyweds.
Royal wedding
In sun splashed Monaco, residents of the principality cheered as Prince Albert and his new bride appeared at a palace window, waved and kissed shyly after exchanging vows in the civil ceremony. Albert's sisters, Princess Stephanie and Princess Caroline, were among an audience of several dozen inside the throne room, the red silk walled hall where Grace and Rainier five times took their vows. Rainier died in 2005. Wittstock wore a silken blue jacket with ankle length palazzo pants, an outfit press handlers said was made by fashion house Chanel, while Albert wore a sober dark suit and white tie. Roman Catholic ceremony will also happen in the palace, followed by a gala dinner by famed chef Alain Ducasse. The visitor list included the kings of Germany, Sweden, Lesotho and Belgium. The presidents of Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lebanon, Malta, France and Hungary. Opera singers, models and race automobile drivers. Wittstock swam for South Africa at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, while Albert has been an International Olympic Committee member since 1985 and competed in Winter Olympics as part of Monaco's bobsled team. They met at a 2000 swimming competition in Monaco. Albert, 53, acknowledged having fathered kids out of wedlock .We'll see in the next couple of months or years.
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