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Royal Profile - Catherine Walker
Catherine Marguerite Marie-Therese Baheux-Lefebvre was born on June 27th, 1945 in Pont de Briques, a village near Boulogne. She has two older siblings, sister Nicole, and brother Patrick. Her parents were divorced in 1949. Her mother moved the family to the Alps in September 1950 and in 1955 her mother remarried. During school holidays her time was divided between her mother's home in Lille and her father's home in Normandy.
She attended elementary school in Lille, run by nuns of the order Les Dames de St. Maur. She later attended school at a Dominican convent called St. Jeanne d'Arc, excelling in math, and Latin. At seventeen she went on to the University if Lille, studying philosophy. She finished her degree at the University in Aix-en-Provence and afterwards moved to London, with the eventual intention of moving to the United States. She found a job teaching French but went back to Lille for post-graduate studies in Aesthetics. After graduation, she took a job in the French Embassy Lecture Department, and later took over the Film Department at the French Institute.
She was never formally taught dress design and started doing so as a form of therapy after becoming suddenly widowed. In 1976 she started her own business, designing children's clothes. Walking from door to door in Kings Road in Chelsea, she sold her designs from a basket. In 1977 she set up her own studio in a dilapidated house in Chelsea, eventually calling it The Chelsea Design Company.
Question: Royal wedding tradition?
"I am researching the preferred day of the week for Royal Weddings. I understand that Thursdays were the preferred day."
Royal weddings have been held on every day of the week, except for Sundays. It's entirely possible that ..a wedding has been held on a Sunday but by the following examples it doesn't look like it. These marriages include Queen Victoria and her children. Her grandson King George V and his children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The Queen & Prince Philip and their children, as well as their grandson Peter Phillips.
Monday
Queen Victoria & Prince Albert - February 10, 1840
Princess Victoria, Princess Royal & Prince Frederick William of Prussia - January 25, 1858
Tuesday
King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra - March 10, 1863
Princess Louise & Marquess of Lorne - March 21, 1871
Princess Mary, Princess Royal & Viscount Lascelles - February 28, 1922
Princess Alice & Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine - July 1, 1862
Wednesday
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer - July 29, 1981
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson - July 23, 1986
Princess Anne and Mark Philips - November 14, 1973
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester & Lady Alice Montagu- Douglas-Scott - November 6, 1935
Princess Alexandra of Kent & Angus Ogilvy - April 24, 1963
Thursday
Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip - November 20, 1947
King George V & Queen Mary - July 6, 1893
Duke of Windsor & Wallis Simpson - June 3, 1937
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother & King George VI - April 26, 1923
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester & Birgitte van Deurs - June 8, 1972
Prince George, Duke of Kent & Princess Marina of Greece - November 29, 1934
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent & Katharine Worsley - June 8, 1961
Princess Helena & Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein- July 5, 1866
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught & Princess Margurite of Prussia - March 13, 1879
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany & Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont - April 27, 1882
Princess Beatrice & Prince Henry of Battenburg - July 23, 1885
Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones & Daniel Chatto July 14, 1994
Lord Nicholas Windsor & Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan October 19, 2006 (Civil Ceremony)
Friday
Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon - May 6, 1960
David Linley & Serena Stanhope - October 8, 1993
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh - Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia - January 23, 1874
Prince Michael of Kent & Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, - June 30, 1978
Saturday
Princess Anne & Timothy Laurence (her second marriage) - Saturday December 12, 1992
Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys Jones - June 19, 1999
Lady Helen Windsor & Timothy Taylor July 18, 1992
George, Earl of St Andrews & Sylvana Tomaselli January 9, 1988
Lord Nicholas Windsor & Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan November 4, 2006 (Religious Ceremony)
Alexander, Earl of Ulster & Claire Booth June 22, 2002
Lady Davina Windsor & Gary Lewis July 31, 2004
Lady Rose Windsor & George Gilman July 19, 2008
Peter Phillips & Autumn Kelly May 17, 2008
Prince Charles & Camilla Parker Bowles (his second marriage) - Saturday April 9, 2005. The original date was Friday April 8th. But this was postponed due to the funeral of Pope John Paul II
More recent weddings of minor members of the royal family have been held on Saturdays, however Thursday does indeed seem to be the preferred day of the week, although I cannot find any tradition to explain why this is so. Nor whether Thursday is considered a special day in the United Kingdom. I'm venturing a guess that it's coincidence, otherwise why would the wedding of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert have been held on a Monday? Or Charles and Diana's on a Wednesday?
If anyone knows why this day of the week is preferred, please feel free to have your say.
© Marilyn Braun 2007
Related article: Royal Weddings
Updated: Revised to include recent weddings in the royal family
Is Kate Middleton just another twenty-something trying to figure things out?
It has been recently reported that Kate Middleton is leaving her career as an accessory buyer for the company Jigsaw and is seriously considering a career in photography, mainly because she is bored with her job. Now that her romance with William is back on, she's seriously looking at her career and working at Jigsaw was only a 'stop-gap' for her. She's ready for a new challenge.
So, what's so unusual about all of this? I have to ask, why on earth is this making news?
Some of us are lucky in that we figure it out early, others have to try different things on for size until they find something that fits them. Maybe she'll stay in photography, maybe she won't. Kate may have a royal boyfriend, but that doesn't mean it's any easier for her. Especially when the media is ready to pounce on any minute part of her life for our consumption.
We seem to forget that Kate's only 25. We seem to be projecting our happily ever fantasies onto her young shoulders. But what if that's not part of then plan for her? Whether she goes from student to accessories buyer, to photographer, to royal bride, what's next for Kate?
Let her figure it out for herself.
© Marilyn Braun 2007
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10 tips for Princesses in waiting
Maybe you've applied and been turned down. You think you have the right credentials, but you never know. You can learn from experience, as some former royal girlfriends have done, or you can use this invaluable list of tips. Good luck.
1) Choose your prince carefully. Always aim for the first son, the heir. Lots of benefits there - generous fashion stipend, better jewels, and endless media glorification. Only choose the second or third son if the first is married, you are genuinely attracted to him, and you don't mind his ever diminishing proximity to greatness.
2) Feign interest in absolutely everything he does. He loves Polo? You've always dreamt of learning. Football? Pretend you understand everything going on. Sustainable Agriculture in the Punjab? You're buying your plane ticket as we speak. Specialist Cheese makers Initiative? You'll bring the crackers.
3) Laugh at his jokes. Listen to his speeches with enraptured thrall, extolling his brilliance when it comes to fly fishing in the north poll.
4) Dress nicely. Even if you can't afford it. Beg, borrow, raid the closets of fashion conscious friends. Of course you could get lucky while wearing your regular clothes and be lauded for your sense of style - fashion that regular women can wear.
5) Smile. The media will hunt you down. An unfortunate consequence of dating royalty, but nevertheless an occupational hazard. Get used to it.
6) Always remember who you are dating. Observe royal protocol. Even Diana had to call Charles 'Sir' until their engagement. Show deference to his mother, grandmother, aunts, uncles and second cousins once removed. You never know who will put in a good word for you.
7) Have no outside interests. Don't go to parties. As a matter of fact, don't leave your house at all. You'll be accused of being an attention seeker.
8) Don't involve lawyers. They'll do nothing but bill you.
9) Never, ever say 'Pleased to meet you' or ask where the toilet is.
10) Hang in there. Camilla waited 30 years and look where she is today.
© Marilyn Braun 2007
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Should Prince Charles be king?
Sunday September 9th, 2007 - 5:00pm PST (8:00pm EST)
© Marilyn Braun 2007
Goodbye Diana?
I'll be honest, this kind of bothered me. While recent royal events like Charles and Camilla's wedding or the Queen's 80th birthday, haven't necessarily dominated newspapers, this was Diana we were dealing with. Diana, the one whose face has sold a million covers. Diana, the subject of countless tell-alls and television specials of varying degrees of quality. What happened?
Maybe the constant email news alerts, where every second word seemed to be about Diana, had lulled me into a false sense that this would be a major story to everyone else. How could it not be? 10 years ago Diana's death had brought the world to a virtual stand-still. The coverage was unavoidable. If you'd claimed to have missed it all, you were either deaf, blind, or lying. It seemed as though it would never end. And until I read the papers on August 31st, 2007, it had never occurred to me that it would.
While coverage seems to have waned, I don't believe it will ever end. We will still see tell-alls, and when Prince William or Prince Harry marry, she will no doubt be discussed. But what do we do until then? Or what do I do until then? I like reading about her, even if I don't learn anything new. Even if she hasn't been up anything these days. For some reason I want to know, even if I don't necessarily understand why.
Has major coverage of Diana reached the end of the road? Or is this just the case with newspapers outside of the UK? Will I have to look at back-issues of People and Hello magazine to remember the glory days? Probably. I won't learn anything new either way, and it doesn't add to my collection, but it's better than nothing.
© Marilyn Braun 2007
This article was inspired by this post on the World of Royalty Blog.
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Operation Heads Will Roll
The recent Diana Memorial service was turned into a debacle when Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall bowed to public opinion and withdrew from attending the service. A furious Camilla took off for the Mediterranean, to plot her revenge. Beautifully tanned, Camilla has returned and is ready to strike. This mission, if you choose to accept it is indefinite and has no expiry date. Hang on to the tape just in case.
Location: A palace somewhere in London
The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla, sit at the table and open their dossiers. They pull out 8 x 10 glossies of the various courtiers, the famous grey men.
Camilla: (seething)My popularity has been set back five years because of the whole Diana memorial. These men make mistakes and then I end up paying for them. Well I've had enough.
Charles: What are you going to do darling?
Camilla: You tell me dear, or are you all out of good ideas?
The Queen: Pa and I tried to intervene, but it was too late.
Philip: (to Camilla) Never listen to Charles, he takes his advice from plants.
Charles: (to both his parents) You just don't understand me, you never have. Scientists have actually backed me up...
The Queen: (over-dramatically) Oh no one understands me...I'm so put upon....
Camilla: (indignant) Can we get back to me? I have an idea. I propose to take my revenge when they least expect it. When I'm Queen...
Philip: And when do you suppose that will be?
Camilla: When Charles ascends the throne
The Queen: I'm still in the room you know!
Camilla: Sorry Mama
Philip: When Charles comes to the throne, do you really think you'll be Queen? That people will accept that?
Camilla:(livid) Hasn't this been sorted out?
Charles: No, we're still working on Operation Queen Camilla. We sent William and Harry to infiltrate the offices of Majesty magazine..
The Queen: Where are those boys? It's been months, shouldn't they have rewritten Ingrid Seward's editorial by now?
Philip: Darling, they must choose their words carefully...
Camilla: Excuses, excuses..I want heads to roll..and when I'm Queen they will!
Philip: I guess the grey men will be waiting a long time then. They probably won't even remember what they've done..
Camilla: (furious) I don't care, I want revenge..I can't wait any longer..
Camilla picks one of the 8 x 10's from the pile
Camilla: I'll start with this one
To be continued
© Marilyn Braun 2007
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