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First question, about her interest in riding:
I started to ride when I was very young, and it is a sport I have practised for a very long time, and it was a great pleasure for me to participate in the jumping of Monaco. Event was held in the Fondelle tent; they now wished to have it in the harbour and it was a challenge.

Question about her participation :
It was very difficult for me because I haven’t been able to train in the last 3 weeks, so I had to leave my horse in the hands of my trainer, so it is fairly difficult to resume competition without any prior recent training. Fortunately, my horse has extraordinary concentrating powers, (or attitude, or smarts) and he was able to carry me (or support) in that slightly difficult moment, given my injury.

Question about her ambitions as a professional:
For the time being, I am trying to achieve good results in the amateur competitions. Well see how the season develops, but why not ?

Princess Charlotte Louise Juliette of Monaco (1898 – 1977), mother of Prince Rainier III ca. 1921
Rainier’s parents, Princess Charlotte and Count Pierre Polignac.

Prince Rainier married Grace Kelly, American movie star 19th April 1956

Rainier’s glamorous wife, Princess Grace

Tiny siblings Caroline and Albert out for a drive with their nanny, ca. 1961

On the balcony of their Swiss hotel with two of their children, Prince Albert and Princess Stephanie, April 1968.

Rainier at dinner with Princess Caroline (right) and Princess Stephanie, ca. 1974

The Princely couple attend the Bal Petits Lits Blancs at Powerscourt, Enniskerry, County Wicklow

Prince Rainier stands on a terrace overlooking Monaco and its harbour with an architect’s model of the city

Princess Caroline with her first husband, Philippe Junot, after their marriage in Monaco 29th June 1978

Princess Caroline of Monaco with her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi.

Princess Caroline of Monaco and Hanover, with her husband, Ernst August of Hanover attending a gala

Hereditary Prince Albert II of Monaco

Princess Caroline attends the wedding of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary

Princess Caroline and her sister, Princess Stephanie, who are the president of Amade Mondiale and Fight Aids Monaco respectively, sign the renewal of the agreement for the convention to profit Amade Burundi, Amade Mondiale and Fight Aids Monaco, at the Hotel de Paris in Monte-Carlo on April 3, 2009

Caroline with her daughters, Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Charlotte Casiraghi, at the Award Ceremony for employees at the Prince’s Palace as part of Monaco’s National Day November 19, 2008

A happy Princess Alexandra

Prince Albert with his sisters

Caroline, right, with daughter Charlotte and Tatiana Santo-Domingo, girlfriend of Caroline’s son Andrea

Aerial View Monaco

The Prince's Palace By Night

The Throne Room

Palais Cours d'Honneur/Courts of Honor

Monaco's Famous Catholic Cathedral

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1967: Princess Margrethe, eldest daughter of King Frederick of Denmark, marries French count Prince Henrik

1972: Prince Henrik of Denmark, the husband of Queen Margrethe, with their son Crown Prince Frederik

Queen Margrethe with Prince Henrik during a photo call at their summer residence on August 7, 2007 in Caix, France

Crown Prince Frederik and his bride Crown Princess Mary leave Copenhagen Cathedral after their wedding ceremony. The romance began in 2000 when Mary Donaldson met Frederik over drinks at the Sydney Olympics, where he was with the Danish sailing team.

Crown Prince Frederik and the new Crown Princess Mary wave from the balcony to the crowds below after their wedding, May 14, 2004

Mary’s sisters, Jane Alison Stephens and Patricia Anne Bailey, acted as bridesmaids.

Prince Christian of Denmark arrives with his parents Prince Frederik and Princess Mary for his first day at the nursery school of Queen Louise’s Kindergarten on March 27, 2007

Prince Joachim, brother of Crown Prince Frederik, with his former wife Alexandra arriving at the Danish Parliament May 13, 2004 in Copenhagen, Denmark

The former Princess Alexandra on May 12, 2004 in Copenhagen

Alexandra of Denmark, now Countess Alexandra of Fredriksborg, with her son Prince Nikolai and her new husband Martin Jorgensen after their wedding on March 3, 2007

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik attend the wedding of their younger son, Prince Joachim, to Marie Cavallier on May 24, 2008

Prince Joachim of Denmark and his new bride, Princess Marie depart Mogeltonder church after their wedding on May 24, 2008

Prince Henrik, Princess Marie and Prince Joachim wave from the balcony at Christian IX’s Palace, Amalienborg as they celebrate Queen Margrethe’s 69th birthday on April 16, 2009

Marie and Joachim introduce their new baby boy to the press at Rigshospitalet on May 7, 2009

Marie and Joachim attend the Culture and Sport Gala Evening at Christiansborg Castle on March 17, 2009

Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, was born this day in 1961.

The precocious Diana was the daughter of Johnny Spencer and Frances Roche.

At the time of her birth, Diana’s father was titled Viscount Althorp. On his father’s death in June 1975, Johnny became Earl Spencer. Now the daughter of an Earl, Diana became known as ‘Lady Diana’.

The Spencer family consisted of two daughters, Sarah and Jane, when Diana was born. She had an elder brother named John, but sadly he died at birth. Shortly after Diana’s debut in the world, she was followed by a younger brother, Charles Edward.

Lady Diana married Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29th, 1981. As neighbors on the royal Sandringham estate, their families had known each other for many years, and Lady Diana and The Prince had met again when he was invited to a weekend at Althorp in November 1977.

During her marriage, Diana undertook a wide range of royal duties as the Princess of Wales. She especially focused on charities and projects set up to help those in need.

Charles and Diana had two sons, Princes William and Harry, within two years of one another. Both Princes are extremely active today in charities that Diana was particularly fond of during her life.

Though Diana and Prince Charles divorced in 1996, she was still considered a part of the royal family and was styled ‘Diana, Princess of Wales’.

On August 31st of the following year, Diana died in a tragic car accident in a Paris tunnel. Though still alive when pulled from the wreckage, her two companions – driver Henri Paul and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed – were dead at the scene. Diana died later at the hospital.

The Queen gave an extremely rare live address to the nation on September 5th from Buckingham Palace. In her speech, Her Majesty stated:

No-one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her. I for one believe there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from the extraordinary and moving reaction to her death. I share in your determination to cherish her memory.

See the official Royal website’s tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Many of you have seen her picture on the Help page of my website. She is listed as my ’secretary’ who helps me with all of my email. Cheekers could also be heard inserting her opinion in the background of many of my podcasts at RoyaltyNow!.

She was a good little friend who is sorely missed. My other two buddies, Percy and Feathers, will miss her, too.

For anyone who has female birds: get them checked regularly to prevent the possibility of egg binding. Egg binding is the inability of a female bird (hen) to pass a developed or partially developed egg. The inability to pass the egg quickly could result in the death of the hen.

Even if your bird has been laying eggs just fine, keep in mind that egg-laying could pose just as many complications for a bird as any human pregnancy. It’s a big deal for one’s body to go through, so keep an eye on your little hen.

The judge said that he would be in “dangerous territory” to grant couples privacy merely because they are well-known, as it “potentially gives privilege to one group in the community over and above others.”

No one – aside from the circle of people involved – should be given access to someone’s private affairs in a court of law. Whether they are famous or not, who wants to hear this sort of thing? Let them retain their privacy. If the judge is so concerned about “giving privilege to one group over others”, then make it legal for everyone to keep their family matters private if they so wish.

This new culture of invading everyone’s personal space is very disconcerting. Just because a few desperate celebrities wanted everyone to know the minutiae of their lives doesn’t mean we all feel that way, Earl Spencer included.

Any legal eagles out there that want to expound on this issue? I’d  be glad to hear from you!

Via Telegraph.

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