The Grimaldi's of Monaco

Princess Antoinette of Monaco passed away -aged 90- at the Princess Grace Hospital,Monaco.
The Princess was the sister of the late Prince Rainier III.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=18-03-2011%20Monaco

courtesy PPE

RIP Antoniette.

Rani, do you know who's done these illustrations and released them and if they were done in any official capacity or not?  I'm a bit puzzled by the second one in that there seems to be a huge chandelier hanging in the sky above the palace courtyard!  Did you see that?!

The pics are from the organisators. But didn´t find the name of the drawer.

The chandelier confuses me now.

Princess Antoinette of Monaco passed away -aged 90- at the Princess Grace Hospital,Monaco.
The Princess was the sister of the late Prince Rainier III.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=18-03-2011%20Monaco

courtesy PPE

Due to the death of Princess Antoinette Prince Albert,Princess Caroline and Miss Charlene Wittstock
have cancelled their attendance at the Rose Ball tonight.Princess Caroline's children will represent
the family instead.

Rose Ball 2011

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/GbVEGaz9UcZ/Monaco+Rose+Ball+2011/iVM8-llk5hP/Charlotte+Casiraghi





With a Princess Grace brooch. The siblings did a good job yesterday!





A speech of Andrea and the payed tribute to Princesse Antoinette.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=19-03-2011%20Monaco

courtesy PPE

Princess Antoinette of Monaco passed away -aged 90- at the Princess Grace Hospital,Monaco.
The Princess was the sister of the late Prince Rainier III.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=18-03-2011%20Monaco

courtesy PPE

Due to the death of Princess Antoinette Prince Albert,Princess Caroline and Miss Charlene Wittstock
have cancelled their attendance at the Rose Ball tonight.Princess Caroline's children will represent
the family instead.

The funeral of Princess Antoinette will take place on thursday march 24th at 10.00AM local time at the Cathedral on Monte Carlo.
She will be interred in the Chapel de la Paix inside the Cathedral.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2011/03/monacos-princess-laid-to-rest-thursday.html

courtesy hja

Princess Antoinette of Monaco passed away -aged 90- at the Princess Grace Hospital,Monaco.
The Princess was the sister of the late Prince Rainier III.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=18-03-2011%20Monaco

courtesy PPE

Due to the death of Princess Antoinette Prince Albert,Princess Caroline and Miss Charlene Wittstock
have cancelled their attendance at the Rose Ball tonight.Princess Caroline's children will represent
the family instead.

The funeral of Princess Antoinette will take place on thursday march 24th at 10.00AM local time at the Cathedral on Monte Carlo.
She will be interred in the Chapel de la Paix inside the Cathedral.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2011/03/monacos-princess-laid-to-rest-thursday.html

courtesy hja

Monaco this morning:

http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?mailingid=22673&flush=1

Courtesy ANP

Grimaldi... an unfortunate name in English parlance
wonder if it has a meaning in its original language ?

Grimaldi... an unfortunate name in English parlance
wonder if it has a meaning in its original language ?

Grimaldi is a patronym from the Germanic name Grimoald or Grimwald. The first part, grim can mean either terrible, horrible or mask. (Compare Wilhelm (William): Will + helmet and Grimbert: Mask + bright). The second part, wald, means rule or dominion, the same as in Vladimir and commonwealth. The Grimaldis derive their patronym from 12-century Grimaldo Canella, Consul of Genoa.

Easy to see why the badger was called Grimbert: Bright Mask in the Roman de Renard:

Princess Antoinette of Monaco passed away -aged 90- at the Princess Grace Hospital,Monaco.
The Princess was the sister of the late Prince Rainier III.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=18-03-2011%20Monaco

courtesy PPE

Due to the death of Princess Antoinette Prince Albert,Princess Caroline and Miss Charlene Wittstock
have cancelled their attendance at the Rose Ball tonight.Princess Caroline's children will represent
the family instead.

The funeral of Princess Antoinette will take place on thursday march 24th at 10.00AM local time at the Cathedral on Monte Carlo.
She will be interred in the Chapel de la Paix inside the Cathedral.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2011/03/monacos-princess-laid-to-rest-thursday.html

courtesy hja

Monaco this morning:

http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?mailingid=22673&flush=1

Courtesy ANP

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/royalblognl_news_summary/2011/03/monaco-pays-last-respects-to-antoinette.html

Courtesy HJA

Prince Albert and his fiancee Charlene Wittstock are on a three day State Visit to Ireland, 50 years after his parents Prince Rainier and Princess Grace visited Ireland, both for a State Visit and a private family holiday with Albert, then 3 and Caroline, 4.  It was estimated that up to 30,000 people jammed a Dublin street in 1961 to catch a glimpse of Grace who had strong Irish family connections:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0405/1224293869641.html

http://www.imagup.com/data/1117830173.html

I would like to pay my respect to SAS Princess Antoinette (Tyty) here and share this picture taken of her and her brother SAS Rainier at they First Communion day. I have respect for them because they had to deal with the consequences that their mother had been snub by many because she wasn't from direct Gotha extraction and because she was exuberant.

De Profundis

Thank you very much for the lovely photo!

Wonderful photograph...