February 29, 2012
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Monaco and the wedding trap


  • The royal wedding in Monaco seemed certain to be a glittering state occasion that would refresh faith in the Grimaldi family, a clan that has sometimes seemed better at scandal than leadership
  • A nation's sovereignty is at stake, but if Charlene Wittstock wasn't Prince Albert's willing bride, there could be trouble ahead The bride was young and blonde and wore Armani; the groom was a billionaire "reformed playboy" prince
  • If the allegations of her attempted flight are true, Wittstock would be far from the first woman to have had an urge to cancel her wedding plans
  • Our more mundane concerns can still cause us to make the wrong decisions when it comes to wedding plans that we've come to regret
  • But in many of the photos of the occasion that have been released to the public, it's impossible not to note the sombre expressions on the faces of the couple, who " looked painfully serious throughout the formalities forced marriage that prompted the law banning it in Britain in


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