The House of Valentino is pleased to announce that Beatrice Borromeo wore a Valentino Haut… http://t.co/JcmTiBi4Du pic.twitter.com/pXWNRE1Edc
— Valentino (@MaisonValentino) July 26, 2015
I’ve never really had much of an opinion on Pierre Casiraghi. Pierre is the youngest of the Casiraghi children, the third kid after Andrea and Charlotte. Andrea was really hot once upon a time, but for the past five years or so, Andrea lost his mojo and Pierre sort of grew into his looks. Pierre at 27 is rather dashing, like a shy European prince (which he almost is). Anyway, Pierre married his long-time girlfriend in Monaco on Saturday. His bride is Beatrice Borromeo, a 29-year-old Italian heiress and swan-like beauty. They met in college – they were both studying at Milan’s Bocconi University – and they’ve been dating since May 2008. The bride wore a pink Valentino gown and I’m including Valentino’s photo of the gown above.
The civil ceremony was held in Monaco’s Pick Palace – I think Prince Albert presided over the civil ceremony, or at the very least he hosted the event. According to People Magazine, the extended Grimaldi, Casiraghi and Borromeo clans came together for a full day of activities. Charlotte was there with her on-again lover and baby-daddy Gad Elmaleh, Andrea was there with his wife Tatiana. The wedding is being hailed as a very, very big deal because Pierre and Beatrice were seen as the lovely scions of two grand European families.
Incidentally, I haven’t seen anything about Pierre’s mother, Princess Caroline, being seen with Pierre’s stepfather, Prince Ernest August of Hanover. I tend to believe that Ernest and Caroline separated years ago but they just haven’t got around to getting a divorce. Caroline seems to be staying in Monaco close to full-time these days while Ernest lives elsewhere (likely with a girlfriend/mistress).
It seems like this shindig in Monaco really was just for the civil ceremony. The couple will be doing a more traditional wedding ceremony and reception in Italy next weekend. Beatrice’s family – she’s the daughter of very rich and well-connected Italian aristocrats – owns several islands in Lago Maggiore, and it’s believed that the Borromeo side of the family is going to do a HUGE thing for next weekend’s wedding. Ten bucks says this whole thing gets a spread in several editions of Vogue. Vogue Italia, for sure, but I’m thinking Anna Wintour might even want some of the photos for American Vogue.
Seriously though, Beatrice is lovely. She looks like a fairytale princess.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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