Posted by Eleonore
on 7/10/2009, 20:52:40, in reply to "Re: Another royalty-commoner marriage: Carlos & Anne-Marie"
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I only read that 'the family announced'. No written statement has appeared in the press at this moment.
As for the religious side. The father of Anne-Marie has been an MP for the Christian Conservatives. This party is the result of a merger of the Catholic Peoples Party and two protestant parties; the ARP, a progressive protestant party and the CHU the more conservative protestant party.
Before the CDA became the CDA, Mr. Gualthérie van Wezel was a member of the CHU.
Since membership of these parties was pretty strict along religious lines, we can safely assume that her father is protestant and therefor she is most likely protestant as well.
--Previous Message--
: Some Questions, Henri (I have not found the
: answers in the Benelux board thread,
: either):
: - Who has announced the marriage? Any
: official communique by the Duke of Parma?
: - Is the bride Catholic?
: - If his father has issued a communique, how
: is Carlos Javier referred? Is the the Prince
: of Piacenza, the Duke of Madrid or simply
: Prince Carlos Javier de Bourbon de Parme?
: If would be interesting to know the answers
: to these questions. Thanks.
:
: --Previous Message--
: His Royal Highness Prince Carlos de Bourbon
: de
: Parme, the eldest son of Princess Irene of
: the Netherlands and the Duke of Parma, is
: getting married. He intends to marry
: Anne-Marie Gualthérie van Weezel, in the
: coming year, so was announced by the family.
:
:
: Carlos Javier Bernardo Prince de Bourbon de
: Parme was born on January 27, 1970 in
: Nimeguen, the Netherlands. He has one
: brother and two sisters. Prince Carlos
: studied Economics, History and Political
: Science at Wesleyan University in
: Connecticut (United States) and Demography
: and Philosophy at the University of
: Cambridge (England). He is presently
: Director of the Foundation for Innovation
: and Sustainability.
:
: Anne-Marie Cecilia Gualthérie van Weezel was
: born on December 18, 1977 in The Hague. She
: has one older brother and a younger sister.
: Annemarie took her final exam in French at
: the Université de Strasbourg (France) and
: studied Law at the University of Utrecht.
: Then followed the Postgraduate Education in
: Radio and Television Journalism at the
: University of Groninguen. She now works as a
: parliamentary journalist for the NOS (the
: Dutch equivalent of the BBC) in The Hague.
:
: Anne-Marie Gualthérie van Weezel is a
: daughter of J.S.L. Gualthérie van Weezel,
: former member of the Dutch Parliament,
: former Permanent Representative of the
: Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Council of
: Europe and Her Majesty's former Ambassador
: in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The
: father, a member of the CDA
: (Christian-Democrats) has a conservative
: profile and is known as a staunch
: monarchist.
:
: The grandfather of Anne-Marie is J.H.A.K.
: Gualthérie van Weezel originally was a
: Notary, became a member of the Dutch
: resistance in WWII, joined the Commando
: Corps and became Chief of the Police The
: Hague in 1952. He remained in that position
: until 1970.
:
: However of a certain standing in society,
: and despite the well-sounding surname, the
: family Gualthérie van Weezel is neither
: noble nor patrician.
:
: Pic:
: Mr Tjalling ten Cate
: Miss Julia ten Cate
: HRH Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme,
: mrs. Ten Cate
: HRH Princess Maria Carolina de Bourbon de
: Parme
: HRH Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme
: Miss Anne-Marie Gualthérie van Weezel
: HRH Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme
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