Santa Dip
The last absolute sovereign in Europe, Prince Albert II of Monaco, son of legendary American actress beauty, Grace Kelly, decided to don a Santa Claus outfit on Christmas eve -- just before taking it off to go swimming.
No, the Grimaldi-crazy-genes are not acting up.
In fact, the Prince took a dip in the (no doubt still cold) Mediterranean sea in order to raise money for charity.
Prince Albert may not be royal, but his impulses were still noble.
P.S.: Incidentally, I had planned a longer, and weightier post about Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg's remarkable decision not to sign a bill put before him into Law -- dealing with euthanasia. He refused, citing his Catholic faith as reason, and the Prime Minister stripped the (largely honourary) powers the Grand Duke had as sovereign.
I will try to post on that soon, as it is not the first time in history a royal head-of-state has put his conscience before his constitutional duty. It is a very fascinating topic to explore.
No, the Grimaldi-crazy-genes are not acting up.
In fact, the Prince took a dip in the (no doubt still cold) Mediterranean sea in order to raise money for charity.
Prince Albert may not be royal, but his impulses were still noble.
P.S.: Incidentally, I had planned a longer, and weightier post about Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg's remarkable decision not to sign a bill put before him into Law -- dealing with euthanasia. He refused, citing his Catholic faith as reason, and the Prime Minister stripped the (largely honourary) powers the Grand Duke had as sovereign.
I will try to post on that soon, as it is not the first time in history a royal head-of-state has put his conscience before his constitutional duty. It is a very fascinating topic to explore.
Labels: Craps-n-Giggles, Holiday, Roman Catholicism, Royalty
posted by vbspurs at
1/01/2009 03:31:00 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home