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Belgian Prince gives Canada its royal wedding
Hadrien de Croÿ-Roeulx is 32 and is a scion of the House of Croÿ, one of the ten princely houses of Belgium. The Belgian prince studied in Boston in the US and now works in the City in London.
His fiancé is 23-year-old Jacqueline-Ariadne Desmarais, the granddaughter of Jean Chrétien, Canadian Premier from 1993 until 2003. Her other grandfather is Paul Desmarais, a Canadian millionaire who amassed a fortune thanks to his Power Corporation holding. Wealth publication Forbes has him down as Canada’s fourth richest man.
The couple will wed on 7 September. The party is being held on the island of Sainte-Hélène in Montreal. The invitation list includes former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the world’s richest Belgian Albert Frère.
Forty marquees are being erected on the island that is largely being cordoned off by security guards. The families hope to keep the outside world at arm’s length. The 200 butlers recruited for the party have had to sign a contract guaranteeing their secrecy.
[Flandersnews.be / Expatica]
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Mariage princier à Montréal
La petite-fille du milliardaire Paul Desmarais épouse un prince belge devant 750 invités
- Jacqueline Ariadne-Desmarais, 23 ans, accompagnée de son père, André Desmarais, à leur arrivée à la cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde, à Montréal, où elle doit prononcer ses voeux de mariage avec le prince Hadrien de Croÿ-Roeulx, 32 ans, le samedi 7 septembre 2013.
Photo Agence QMI, Joël Lemay
- La mariée, Jacqueline-Ariadne Desmarais, et le marié, Hadrien de Croÿ-Roeulx, à la sortie de la cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde, à Montréal où ils ont prononcé leurs voeux, en ce samedi 7 septembre 2013. Jacqueline-Ariadne Desmarais, 23 ans, est la fille dAndré Desmarais, fils de Paul Desmarais et co-chef de la direction de Power Corporation, et de France Chrétien, fille de Jean Chrétien et avocate. M. de Croÿ-Roeulx est un financier qui travaille dans une banque à Londres. Il fait partie dune des familles royales belges.
Photo Agence QMI, Joël Lemay
- La mariée, Jacqueline-Ariadne Desmarais, et le marié, Hadrien de Croÿ-Roeulx, à la sortie de la cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde, à Montréal où ils ont prononcé leurs voeux, en ce samedi 7 septembre 2013. Jacqueline-Ariadne Desmarais, 23 ans, est la fille dAndré Desmarais, fils de Paul Desm