Caption Me!
By raincoasterWe at TeenyManolo are, as you well know, all about etiquette, protocol, and suchlike varmints: yea, we are nothing if not elegantish! And we take very seriously our responsibility to find out what the jet set is up to, who’s sailing on the Cunard this year, where dear, dear Coco is spending the season, and what’s going on with the charmingly inbred fashion plates who sit atop the social structure of quaint, beer-loving countries.
Such as:
Dear readers, allow me to present the royal family of Belgium, or at least some of them.
Belgium’s Princess Claire (L) and her husband Prince Laurent arrive with their children, Princess Louise (C) and twins Princes Nicolas (seated R) and Aymeric (seated L), at Queen Paola’s 70th birthday party at Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels September 2, 2007. Belgium’s Princess Laetitia-Maria (with black shoes) is also seen. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM)
Whee ayt zee TeenyManolo, zhink yoo cahnn do bet-TAIR. Captionnez, s’il vous plait!
(I get to make wit zee fonnay hack-senn, bicos ai whoz boarn en France han raize hin Canada, eh)
September 6th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
I love how they drop that smarmy “in black shoes, no less!” on the poor, adorable little princess. Like she’s going to go change or something. Also: I heart those old-fashioned hairbows.
Caption: “For THIS I married a Princess!”
September 6th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Princess Louise (center) and co-conspirator Princess Laetitia-Maria skeptically regard upstart threats to the throne at the 70th birthday party of Queen Paola [no, really? Like Payola?] in Brussels September 2. [Editor's note: We held the photo until after Labor Day to make the black shoes in season.]
September 7th, 2007 at 1:41 am
An excellent effort The Bruce. You’re still not getting the Scottish crown back, but Belgium’s may become available soon.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:52 am
While re-enacting King Leopold’s brief tour of the Congo, Prince Laurent detects the smell of phlegm . . . .
September 7th, 2007 at 6:54 am
And if the kids were twins, they should have named one of them Tumeric
September 7th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
“Prince Laurent pushes his sons, Princes Nicolas (seated R) and Aymeric (seated L), in their pram, while searching for their nanny, at Queen Paola’s 70th birthday party at Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels September 2, 2007.”
BTW, Queen Paola is originally from Italy, so her name is Italian - in English we would say “Paula”. Just FYI. :^)
September 7th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Ah, I must confess I haven’t really kept up with the royals since Prince Andrew lost his youthful hotness. I think I’m the only person who had a subscription to Majesty magazine and STILL missed the Charles/Diana wedding. And Randy Andy looked so hot in his uniform there!
Ah, it was all so long ago…