Punctuality is an ornament ...
Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Sophie von Isenburg are rightly hovering on pink clouds: their dream wedding on the weekend in Potsdam was so classy and glamorous that it could keep up with the other big weddings of this year in London and Monaco.
Perhaps one or the other Zaungast or television viewers would have wished something more royal prominence from abroad, but the guests could still be seen, even under the aspect that in Germany, the monarchy was abolished more than 90 years ago. So it fit that, with Dom Duarte of Portugal, Grand Duchess Maria of Russia or Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, well-wishers who had the say in Europe, the tide of history would have changed. As with Prince George Frederick of Prussia, the German emperor would be, if ... In this picture also fits King Hassan of Jordan, who acted for years alongside his brother Hussein as a reserve king, but then briefly lost his successor to the throne of Hussein's death. And another thing fit: While in England and Monaco the protocol relentlessly regulated the entry of guests, this was now understandably a bit more modern and bourgeois, so handled more laxly. This was already evident at the concert on the eve of the wedding . Everyone knows that Punctuality is the number one virtue among Prussians, and classical music enjoyment is generally tarnished by latecomers. Nevertheless, King's son Laurent of Belgium rushed up the steps to the Berliner Konzerthaus 30 minutes after the end of the admission, followed by Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe , who demanded a late hour late for admission. At the actual wedding in Potsdam actress then Mariella Ahrens and husband Count Patrick von Faber-Castell shined by a slight delay, they sneaked into the Church of Peace, after the bride had already entered and the bells were silent ...
