--Previous Message-- : Beatrix was 'in trance'...?!
: I saw the state of things during the : ceremony as rather less dramatic but was : surprised about the decidedly un-catholic : applause once the couple had tied the knot.
So do I. Never saw applauses at the end of any wedding ceremony.
: : --Previous Message-- : They all were very Catholic, the De lannoys, : the Nassaus... as if they wanted to hear : every word, to absorb every prayer but it : was interesting that also the foreign royals : were so active: the Prince of Asturias : singing a French psalm out of the head, the : protestant Queen of the Netherlands agreeing : with closed eyes and in trance 'Ubi caritas : et amor, Deus ibi est', the prayers and mass : in German, Letzebuergisch, French, English, : Dutch, Portuguese (Isabella, or was it in : Spanish?), wonderful! : : By the way, two of the priests in the : wedding were family of the bride: the Abbot : Vincent della Faille de Leverghem and the : Brother Emmanuel della Faille de Leverghem. : : : : :