Prince Pieter-Christiaan (The Netherlands)

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Prince Pieter-Christiaan of the Netherlands and 35-year-old Anita van Eijk walked down the aisle in a spectacular church service attended by more than 750 guests.[/color]

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Dressed in military regalia for his special day, Prince Pieter-Christiaan arrived accompanied by his mother Princess Margriet, one of Queen Beatrix's younger sisters.

Among the invitees were the entire Dutch royal family, including the queen, her son Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife, Crown Princess Maxima.

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Saturday's wedding blessing crowns a courtship that began a few years ago in London after Anita, a communications consultant working in the capital, met her prince at a party. The couple, who announced their official engagement in February, plan to live in Amsterdam, though they have hinted they would like to return to the UK one day.

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What is that thing on Maxima's head? Do the royal women have some sort of secret contest for worst hat?

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They're a nice-looking couple and I loved her dress. Very pretty without the usual royal stuffiness. She looked radiant.

Agree about Maxima's hat...looked like a gaggle of geese lost a fight with a firetruck. She did look svelte, though, two months after having a baby. Good on her.

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The dress indeed looked like Claire's. But I prefer that one than Claire's off-the-shoulder'one.

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pineapplesweat said:

What is that thing on Maxima's head? Do the royal women have some sort of secret contest for worst hat?

Yes, yes they do in fact. I went to a hat store yesterday and it was full of ugly hats.

I thought it was pretty good of him to skip all the stuffy formal asking for permission to marry and just go for it. He never had a chance at the crown anyway.