Royal marriage of the Crown-Prince of Eiffelland

[Rheinbund]

His Majesty King Albrecht IV von Dietz-Hadamar, King of Eiffelland,

and

His Highness Duke Sebastian III von und zu Bamberg, Duke of Bamberg,

are proud to announce the marriage of their respective son and daughter,

His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich von Dietz-Hadamar, Crown-Prince of Eiffelland, Duke of Sauerland,

and

Her Highness Princess Laura von und zu Bamberg.​

The Church Marriage will take place in the Weissenfelser Hofkirche on 8 May. After the marriage, the operette Die Zauberflöte will be performed in the Semperoper. The night program will consist of a dinner and ball in either the Zwinger or the Weissenfelser Stadtschloß, depending on the weather.
Representants of all the Royal, Grand-Ducal and Archducal Families as well as Heads of State and Heads of Government are invited.

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Weissenfelser Hofkirche

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Semperoper

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Zwinger seen from the air

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Weissenfelser Stadtschloß

 

[Havenshire]

The Makai Islands are pleased to hear of this joyous Union, and wish the happy Royal couple many years of prosperity and fecundity. If the Couple wish a highly private and highly enjoyable get-away for a Royal Honeymoon free of Press and Pressure, we are happy to offer them a Free Imperial Honeymoon Package at the Kahuna Vista Hotel here in the Makai Islands, all expenses paid and all discretion assured.

Regrettably, we are unable to attend the Wedding itself, but send an ornate carved Tikki Statue that is over 800 years old as a token of friendship and blessing to the Royal Couple.

-President Ithorangi,
Makai Archipelagos Republic

 

[Großlausitz]

The Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household

On behalf of His Majesty King Alfred IV we are pleased to announce the attendance of Their Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Schlesnitz at the marriage celebrations. Further members of the royal delegation will be the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Beaumont, the ducal family of Bamberg and representatives of Franken's other major houses.

 

[Great Engellex]

The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is instructed by command of Her Majesty, Queen Georgiana, to announce the confirmation of attendance of Her Majesty to the ceremony of marriage of His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich von Dietz-Hadamar, Crown Prince of Eiffelland, Duke of Sauerland with Her Highness Princess Laura von und zu Bamberg.

Their Grace, the Duke and Duchess of Salisbury, the Duke and Duchess of Grafton-Ormonde, and the Duke and Duchess of Lennox and Devonshire will also be in attendance.

Edward Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Minster, Lord Chamberlain of the Household.​

 

[Serenierre]

Bureau du Seigneur Chancelier
Chateau de Charbonne

The office of the Lord Chancellor wishes to announce that Her Majesty Queen Diana I of Belmont and, her husband, HRH Prince Edmund, Duke of Saint-Lô shall be in attendance of the Royal Wedding in Eiffeland. Also attending will be HRH Prince Nicolas of Montaigne, HRH The Princess Elisabeth, HRH Princess Lillian, HRH Princess Marie-Louise & HRH Prince Oliver, Duke of Champlain.

The Royal entourage shall arrive in Eiffelland accompanied by members of Her Majesty's Government and Honorable Members of the Parliament of Belmont.
​

 

[Guiana]

Office of the Prime Minister

The Rt. Hon. Harcourt Fenton Mudd and his wife, Ambassador to the EDF, Stella Mudd, will attend the marriage of His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich von Dietz-Hadamar to Her Highness Princess Laura von und zu Bamberg.

 

[Holy Frankish Empire]

Her Royal Highness Queen Charlotte, Duke of Ouistreham, and 11 Royal Petitioners will be in attendance.

 

[Radilo]

I suppose that I will be in attendance... but I expect free schnitzel.

~ J.J. Auguste, Pres.t

P.S. Congratulations.

 

[Montelimar]

Secretary of the Royal Household

Their Most Catholic Majesties, King Armand I and Queen Katarina will attend the royal marriage of His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich von Dietz-Hadamar, Crown-Prince of Eiffelland, Duke of Sauerland and Her Highness Princess Laura von und zu Bamberg.

 

[Arendaal]

[WIKI]King Edvard V of Arendaal[/WIKI] and Queen Laura shall be honoured to represent the Aren Kingdom at this most joyous event. His Majesty offers his heartfelt congratulations to his cousin King Albrecht IV of Eiffelland, to the esteemed Duke of Bamberg and of course to the young couple.

Their Majesties will be accompanied by their eldest son, Crown Prince Soren of Arendaal and by their daughters Princesses Sophia, Iselin, Svea, Isabelle, Evelina and Adeliza.

 

[Wieserreich]

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Reichsministerium des Auswärtigen
Imperial Ministry for Foreign Affairs
​

"His Imperial and Royal Majesty the Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm the Second congratulates the Royal couple for the marriage, on behalf of the Imperial Household and the Imperial Cabinet alike.

His Majesty apologises for not being able to attend in person together with the Empress-consort, however he wishes to inform Your Majesty that He is reserving his strength for his up-and-coming one-hundredth birthday anniversary the upcoming August, and he wishes to have your graceful presence there if possible.

The Imperial Household shall be represented in the marriage ceremony by His Imperial & Royal Highness the King Karl and his consort, Her Imperial Highness the Queen Franziska Josephine. They shall be escorted by Her Imperial & Royal Highness the Archduchess Eleonore.

The Imperial Cabinet shall be represented by His Excellency the Chancellor von Baden, and myself the Minister for Foreign Affairs von und zu Babelfisch."

Regards,
Heinrich Maximilian Graf von und zu Babelfisch
Imperial Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

[Anglyn]

Office of the Private Secretary to the Sovereign

Their Most Gracious Majesties, King Roderick IV and Queen Christina, send their congratulations to the Royal couple and accept the invitation to attend the wedding ceremony.

Maj. Gen. Sir Christopher Airy KCOSG, MC
Private Secretary to the Sovereign

 

[Rheinbund]

OOC: How would you like the idea of RPing the whole event out? According to me, there are some nice possibilities.

 

[Aquitania]

Secretary of State for the Royal Household

This is to inform the Royal couple that His Catholic Highness, Jean III, Grand Duke of Aquitania will attend the wedding ceremonies along with his honoured guest, Her Royal Highness, Princess Alexandra of Montelimar.

 

[Lorraine]

Secretary of State of the Royal Household

His Catholic Majesty, King Charles V, sends his congratulations to the Royal couple and will attend the marriage ceremony.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay
Secrétaire d'État à la Maison du Roi

 

[Rheinbund]

Weissenfels is not the capital of Eiffelland, but it is an important city in other ways. First of all, the Robert Koch Universität, named after the Eiffellandian physician and microbiologist Robert Koch, the discoverer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the bacterium causing Tuberculosis), Bacillus antracis (the bacillus causing Anthrax) and Vibrio cholerae (the bacterium causing Cholera). This university has 50,000 students and teaches all non-technical subjects thinkable. By tradition, the Eiffellandian elite families send their children to this university, or to the Technische Universität Weissenfels.
But Weissenfels is also an important city for the Royal Family. Until the end of the 18th century, Sauerland was an independent duchy. King Lothar VII did not have any children. His sister was married with the Duke of Sauerland. When King Lothar VII died, the eldest son of his sister became the new King of Eiffelland. Albrecht von Dietz-Hadamar had just become the Duke of Sauerland, and now he was also the King of Eiffelland. He decided to unite both countries. King Albrecht I moved from Weissenfels to Trier, but introduced the tradition that the Eiffellandian Kings are crowned in Weissenfels, and that the Eiffellandian Crown-Princes marry in Weissenfels.

"Wolfgang, I'm planning some partying the night before. You know Weissenfels better than I do. Can you help me?" Prince Johann, King Albrecht's second son, asked his brother Wolfgang.
"Of course I can," Wolfgang said. "Eleonora, Soren, Sophia, Iselin, Svea, Isabelle, Evelina and Adeliza will have a good time here. First some partying the night before, and then the wedding party until early the next morning."

Wedding parties do not really have an official end in Eiffelland. Well, it ends when the bride and the bridegroom leave the party, but there is no fixed time for that. Most of the times,that happens around 5 the next morning, and then there are still quite a lot of people left.
But a Royal Wedding is different, also in Eiffelland. Everything would be more ceremonial and more according to protocols, although there would not really be an official goodbye moment for the newly married couple. The music at the ball after the dinner would be classic. The King had the agreement with the Princes Johann and Wolfgang that they could take over after 3 in the morning.

 

[Großlausitz]

To guarantee a calm journey and a timely arrival, the royal entourage, including the Foreign Minister and a selection of other parliamentary dignitaries, had already begun trickling into Eiffelland. Whereas the King and Queen, the parliamentarians, business leaders and noble lords would only come to Eiffelland on Saturday morning - by security protocol the King and his son weren't allowed to use one plane together anyway, the Duke of Schlesnitz, his spouse Isabel of Wolfsburg and their four oldest children as well as the Foreign Minister had arrived in Trier today. Since his father wanted to prepare his son Crown Prince Jakob for the take-over of the prince-regency in the near future, Jakob had joined Foreign Minister Robert Beaumont's talks with his Eiffellandian colleague.

Meanwhile, Duchess Isabel and her children, Prince Sebastian (19), Prince Alfred (18) and their 16-year old twin sisters Princesses Andrea and Christina had gone to Weissenfels already. While Sebastian and Alfred were somewhat used to see their royal cousins as such events, it was the first of its kind for their sisters. They were quite excited to get in touch with their Aren cousins, who they fancied and liked a lot. Much like with his cousin's sons, Jakob's and Isabel's second-oldest son Alfred was the wilder one, somewhat rebellious. Furthermore, he was also quite good at retrieving information. To the surprise of his siblings Alfred told them that the younger brothers of their cousin Friedrich were up to something "smooth."

 

[Éireann]

Office of the Lord Chamberlain

His Catholic Majesty, Sean Patrick O'Neill, High King of Éireann, would be honoured to accept the invitation to attend the royal wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich von Dietz-Hadamar, Crown-Prince of Eiffelland, Duke of Sauerland, and Her Highness Princess Laura von und zu Bamberg.

 

[Rheinbund]

Trier

“I’m honoured to meet you, Your Royal Highness. Welcome in Eiffelland,” Minister for Foreign Affairs Rudolph Kögler said to Crown-Prince Jakob, while they shook hands. “I’m also pleased to meet you, Your Excellency. Welcome in Eiffelland,” Kögler said to Minister Robert Beaumont. They were at the airport Trier-Schönefeld. Kögler accompanied both Frankeners to the limousine, and they drove to the Ministry.


Weissenfels

The weather forecasts promised perfect weather for the day of the wedding: No clouds and 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 degrees Fahrenheit). The dinner and ball would take place in the Zwinger and its garden.
The Royal Family was already in Weissenfels. For this occasion, they slept in the Weissenfelser Stadtschloss. In fact, all the guests would sleep there, and if there was no place, then in the Luxurious hotels in Weissenfels.
Meanwhile, Some guests had already arrived. They were received at the Stadschloß by the Royal Family. Everything had been organised in accordance with King Albrecht’s strife for perfection. He was always afraid that something could go wrong, so he was not completely at ease, although he didn’t show that. His wife was far more relaxed. She was confident that everything had been done that could be done. If anything would go wrong, then so be it.
Crown-Prince Friedrich (27) and Princess Laura (25) were a bit nervous. They would be in the middle of all the people’s interest. The next day, the eyes of whole Eiffelland, and also many eyes abroad, would be pointed at them in the Hofkirche.
The Princes Johann (26), Wolfgang (23) and Karl (20) were not nervous at all. They knew that they operated in the shadow, and they were very well used to that role, given the fact that they had been the guests on events like this more often. First of all, they enjoyed meeting their cousins again. For later on, Wolfgang had developed a nice plan to show them Weissenfels by night on the night before the wedding, and Johann had developed a nice plan for an afterparty after the Ball.
It was also for the King’s youngest son Ludwig (16) the first time that he attended an event like this, as well as for Prince Sebastiano (16*) of the Talemantine Empire, who stayed with the Eiffellandian Royal Family to obtain an Eiffellandian Abitur. On the one hand, Ludwig looked forward to meeting his cousins and the other young Princes of the various Royal Houses (and it was also a good occasion to practice his Aren on the Prince and Princesses of Arendaal); on the other hand, he was a bit afraid of “uneasy” questions. Sebastiano also looked forward to meeting the many other Princes and Princesses, among which also he had many cousins, but first of all he looked forward to seeing his family again, although it would be for just a couple of days. Also he was a bit nervous.

* OOC: Talemantros, you didn’t specify a birthday for Prince Sebastiano. Do you agree with a birthday in the last half of July? Then you can plan in the birthdays of your other princes in such a way that it is biologically possible.

 

[Großlausitz]

Trier

Meaning every word he said, Crown Prince Jakob replied "Thank you for your warm welcome, your excellency. Coming to Eiffelland has always been a pleasure for me, not only because it's my mother's home country but because the people as a whole are truly delightful to be with. Not to forget your almost notorious inventive talent. My goal today is to sit by, observe and learn. As my father wants to appoint me regent in the course of this year, I want to take get as close contact with our friends' leaders as possible. Consider me an intern of Minister Beaumont. An intern with a spectacular family tree, but still just an intern."

The three men chuckled heartily and subsequently turned to address matters of foreign policy. Whereas both Foreign Ministers discussed the Batavian situation, a joint proposal to the BEZ to set up a development fund in Batavia, the loudly barking Sarmatians and some other issues, Crown Prince Jakob took notes and occasionally asked accurate questions.

Weissenfels

Meanwhile, the rest of the crown princely family had settled into their apartments at the Stadtschloss Weissenfels. Hereditary Prince Sebastian had already left to look for his cousin Crown Prince Soren, who was about the closest friend among his many royal cousins. Although they saw each other very rarely, both young men got along very well and were of similar character. His sisters Andrea and Christina were also searching for their older cousin Adeliza, who they liked a lot. Princess Andrea embraced Adeliza's fondness for fire, while her twin sister considered her duty to prevent both from accidently igniting "way too expensive stuff."
Albeit Crown Princess Isabel was enjoying her time alone before the celebrations were to start, she worried her second son Prince Alfred was scheming some mischief with his Eiffellander cousins Prince Wolfgang and Prince Johann. In fact he was just joining them to help planning the "pre-show" and "after-show" parties. Nothing too mischievous.