A right royal hen night

When you might just end up as first lady of the most bling bling monarchy in the world then the hen night has to be good.  Tomorrow, Tatiana Santo Domingo marries Andrea Casiraghi who at the moment is in line to be sovereign prince of Monaco. Of course if uncle Albert has a legitimate heir then Tatiana will have to make do without a principality to call her own.  But at the moment she is in line to follow, one day, in the footsteps of Princess Grace.  And that means the wedding, and everything to do with it, will be scrutinized far more than your average posh do in the sun. 

 

The bride wore pink to the hen night.  Tatiana Santo Domingo at the heart of her hens on her farewell girlie evening out

So far, Tatiana hasn't let us down.  The hen night was on board a boat off the coast of Monte Carlo with the bride in pink and her ladies in white and every one of them with a perfect garland of flowers around their heads.  While most brides make do with a net veil and an L plate, Tatiana had hand crafted floral headbands.  And dogs.  Yes, dogs.  There was the bride with a lovely little pooch on her lap with Monaco's next royal bride, Charlotte Caisraghi, at the front of the group with another dog to complete the photo.  And there was the national flag fluttering on the back of the boat.  A perfect picture.

 

Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo have been together for eight years

Tatiana says I do in the Prince's Palace on the afternoon of August 31st 2013.  The wedding will be a more private affair than the very public marriage of Albert and Charlene in June 2011 which attracted all kinds of attention for all the wrong reasons after rumours circulated that the princess in waiting had tried to flee her groom with just days to go before the nuptials.  Charlene rubbished that in a newspaper interview this summer and tomorrow she'll be among the guests of honour as the next generation of Monaco's royals starts another wave of royal weddings.

Here's hoping for a better kiss at this wedding in Monaco - Albert and Charlene do nothing to dispel rumours of a crisis at their wedding in 2011 with one of the least convincing royal snogs ever