Prince Albert and Princess Charlene's five-month-old twins were baptised on Sunday morning.
The
couple were greeted by cheers as they posed for the crowds with their
daughter Princess Gabriella and son Prince Jacques outside the Cathedral
of Monaco after the ceremony.
The
twins were dressed in traditional white christening gowns, whilst their
mother looked elegant in a Dior Haute Couture 2015 ivory top with a
matching knee length skirt and court shoes.
Charlene accessorised her outfit with pearl drop earrings, cream gloves and a cream pill box hat.
Albert wore a black suit but matched his wife's cream outfit with an ivory-colour tie.
The twins arrived at the cathedral with
their nannies in matching white christening gowns by Baby Dior and were
met there by their parents.
Months of planning coming off without a hitch, left Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco – her official
title, which was last held by her late mother-in-law, Grace Kelly –
elated at the baptism of her five-month-old twins Gabriella and Jacques.
"No one has seen Princess Charlene that happy as she was
yesterday," a source who attended the christening said. "By the
time she got to the crowds in the palace square she was walking on
water."
Charlene's personal touches were evident throughout the day's
ultra-glamorous events. Among the details she tended to: inspecting the
floral arrangements that scented the air in Monaco's cathedral,
including 6,000 white roses mixed with sprays of white fuchsia,
delphinium, peonies and muguet.
Lilies, signifying the 37-year-old princess's South African
nationality, were also featured in the bouquets. "She was determined
that not only her family but all her friends from South Africa felt at
home in Monaco," says the source.
The most obvious nod was naming two South Africans as Princess
Gabriella's godparents: Charlene's younger brother Gareth Wittstock and
her close friend Nerine Pienaar, wife of legendary South African rugby
union player Francois Pienaar. (He was portrayed by Matt Damon in 2009's
Invictus). During an intimate afternoon lunch, which Charlene
planned with Chef Christian Garcia, South African lobsters flown in from
Cape Town were served to the 200 or so guests.
While the princess had spent months worrying the details of her
children's matching flowing christening downs (with Calais lace,
plant-inspired embroidery and cotton bonnets), she also sported her own
Dior Haute couture look: a short- sleeved top over a flared dress in
pale green crepe silk, accessorized with a thin-ribboned Monaguesque
decoration. She also wore a Dior mini chapeau known as a "bibi" and grey
mesh gloves.
After the religious ceremony and the walk through the crowds of
well wishers gathered in the palace square, Charlene's hostessing drew
praise from invitees.
"There was a garden party for 300, a medals and decorations
ceremony and her smile never left," says one attendee. "She was relaxed
and over the moon."
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