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In addition to serving her sister's bridesmaid on her wedding day, Princess Beatrice will also give a special reading at Princess Eugenie's royal wedding with Jack Brooksbank on Friday.
After Charles Brooksbank, Jack's cousin, finishes his reading – from the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians – Beatrice will rise in front of the guests gathered for the wedding in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle to read a passage of Gatsby the magnificent by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The fact that the princess bride has chosen an iconic American author for her traditional British royal wedding is not the only surprise, given that Gatsby the magnificent is a dark novel that is less of a love story and more of a reflection of the disillusionment of the American dream.
Eugenie chose one of the most famous passages of the book to read her sister, who describes the main character, the smile of Jay Gatsby.
"He smiled with understanding, much more than understanding. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal assurance that you could meet four or five times in life. He faced – or seemed to be facing – everyone eternal for a moment, then focused on you with an irresistible bias in your favor. He understood you as much as you wanted to be understood, believed in yourself as you would like to believe in yourself and assured you that it gave you the precise impression that, at best, you were hoping to convey.
"It was precisely at that moment that he disappeared – and I was looking at an elegant young man with a rough neck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech was lacking. simply to be absurd. Some time before his presentation, I had the strong impression that he was taking his words carefully. "
The quote actually reflects the feelings of the royal about her future husband. Just as Gatsby has the ability to make people feel important, Eugenie says that Jack embodies the same quality.
Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie
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"Jack is the type of guy, you know when you're lost at a party and you can not find anyone to talk to, and you panic and you need help? It will come in and make everyone feel so special, "said Eugenie during her interview with ITV before the wedding.
"He'll take you and talk to you and make you feel a million dollars and [looks at Jack] it is you and you are so humble and generous. So humble and generous – that's two words – and this person you immediately know [that] you have a friend…"
Of course, Gatsby did not have the same fairy tale ending as Jack! After falling madly in love with married Daisy Buchanan, it was revealed that Gatsby had built his fortune on corruption. He was finally murdered by a man who thought he had an affair with his wife.
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The 1925 novel, titled The Age of Jazz, has had a makeover with the 2013 screen adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which inspired a growing trend of holiday-themed parties. Gatsby. And now, Eugenie's royal wedding may well inspire a whole new generation of royal admirers to discover the American classic.
