When Shana is asked if she knows who is getting married at the Chateau de Chantilly, a broad smile appears on the 25-year-old's face.
"Well yes, it's Nabilla", she answers tit for tat.
Enthusiastic, although at work that day, she does not intend to miss a beat.
“I'm going to be on Instagram all day, I'm really into it,” she confides, very curious to “see the dress”.
“She could have done that in Dubai or anywhere in the world, but she chose Chantilly, it's still crazy!
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A ceremony prepared in secret
This Tuesday, the reality TV star and influencer with 6.6 million subscribers on Instagram will indeed be in the realm of the princes, where she will marry - a second time - her companion Thomas Vergara.
Filmed, the event will be the subject of a program in several episodes which will be broadcast on the platform of the American giant Amazon Prime.
But we won't know much about the ceremony as it is shrouded in a scent of secrecy.
Whether on the side of the domain, the producers (Banijay and ITV studios) or Amazon Prime, radio silence.
None wished to answer our questions.
Since its main patron stopped donating, the Château de Chambilly has been looking for ways to diversify its income.
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Only the date and place leaked to the press several weeks ago.
"Everyone is aware, it turns on the networks" loose a teenager.
A source in the Cantilian area tells us that Nabilla and her guests “will be celebrating until 3 am”, that there will be fireworks and some personalities.
"Footballers, I think," she says.
And to go with a little spade: "It's all a bit fake, they have already married.
It's just for Amazon.
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In the meantime, we therefore had to be content with a few distilled messages on social networks, where the two lovebirds excel.
“I'm telling you, a wedding is a tough time to organize.
It's been almost six months that we are on it so that everything is good.
We are on the finishing touches but it's a puzzle, ”Thomas Vergara indicated on June 30 on Snapchat.
“They teased,” laughs Shana.
"It's not Ryan Gosling either"
In the princely city, the arrival of the cathodic star - revealed by "The Angels of reality TV" - arouses many reactions, between amusement, curiosity and indifference. "It's not Ryan Gosling either", cut Sophie, 17, who tried to see, in vain, the American actor who came to shoot at the Chantilly estate two weeks ago, for a film produced this this time by Netflix. Anouk, 22, will “maybe take a walk”. “But access risks being blocked,” she predicts. Constable side, again, no comments.
Among the traders we met, a shrug of the shoulders.
"Not sure that it brings us much in terms of customers," we whisper.
Emerence, she sees this coming rather favorably.
“This will do a bit of publicity at the castle,” she says.
It's good for its visibility.
"" Not sure that it is very good for the image of the castle, squeaks on her side a restaurateur.
But hey, the domain needs the money.
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: the Château de Chantilly plagued by the crisis
Deprived of its wealthy patron, Prince Karim Aga Khan, who had injected 70 million euros in 15 years before retiring in 2020, and impacted by the health crisis, the Estate is indeed experiencing financial difficulties. The state had even had to pay an exceptional subsidy of 4.5 million euros to try to limit the damage and preserve the employment of 132 employees. So the castle must diversify its activities, by hosting film shoots, for example, and henceforth, a reality show. From the Duke of Aumale to Nabilla, there was ultimately only one (long) step.
