{"id":51460,"date":"2026-02-26T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=51460"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:36:48","slug":"six-charming-princes-for-three-castles-lgbt-couples-rebuilding-frances-fairy-tale-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2026\/02\/26\/six-charming-princes-for-three-castles-lgbt-couples-rebuilding-frances-fairy-tale-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Charming Princes for Three Castles: LGBT Couples Rebuilding France\u2019s Fairy\u2011Tale Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First, there were princesses in towers waiting for some vaguely straight prince on a horse. Now it\u2019s 2026, and our fairy tales look very different: six charming princes, three very real \u201ccastles\u201d, a lot of rubble, and zero damsels in distress. From a burned\u2011out manor in Eure\u2011et\u2011Loir to an abandoned ch\u00e2teau reborn as a wedding venue, to a stone farmhouse turned \u201cmini\u2011chateau\u201d, meet the queer couples rewriting the \u201chappily ever after\u201d in rural France.\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dimitri & David: the manor that burned, the love that didn\u2019t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dimitri and David Petitpas fell for the Manoir d\u2019Egmont<\/a>, a 19th\u2011century house overlooking the Loir: parquet floors, marble fireplaces, a huge park, everything you\u2019d want in a romantic movie set. They bought it in autumn 2025 with a clear plan: 100 days of intensive work to stabilise the structure and host their wedding there in summer 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the night of 20\u201321 November 2025, everything changed. While they were back near the Swiss border, the gendarmerie called: the manor was on fire. By the time they drove back to Cloyes\u2011les\u2011Trois\u2011Rivi\u00e8res, the 150\u2011year\u2011old timber structure had collapsed, 90% of the 220 m\u00b2 living space was destroyed, and their \u201ccastle\u201d was a blackened shell open to the sky. Local and national outlets have covered the story, from Intensit\u00e9<\/em> to more detailed features about how their dream wedding quite literally went up in smoke.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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