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Prince Albert puts support behind EU's COVID-19 initiative

Monaco’s Prince Albert has put his support behind the European Union’s initiative in combating COVID-19. The EU has put together a global response to the pandemic, and on Monday, they organised an online international conference of donors alongside various international partners. This came after a call from the World Health Organisation and major players in the global health sector…
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Prince and Princess of Monaco present gifts at Monaco Red Cross and Princely Palace

On Wednesday, the Prince and Princess of Monaco presented Christmas gifts at the Monaco Red Cross and Princely Palace alongside their niece and nephew, Camille Gottlieb and Louis Ducruet (two of Prince Albert’s younger sister, Princess Stéphanie’s children). Embed from Getty Images One of the gift distributions took place at the headquarters of the Monegasque Red Cross where…
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90 Years of Grace: Who is Prince Albert?

The man more commonly known as Prince Albert II of Monaco was born Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi on 14 March 1958. The second child and only son of the then monarch of Monaco, Prince Rainier III, and his wife, Princess Grace, Albert was a prince and the heir to the…
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A new insight into the love story of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

‘An angel whose brightness shall illume my life”. The passionate words of a young prince in love, written to the queen he had just been asked to marry, are among the many items shared on a new website celebrating the life and achievements of one of the most famous royals of all. On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Prince Albert, the Royal Collection Trust is launching a new…
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Royal Presents at Osborne: New Exhibition to focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

English Heritage celebrates the bicentenary of the births of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with a new exhibition, Royal Presents at Osborne, focusing on the unique stories behind seven gifts exchanged by the royal couple. Osborne itself was, of course, the Queen and Prince Consort’s supreme present as a private retreat, for themselves and the royal children. Its situation was ideal…
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