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Monaco gets ready to celebrate its first "normal" National Day in three years

The Principality of Monaco is getting ready to celebrate the first National Day without restrictions or absences in years. In 2020, heath safety restrictions meant that the public had to be limited and stay socially distant, with face masks on at all times. In 2021, the festivities were tinged with worries about Princess Charlene’s health; she had just returned to Monaco after being…
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The Laws of Succession in...Monaco

For over seven hundred years, albeit with a few interruptions, the House of Grimaldi has ruled Monaco. A constitutional monarchy, it is currently headed by Albert II, Prince of Monaco. The succession in Monaco is male-preference primogeniture. Although Albert II is the…
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Grace's children: Who is Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover?

Princess Caroline Louise Margueritewas born in the Princes Palace in Monte Carlo, the capital of the small sun-kissed principality of Monaco, on 23 January 1957. The eldest child of Their Serene Highnesses, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Grace, Princess of Monaco, she bore the title of Hereditary Princess of Monaco from the time of her birth until the birth of her younger brother, Prince…
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Name revealed of eight-in-line to the Monégasque throne

The name of the eight-in-line to the Monégasque throne has been revealed. Hola! Magazine had the exclusive scoop on the newborn’s name, who was born on 28 February at the Princess Grace Hospital Centre in Monaco. The baby boy has been named Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi. He is the first child of Pierre Casiraghi and his wife, Italian aristocrat and journalist, Beatrice Borromeo; he is…
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Birth of fourth grandchild for Princess Caroline of Hanover

Last year, Royal Central announced that Pierre Casiraghi (son of Princess Caroline) and his wife, Beatrice Borromeo were expecting their first baby in early 2017. The Italian journalist gave birth to a healthy baby boy on 28 February in the small principality at the Princess…