Monaco

Monaco football team pays tribute to Princess Grace with new season jersey

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24th July 2020
Monaco’s football club has updated its home jerseys this season pay tribute to the jersey that Princess Grace designed for the 1960-1961 season, sixty years ago. AS Monaco Football Club worked with Italian manufacturer Kappa to create the new home jerseys, which will be worn through 2020-2021 and described it as “as iconic as it is timeless.” The jersey features an “elegant…
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Prince Albert II: the landmark dates as he celebrates 15th anniversary of his reign

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15th July 2020
Prince Albert II of Monaco marks the 15th anniversary of his accession as Sovereign Prince of Monaco this year. Prince Albert, son of Prince Rainier III and American actress Grace Kelly, succeeded his father on 6 April 2005, only five days after he had been called by the Crown Council of Monaco to take over as Regent due to his father’s failing health. This week marks fifteen years since…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco

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2nd July 2020
It was billed as Monaco’s biggest celebrations in over fifty years. In July 2011, Prince Albert II married Charlene Wittstock in civil and religious ceremonies that brought royals from across Europe to Monaco and grabbed the attention of the world. The wedding was one of the biggest royal events in Europe that decade and turned an Olympic swimmer into a consort. It also brought a dash of…
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Prince Albert of Monaco leads masked mourners at cousin's funeral

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17th June 2020
Prince Albert II of Monaco has paid his last respects to his cousin, Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy, at her funeral in Monte Carlo. She died in Monaco on June 10th 2020. Prince Albert was joined by his wife, Princess Charlene, and his sisters, Princess Caroline and Princess Stephanie, at the funeral which saw all mourners wear black face masks as a consequence of the coronavirus…
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