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Ninety Years of Grace: the most famous royal wedding dress of all?

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1st November 2019
It is perhaps the most talked about royal wedding dress of them all. When Grace Kelly, Oscar winning actress and Hollywood superstar, married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 19th 1956, she did it in a gown for the history books. The outfit became an instant classic and remains an icon to this day. [getty src=”2628819″ width=”443″ height=”594&#8243…
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Royalty among the mourners at Jacques Chirac's funeral

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30th September 2019
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg were among the leaders paying their tributes to the former President of France, Jacques Chirac, at his funeral in Paris today. The Earl of Wessex and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark were also among the mourners at the service which took place at Saint-Sulpice Church. Joachim and Marie were representing his mother, Queen…
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Prince Albert cleans streets of Monaco

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24th September 2019
Prince Albert II of Monaco was spotted helping pick up litter on the streets of Monaco Sunday as he participated in World Cleanup Day. “This World Day for the Cleanup of the Planet is a social action program to fight the problem of solid waste including that of…
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A look at the Monégasque line of succession

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4th August 2019
This summer, we are taking a look at the various lines of successions in the world’s monarchies. Today, we are focusing on the sixteen people in line to the Monégasque throne. There was a major change to the Constitution of Monaco in 2002 regarding the line of succession. Until then, only the direct descendants, including adopted children, of the reigning prince could inherit the crown.
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King Felipe welcomes Prince Albert of Monaco to Royal Palace

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23rd June 2019
The same week that King Felipe VI of Spain was in the United Kingdom at Windsor Castle being invested as a member of the Order of the Garter, alongside King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, by Her Majesty The Queen, he welcomed Prince Albert II of Monaco to Madrid. On Friday, 21 June at the Palace of La Zarzuela, His Majesty welcomed Prince Albert on the occasion of the latter’s visit to…
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