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Monaco gets ready for a new family arrival as Princess Stéphanie prepares to become a grandmother for the first time

Monaco just had the joy of seeing their first National Day being celebrated in an atmosphere of normality for three years, and now the Principality is ready to celebrate more happy news.  Princess Stéphanie is due to become a grandmother in the first half of 2023, following her son’s announcement that he and his wife are expecting their first child next year.  Louis Ducruet posted a…
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Royal parents show off their children's Halloween costumes

Royal parents have taken to social media to show off their children’s Halloween costumes. With all restrictions from the global health crisis lifted after two years, children have been able to get back to dressing up as their favourite characters and going trick-or-treating. It’s no different for royal children. Princess Charlene of Monaco shared a photo of her and Prince…
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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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Princess Charlene reveals how Princess Gabriella prepared for the first day of school

Princess Charlene has revealed how her daughter, Princess Gabriella, prepared for her first day of school this year. The Princess of Monaco took to Instagram to share two photos of Gabriella and her twin brother, Prince Jacques, ahead of their first day of school on Monday, 5 September. Charlene revealed that Gabriella cut her own hair and then gave her brother a haircut ahead of the new…
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A royal with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

It should come as no surprise that one royal has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California. No, it is not the Hollywood royal who is part of the British Royal Family. Instead, it is the late American Academy Award winner, Grace Kelly, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1929, who became the Princess of Monaco upon her marriage to Prince Rainier III in 1956. Grace Kelly retired…
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