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

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15th November 2022
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

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9th October 2022
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 middle child of Prince Rainier III and Grace, Princess of Monaco, he is the only male child, so he became heir apparent at…
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Prince Albert shares sympathy after violent storms on Corsica

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25th August 2022
Prince Albert II of Monaco has sent a message of support to the President of the Executive Council of Corsica following devasting storms that hit the island.In a message sent to President Gilles Simeoni, Prince Albert wrote: “Mr President, Together with my family and the people of the Principality of Monaco, I would like to express our deepest sympathy for the tragic consequences of the…
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A royal with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

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16th August 2022
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…
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Princess Charlene forgoes  privilège du blanc 

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23rd July 2022
On a recent visit to meet the Pope, Princess Charlene of Monaco forwent her privilège du blanc and opted for a black outfit like non-Catholics who meet His Holiness.The Prince and Princess of Monaco were in the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Francis on 20 July, but the Princess appeared in all black when she is one of the few women in the world allowed to wear white to meet the…
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