Monaco

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…
Monaco

Grace's children: Who is Princess Stéphanie of Monaco?

Princess Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth was born in the Princes Palace in Monte Carlo, the capital of the small sun-kissed principality of Monaco, on 1 February 1965. The youngest child of Their Serene Highnesses, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Grace, Princess of Monaco, she was third in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne at the time of her birth, following her older brother, Prince…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

The Duchess of Cambridge takes on her second solo tour

Yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge took her second solo tour since marrying Prince William in 2011. The Duchess made the short trip to Luxembourg, looking fashionable as always in a muted blue coat by Emilia Wickstead. She was on hand to help mark the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of London. The treaty is what sealed Luxembourg’s independence and created it as a neutral force in…
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