The award that Carlota Casiraghi has received from the hands of her sister and supported by her family

24 hours before National Day of Monaco, the event that meets every November 19 to all the Grimaldi in the Principality, Charlotte Casiraghi was awarded with the distinction of the Order of Cultural Merit. A medal that was presented to him his sister, Alexandra of Hanover, during a very emotional ceremony and under the watchful eye of his mother, Princess Caroline of Monaco. A very important date in which she was supported by her brothersAndrea and Pierre Casiraghi, and Albert of Monaco.

At mid-morning on Monday, November 18, and just the day before the long-awaited National Day of Monaco, the Monegasque Royal Family gathered almost entirely to accompany Carlota Casiraghi on her promotion, as she has been elevated to the rank of Knight. An event that took place in the Blue Room of the Palace Grimaldi, So called because of the amount of brocades of this color that cover its walls. In this room, the golden color and the spectacular Muran crystal chandeliers that adorn it also stand out.

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The Princess of Hanover presented Carlota Casiraghi with the distinctions of the Order of Cultural Merit for her work as President of the Philosophical Meetings of Monaco, which she created in 2015 to be able to publicly share her passion for literature, a universe to which he entered when studied philosophy at the Parisian University of La Sorbonne. In these meetings, she brings together several writers and friends to discuss female emancipation, through their works or historical literary figures.

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In addition, these meetings are also dedicated to organizing conferences, debates, seminars, as well as literary awards that aim to celebrate and promote philosophical thought. In fact, thanks to these meetings we have been able to get to know a little more about theto daughter of Carolina of Monaco and “her unique and intimate relationship with books and reading.” Prince Albert’s niece is not alone in this project that she directs with Virginie Viard. The former hand Karl Lagerfeld has been the artistic director of the haute couture house since the death of the fashion kaiser, which took place on February 19, 2019.

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The distinction that her sister has given to Carlota Casiraghi, honors and rewards people who, through their works or commitment, have contributed to the development of arts, letters and sciences in Monaco. In the principality of Monaco there are three orders and four medals: the National Order of Saint Charles, founded in 1858 and of which the prince is grand master assisted by a chancellor; the Order of Grimaldi, founded in 1954, and the Order of Cultural Merit. As for the medals, bronze, silver and gilded silver, there are those for Honor, Work, Physical Education and Sports, and Red Cross Recognition.

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This is how they have experienced the National Day of Monaco 2024

On Tuesday, November 19, what is also known as the Sovereign’s Day or the Prince’s Feast was celebrated, which represents the bond of the Monegasques with Prince Albert and his family. The official ceremonies began at 9:30 a.m., when the princely family went to the cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, known as Monaco Cathedral, to participate in a mass of thanksgiving and a Te Deum. It is the most solemn act of the day and there has been no shortage of guests, in addition to the princely couple, Princesses Carolina and Estefania, who are the other great pillar of the Monegasque monarchnor his nephews. Pierre Casiraghiwith his wife, Beatrice Borromeo TOAndrea Casiraghi with his wife, Tatiana Santo Domingo; Charlotte Casiraghi, Alexandra of Hannover; Louis and Pauline Ducruet and Camille Gottlieb. These last children of Princess Estefania.

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Once the ceremony was over, Prince Albert II and his entire family went to the Grimaldi Palace to present the insignia and medals, which gave way to a military parade in the square of the royal residence. It was then that the balconies of the Palace were packed with the youngest members of the dynasty. The Prince’s Police Corps, the Fire Department, as well as the Public Security Directorate, have participated in this march.

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