On Sunday, the historic state trip in Monaco continued with a visit by President Macron and Prince Albert to a thalassotherapy company.
Meanwhile, Princess Charlene welcomed Brigitte Macron at the nautical center of the Louis II Stadium on the occasion of the “Aquatic Safety Day”, an event focused on the prevention of drowning which is among the causes launched by Charlene.
Later, Macron and Albert II attended a congress on blue economy at the Grimaldi Forum, after which they were rejoined by their wives for a farewell lunch. The president and the prince met again that evening in Nice, where attended the opening of the third UN Ocean Conference.
A historic dinner
Saturday’s dinner was also the first state dinner given by Albert II and the first to be attended by a Princess of Monaco. Princess Grace died in 1982, two years before the event with Mitterrand.
In 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping also made a state visit to Monaco, but it lasted just a few hours, only allowing time for lunch.
During the reign of Rainier III, the prince and Grace Kelly did make some state trips abroad (such as the one in 1961 that took them to the Ireland) but also these visits outside Monaco are rare: Ireland, Czech Republic and China are some of the few countries that Alberto and Charlene have visited on trips of that category.
Originally published in Vanity Fair Italy
