On November 7, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the 6th Edition of the Only Watch charity auction held at the La Réserve in Geneva, Switzerland. The sovereign prince is Patron of this important charity event.
Over 300 people, bidding on 44 unique watches, attended last Saturday’s auction which raised over €10,450,000 making it the most successful Only Watch fundraiser to date.
On Saturday, November 7, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco received the 2015 Blue Ocean Legacy Award during day two of the Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit held at the Musée Océanographique in Monaco-Ville, Monaco.
The sovereign prince received the award for his dedication to the conservation of the marine environment as well as for being an overall super nice guy.
Earlier in the day, HH Prince Hussein Aga Khan signed his new photography book, Diving into Wildlife: Focus on Nature, at the Musée Océanographique. To learn more about the prince and his work please visit his official website here.
On Friday, November 6, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived at the Salle d’Exposition, Quai Antoine 1er in Monte-Carlo to view an exhibition by famed photographer, Mr. Steve Curry.
Entitled, Regards, the exhibition showcases over 100 images including the iconic 1985 National Geograophic photograph of the young green-eyed Afghan girl, mixed-media portraits as well as landscapes.
Steve Curry’s Regards will be open to the public until November 11, 2015.
On November 5, 2015, Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover attended the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco award ceremony in Monte-Carlo.
During yesterday’s ceremony the lovely princess presented the 2016 Prix International d’Art Contemporain (International Contemporary Art Prize) to Miss Rosa Barba for her work, Subconscious Society. The winner of the 2015 Prix Essai Critique sur l’Art Contemporain (Critical Essay on Contemporary Art ) went to Mr. Zian Chen, for his critical essay on contemporary art entitled, Fictional Exhibitions.
Congrats to the winners!
On the evening of October 29, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived at Sotheby’s in London, England, to attend a gala dinner, organized by the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, in honor of the late Sir Winston Churchill.
Royal guests in attendance included HRH The Countess of Wessex, HH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, and HH Princess Corinna Sayn-Wittgenstein to name a few.
On October 29, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived at Plymouth University in Plymouth, Devon, England, to officially open the new £4.85 million Marine Station.
According to the university’s official website the new two-story research station has:
“…teaching rooms with panoramic views of Plymouth Sound, a 120 square metre ‘wet lab’, where up to 50 students at a time can study samples, which can then be transferred to the aquarium facility served by continuous fresh seawater.
[During today’s opening the sovereign prince] unveiled a plaque to signal the official opening. He then took a tour of the building and met staff and students who use it as part of their marine biology and engineering degrees, and for research purposes.”
On the morning of October 20, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived at Larvotto Marine Reserve off the coast of Monte-Carlo to participate in a dive on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Association Monégasque pour la Protection de la Nature (Monégasque Association for the Protection of Nature).
During Tuesday’s dive a wreath was placed onto an underwater monument in memory of founder, Mr. Eugène Bernardi.
And, finally, here is an interview from May 7, 2015, with the sovereign prince about the Association Monégasque pour la Protection de la Nature.
The Royal Correspondent 