MONACO: Newly-wed Prince and Princess of Monaco plus Jean-Michel Jarre rock Monaco

Record ID: 738097

  • Title: MONACO: Newly-wed Prince and Princess of Monaco plus Jean-Michel Jarre rock Monaco
  • Date: 2nd July 2011
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (French) MONEGASQUE, CECILE, SAYING: "It was very good, very moving. It was very moving when they went out onto the balcony to wave to the Monegasques. It was very good." (SOUNDBITE) (French) MONEGASQUE, HELENE, SAYING: "She is so natural, so kind and so sincere, she is magnificent."
  • Embargoed: 17th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Monaco, Monaco
  • Country: Monaco
  • Topics: Entertainment,Royalty
  • Reuters ID: LVAEJOCV05NVBYG5WPOYPW64DK5X
  • Story Text: The newly-wed Prince and Princess of Monaco take to the stage to speak to fans as Jean-Michel Jarre puts on an extravagant wedding show.
    "Viva Monaco" said the newly-wed Princess Charlene of Monaco as she and Prince Albert greeted the people of Monaco at an open-air concert after their civil wedding on Friday (July 1).
    The concert, put on by French synthpop star Jean-Michel Jarre, was a music and light extravaganza on Hercules Port in Monte Carlo, with fireworks over the bay.
    Lights lit up the surrounding buildings as people watched the new Serene Highness and her Prince on the stage.
    The couple waved to the crowds as Princess Charlene hugged Prince Albert on stage, and then Albert, 53, thanked the crowd for the warm welcome they had shown his princess.
    Their thanks to the people of Monaco and those watching around the world were broadcast on large screens.
    Residents of the tiny city state on the French Riviera, known as Monegasques, hope the newest princess in the age-old House of Grimaldi will provide a boost to the gambling hotspot and financial enclave.
    But Friday's festivities are a mere prelude to Saturday, when some 3,500 guests will assemble in the palace courtyard to witness the more formal union.
    Monaco officials say they expect some 100,000 well-wishers and the curious to descend on the principality over the weekend.
    Media reports that Wittstock was having second thoughts threatened to dampen the festivities earlier this week.
    Palace officials denied a report in French weekly L'Express on Tuesday that she had tried to leave from nearby Nice airport on a one-way flight to South Africa, and had required intense convincing by the prince and his entourage to stay.
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