Today is Monaco’s National Day, celebrated annually on the anniversary of Prince Rainier III’s and Prince Albert II’s coronations in 1949 and 2005. The festivities include a fireworks show, a mass, and a gala at the opera in Monte Carlo. The Grimaldi women usually bring out some of their best jewels for the opera gala. As we wait to see what the family wears this evening — and whether Princess Charlene, pregnant with twins, attends the gala — let’s look back at the jewels worn at the opera over the past fifteen years.
Monaco’s National Day Gala Jewels
Princess Caroline, Prince Ernst-August of Hanover, and Princess Antoinette, 2000
Prince Albert, Prince Rainier, Princess Caroline, and Prince Ernst-August, 2001
Prince Ernst-August and Princess Caroline (wearing her sash on the wrong shoulder?), 2002
Princess Caroline, 2003
Princess Caroline, 2004
Albert II’s Coronation Gala (Andrea Casiraghi, Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, Prince Ernst-August, Charlotte Casiraghi), 2005
Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, 2006
Pierre Casiraghi, Princess Stephanie, and Prince Albert, 2007
Charlotte Casiraghi, Prince Ernst-August, Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, Elisabeth-Anne de Massy (daughter of Princess Antoinette), Andrea Casiraghi, and Pierre Casiraghi, 2008
Princess Caroline and Prince Albert, 2008
Princess Caroline and Prince Albert, 2009
Charlene Wittstock, Princess Caroline, and Prince Albert, 2010
Princess Caroline, 2010
Princess Charlene, Prince Albert, and Princess Caroline, 2011
Pierre Casiraghi, Prince Albert, Princess Charlene, Princess Caroline, and Andrea Casiraghi, 2012
Princess Charlene and Prince Albert, 2012
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