{"id":331192,"date":"2025-12-16T21:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2025\/12\/prince-albert-ii-and-princess-caroline-continue-historic-ardennes-visit\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:43:30","slug":"prince-albert-ii-and-princess-caroline-continue-historic-ardennes-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2025\/12\/prince-albert-ii-and-princess-caroline-continue-historic-ardennes-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Albert II and Princess Caroline continue historic Ardennes visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accompanied by his sister, the Sovereign inaugurated Arnicourt’s entry into the network of Historic Grimaldi Sites on Saturday, December 13, before traveling to Ch\u00e2teau-Porcien.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This day in the Ardennes held particular significance for the Prince and the Princess. Last April, Pope Francis’s funeral had forced Prince Albert II to cut short his visit<\/a> to the Ardennes department. The Sovereign and the Princess of Hanover were finally able to honour their commitment to both communes.<\/p>\n\n

In Arnicourt, a village of 150 inhabitants, the Prince unveiled the sign marking the commune’s membership in the Historic Grimaldi Sites network<\/a>. “In our eyes, there is no small commune within this network of territories united by a shared history with our family and our country,” he declared during the ceremony at the town hall.<\/p>\n\n

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“Every state has its music to be heard”<\/h2>\n\n

The Sovereign employed multiple metaphors to illustrate each territory’s importance. “All states, large or small, double basses or piccolos, have their role to play and their music to be heard in the concert of nations,” he proclaimed, before drawing a comparison between Arnicourt and Monaco: “A small land that knows how to resist centralising forces while playing as part of the team.”<\/p><\/p>\n\n

Quoting his father Rainier III, he also recalled that “it is not necessary to be a large country to have great dreams, nor to be numerous to achieve them.”<\/p>\n\n

Prince Albert II and Princess Caroline honour Grimaldi heritage in the Ardennes<\/a><\/blockquote>