When they arrive on the Cannes Film Festival, all of the paparazzi flip their lenses in the direction of them. We aren’t speaking in regards to the stars of the silver display however the royals who handle to steal the limelight as quickly as they step onto the well-known crimson carpet on the Palais des Festivals. Some of their appearances are legendary. Think of Princess Diana in a splendid sky-blue chiffon robe in 1987, or the legendary assembly between Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco, which happened in May 1955, at his princely palace, when Alfred Hitchcock’s muse was attending the competition in France. Many distinguished members of Europe’s royal households are regulars on the competition, although Monaco’s ruling dynasty is the most effective represented: Pierre Casiraghi, his spouse Beatrice Borromeo, and his sisters Charlotte Casiraghi and Alexandra of Hanover all often attend the competition.
Here’s a take a look at a few of the most well-known royal household appearances on the Croisette in Cannes over time.