Princess Caroline of Monaco and Hanover led the Royal and Noble Guests at the Ball of the Sovereign Order of Malta at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée in Paris in April 11th, which was the first Gala held for the Order in Paris since 1967.
Princess Caroline of Monaco and Hanover (wearing her Cartier Sapphire Earrings) and Baron Olivier de La Chapelle, president of the French association of members of the Sovereign Order of Malta.
The salons of the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée in Paris were literally packed. At the invitation of Baron Olivier de La Chapelle, president of the French Association of Members of the Order of Malta, and under the high patronage of Fra’ John Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Order, all supporters of the institution had gathered for this truly momentous event: the first gala evening in Paris in 59 years. The event was held to benefit the Order’s 68th pilgrimage to Lourdes
Prince Guillaume and his wife Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, surrounded by two of their children, Princess Charlotte of Nassau and Prince Paul Louis of Nassau
Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria; Prince Charles Emmanuel of Bourbon-Parma; Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg; Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma; and Prince Louis of Bourbon.
Princess Caroline of Hanover and Princess Constance of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Charles Louis of Orléans, his wife Princess Iléana, and four of their children: Prince Louise, Princess Hélène, Princess Isabelle, and Princess Constantin
Princess Dorothea of Arenbeng, the Duke of Crussol, Princess Eleanor of Arenberg and Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein
Baron Olivier de La Chapelle, president of the French association of members of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Princess Caroline of Hanover, Prince Ludovic de Polignac, Ariane de Chazournes and her mother Princess Diane de Polignac
Princess Diane de Polignac, Charles Noël de Cacqueray, Alejandra Pourpel, Françoise Péricaud-Duval, Baron Olivier de La Chapelle, Marie-Gabrielle de La Chapelle, Armand de Vial, Diane de Noailles de Mouchy de Poix, and Paola Obligi.
© Julio Piatti
Lovely photos of people we don’t often see-thanks so much!