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Preview of auction of objects that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte's famous bicorn hat is up for auction and on display next to the chateau where the general lived when he wasn't leading troops into battle across Europe.
The black felt is a little weathered by age and use - though no...
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Monaco: Prince Rainier, Prince Albert, Princess Stephanie, Princess Caroline
Description: 700th anniversary of Grimaldi dynasty (includes: Prince Rainier/Prince Albert, Princess Stephanie/Princess Caroline)
Source: EF97/0023
Description: World Music Awards (includes: Prince Albert, Princess...
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USA: PAT BUCHANAN ENDORSES BOB DOLE / JACK KEMP TICKET
Eng/Spanish/Nat
Happy to have him on the ticket is how Bob Dole has summed up his endorsement by right wing rival Pat Buchanan.
That effectively ends Buchanan's own presidential ambitions for now and presents a united Republican front at...
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French musician refutes tension between Royal couple
AP Entertainment
Monaco, 29 June 2011
1. Wide of French musician Jean Michel Jarre talking to media
2. Royal Palace on hilltop
3. Cutaway cameraman
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean Michelle Jarre, musician:
"I mean they were really in...
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IOC members arrive to discuss and vote on wide range of reforms; new Olympic bidding process approved
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a new Olympic bidding process on Monday during a two day session in Monaco to discuss President Thomas Bach's "Olympic Agenda 2020" reform package.
Members of the IOC convened at the...
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Prince hands over leopards to be released in SAfrica reserve
Monaco
1. People in zoo
2. Various of leopards inside cage
3. Born Free Foundation vet John Knight preparing materials for sedation
4. Prince Albert II of Monaco arriving at zoo with Virginia McKenna from Born Free Foundation
5. Prince...
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AP cover of religious marriage ceremony, chapel, kiss
1. Pan of people seated in Palace Square, watching proceedings on a giant screen
2. French President Nicolas Sarkozy arriving
3. Various of giant screen showing Charlene Wittstock entering the palace with her father, Mike
4. Giant screen...
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Celebs and royalty arrive to the Louvre benefit gala
AP Entertainment
Paris, France, 14 June 2011
1. Wide exterior of Louvre museum
2. Mid shot of Louvre
3. Mid shot of tourists taking pictures of Louvre
4. Wide shot of (from left) Frederic Mitterrand, french culture minister, Prince...
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Royal watchers, public, on death of Prince Rainier
1. Wide overhead shot of square in Paris
2. Woman walking down the street
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Sylvie Chanon, newsstand owner:
"I suppose that he's been dead for several days and that they've (referring to Grimaldi palace) waited...
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USA: SOTHEBY'S PREPARE FOR DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR AUCTION
English/Nat
It was an affair to remember and now it's a sale to end all sales.
Sotheby's auction house is gearing up for its biggest sale ever - the estate of the late Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
One of the many preview tours across...
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WRAP King and visitors celebrate throne accession anniversary
1. Wide of ceremony at throne hall marking King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary as monarch
2. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his wife Queen Sirikit
3. Pan from Queen Isabella of Spain and Prince Albert of Monaco to other...
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Excitement over birth of royal twins, but uncertainty over succession
As the birth of royal twins approaches in the Mediterranean principality of Monaco, uncertainty remains about which of the two babies will become heir to the throne.
Under the principality's royal succession rules, boys are chosen over...
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Prince at IOC following admission of illegitimate child
1. Prince Albert II of Monaco arriving at IOC session
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Prince Albert II of Monaco:
(Q: Do you hope your son will be involved in sporting activities?)
(A: I'm not going to comment on that.)
3. Prince Albert II of...
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WRAP Street scenes; papers; vox pops ahead of civil ceremony
1. Pan from palace to police officers on street
2. Police van driving past
3. Two police officers on street
4. Flag on pole in street reading (French) "Princely marriage"
5. Wide of newspaper stand at market
6. Man placing stack of...
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King Albert abdicates, allowing his son Philippe to take the throne, atmosphere, vox pops
1. Wide of Saint Michel and Gudule cathedral where the royal family and the government attended church
2. Medium of security and crowd with belgian flags
3. Close-up of flag reading: "Vive Filip"
4. Medium of crowd waiting behind...
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Preparations for religious wedding of Prince Albert II and Charlene Wittstock
1. Wide of Palace Square
2. Workers preparing for wedding, setting up the red carpet
3. Man setting up the red carpet
4. Flags
5. Wide of Palace Square with white chairs set out for guests
6. Medium of the white chairs on the Palace...
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Work on delayed Olympic projects continues despite strike
1. Various of Olympic stadium (with new roof)
2. Pan of interior velodrome
3. Tilt down velodrome
4. Denis Oswald, chief International Olympic Committee (IOC) overseer for Athens games, arriving at stadium
5. Marton Simitsek, Athens...
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Olympic flame reaches Athens, work continues despite strike
1. Topshot of the ceremony, flame entering stadium
2. Various of Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou carrying a torch followed by a group carrying the flags of the more than 200 nations expected to compete in the Athens Games
3. Close-up...
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Prince Albert marries Charlene Wittstock in civil ceremony
1. Medium shot of Place Square with the civil ceremony between Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene Wittstock displayed on large screens as Monegasques are looking on
2. Mid of Albert on large screen during civil...
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Latest health update, reactions and prayers
1. Wide of Monaco
2. Mid of Monaco
3. Mid of hospital
4. Tilt down from a fountain in a plaza to a marketplace
5. People standing at a newsstand
6. Close up of a headline on the Monaco-Matin newspaper
7. SOUNDBITE(French) Voxpop,...
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Prince Albert's fiancee Charlene Wittstock holds press conference
AP Entertainment
Pietermaritzburg , South Africa - 11 February 2011
1. Wide shot Charlene Wittstock arriving at the St. John's Diocesan School in Pietermaritzburg
2. Wide shot school children
3. UPSOUND (English) Charlene Wittstock,...
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Streets scenes; papers; vox pops ahead of civil ceremony
1. Pan from palace to police officers on street
2. Police van driving past
3. Two police officers on street
4. Flag on pole in street reading (French) "Princely marriage"
5. Wide of newspaper stand at market
6. Man placing stack of...
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Funeral of Dutch Queen Mother
1. Wide of royal crypt
2. Horse-drawn hearse arriving
3. Soldiers in dress uniform marching and pull out to procession
4. Wide of foreign dignitaries arriving
5. Midshot of foreign dignitaries including former Queen Noor of Jordan with...
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Chirac being treated for "vascular incident", reax
Paris - 3 September 2005
1. Wide pan of Val-de-Grace Hospital buildings to hospital entrance, police standing by
2. Plaques of hospital departments
3. Various of anti-riot police buses entering hospital grounds to set up security...