AMBASSADOR focused on global relevance about Princess Grace . Everything is starting from the partnership with luxury brands . She worked masterfully with them . The events are carried out all over the world through their activation here in Monaco , entirely aimed at celebrating Princess Grace and Her values .
People said She left Her career in Hollywood to become a Princess . We say , on the contrary , that She left Her career in Hollywood to start a new one as a Princess . That was absolutely a full-time job . She was working as a mother not to mention what She did in philanthropy . Now , we can really celebrate Her as the philanthropist who shaped Monaco in an excellent new direction .
She inspired Her children as well in that direction . Her children and grandchildren are strongly devoted to humanitarian causes .
We are following Her steps particularly with these new projects which are very important especially in this time , coming out from a very dark period . We are focused on pushing art and culture which had been devastated by the pandemic . Therefore , it is paramount to us to be giving the artists the opportunity to be appreciated and awarded as much as possible .
: Your commitment and that of the Foundation is then to enhance positive feelings about Princess Grace ’ s legacy mainly in the Principality and also elsewhere ?
BC : We have a variety of events in Monaco , starting from a new partnership with Formula 1 . As I said before , we will be announcing at next year ’ s Monaco Grand Prix the Princess Grace Influential Award .
We always work with partners who are fond of Princess Grace and of the mission . We created a community of people who feel involved in what we carry on . Soon , we will be doing something in London , then in Southern California in winter , and we will be in Dubai in December . We have all kinds of different events some big , some small .
: What about the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and its relationship with the Princely Family ?
BC : Prince Albert II of Monaco oversees the Foundation , He directs all of our strategies . He is proudly very involved in the various activities . The Princely Family , including the Prince ’ s sisters , share the passion in looking at Princess Grace ’ s impact especially in fashion . This is something the Foundation has been historically involved in . They see it as a great opportunity to keep on paying tribute to such an iconic figure . All initiatives are very close to their hearts considering that they are their Mother ’ s creation .
A topic we had been talking about a lot is the fact that She pioneered being a mother and a Princess . That is one of the best examples of a working mom and She truly was that . If you look at Prince Albert , you can really see how much He got inspired by Her with respect to kindness , philanthropy , generosity of spirit and that feeling of warmth that She was so well known for .
: How much has the Board of Trustees of the Foundation changed now ?
BC : At the beginning of the existing Foundation , leading movie stars were part of it like Cary Grant ( starring in Alfred Hitchcock ‘ To Catch a Thief ’) and Frank Sinatra ( starring in Charles Walters ‘ High Society ’). The descendants of all those showbiz celebrities are still on the Board . We feel a really wonderful bond with the past ; at the same time we have new actors and actresses approaching . Leslie Odom Jr . who is a huge star on Broadway was just nominated for an Academy Award and he was a Princess Grace award-winner ( 2016 ) and his career is sky rocketing . Jon Chu , director of ‘ Crazy Rich Asians ’ ( 2018 ), a film highlighting diversity and also notable for making ‘ In the Heights ’ ( 2021 ), a musical movie is part of our Board . Actually , the artists we supported are now giving back by joining the Foundation and helping our mission .
I hope that also some local talent will be given Grace Kelly ’ s awards since we are increasingly expanding . For the moment , our goal is strongly focused on American artists celebrated every year with a Grand Gala in New York .
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2019 Princess Grace Award winners in Dance and Choreography with H . S . H . Prince Albert II of Monaco Лауреаты премии Фонда принцессы Грейс в США в области танца и хореографии с князем Монако Альбером II , 2019 год
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