In the photos, Jacques and Gabriela from Monaco greet Monegasques during the traditional Saint-Jean bonfire.

They greeted the crowd from the top of their royal balcony. This Sunday, June 23, 9-year-old twins Jacques and Gabriella were with their father, Prince Albert, at the traditional Saint-Jean bonfire in Monaco. The lighting of the fire, a bonfire called “batafoegu” in Monegasque, took place at night in the Place du Palais, minutes after a religious service in the Palatine Chapel. The children of Prince Albert and Charlene of Monaco, the latter also absent from the ceremony, were dressed in their finest. Jacques, matching his father, wore a blue suit with a tie, while Gabriella wore an elegant black dress.

The prince’s palace shared several photos of the event on social networks. “The midsummer fire symbolizes the transition to the summer solstice. The folk group “La Palladienne de Monaco” enlivened this celebration with songs and dances around the pyramid,” he explained in the title of the publication.

The Olympic torch

According to the social networks of the Prince’s Palace, Charlene of Monaco attended another ceremony on the evening of Sunday, June 23. Several photos on Instagram, also shared on Instagram, show the former professional swimmer in Paris surrounded by several members of the International Olympic Committee and the president of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, Tony Estangue. “Princess Charlene. He attended an exclusive concert at the Sorbonne in memory of the 130th anniversary of the founding speech of the modern Olympic Games and the Olympic movement,” we can read in the inscription on the carousel.