Monaco

A view from the entrance into the 63rd Red Cross Ball at the Sporting Monte-Carlo
on Aug. 5, 2011 in Monaco.

Table settings await guests at the 63rd Red Cross Ball at the Sporting Monte-Carlo

A place setting at the 63rd Red Cross Ball at the Sporting Monte-Carlo

Table settings

A small musical group plays as guests arrive for the 63rd Red Cross Ball at the Sporting
Monte-Carlo on Aug. 5, 2011, in Monaco.

Prince Albert of Monaco helps Santa distribute Christmas presents to Monegasque
children during the Christmas Tree Party in the Monaco Palace on Dec. 20, 2006.

Prince Albert II of Monaco poses with Santa Claus and Monegasques children in front
of a decorated tree outside of the palace during the annual Christmas Tree Party
on Dec. 20, 2006.

Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Stephanie of Monaco pose with Santa Claus
and Monegasque children in the Monaco Palace during the annual Christmas Tree Party
on Dec. 20, 2006.

Prince Albert II of Monaco arrives with his sisters, Princess Stephanie, center, and Princess Caroline of Hanover, to the Monte Carlo Red Cross Gala on Aug. 4, 2006, in Monaco.
In the second row is Prince Pierre of Monaco, son of Princess Caroline. In the back,
on the right, is Charlene Wittstock, South African Olympic swimmer.

Charlene Wittstock, South African Olympic swimmer, arrives at the Red Cross Gala
in Monaco on Aug. 4, 2006. She sat with the royal family during the event, which is
stoking speculation that she might be Monaco's next princess.

Charlene Wittstock poses at the Monaco Red Cross Ball on Aug. 4, 2006.

Charlene Wittstock, Prince Ernst August of Hanover (husband of Princess Caroline),
Prince Albert II and Princess Stephanie of Monaco attend the Red Cross Ball dinner
in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006.

Princess Stephanie and Prince Albert attend the Monaco Red Cross
Ball dinner at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006.

Ivana Trump and Rossano Rubicondi, who has been her boyfriend for more
than four years, pose at the Monaco Red Cross Ball on Aug. 4, 2006.

Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Meredith Ostrom arrive at the Monaco
Red Cross Ball in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006. For the event's 58th
anniversary, Duran Duran provided entertainment.

Prince Albert II, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Prince Ernst August of Hanover
(husband of Princess Caroline), Pierre Casiraghi and Charlene Wittstock arrive
at the Monaco Red Cross Ball in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006.

some of the entertainers at the Monaco Red Cross Ball on Aug. 4, 2006.

Princess Caroline of Monaco at the Monaco Red Cross Ball on Aug. 4, 2006.

Princess Caroline of Monaco and her husband, Prince Ernst August of Hanover,
arrive at the Monaco Red Cross Ball at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club on Aug. 4, 2006.

Here is part of the setting of the Monaco Red Cross Ball in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006.

Pierre Casiraghi and his cousin, Melanie de Massy, dance at the Monaco Red
Cross Ball in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006. Pierre's mother is Princess Caroline.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld and Princess Caroline of Hanover
attend the Monaco Red Cross Ball in Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006.

a general view of the Monaco Red Cross Ball in the Salles des Etoiles
at the Sporting Monte Carlo on Aug. 4, 2006.

Here's a general view of the sporting hall in Monte Carlo, where the 59th annual
Red Cross ball took place on July 27, 2007.

Taking a place of honor at the 59th Red Cross Ball on July 27, 2007 in Monte Carlo
is Monaco's royal family, whose members are seen here. From left are Princess Caroline
of Hanover, Prince Albert's companion Charlene Wittstock, Princess Stephanie of Monaco,
the Monagasque ruler Prince Albert II, and Princess Antoinette of Monaco.
Caroline and Stephanie are Albert's sisters; Antoinette is his aunt.