Princely couple to host European sports ministers in Monaco
By Zak Jackson, MonacoViews Editorial
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene will open a Council of Europe conference on children's sport in Monaco next week.
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene will take centre stage next week as Monaco hosts the 19th Conference of the Council of Europe's Ministers responsible for Sport, bringing together ministers from across the continent to discuss how sport can be made safer and healthier for children.
The gathering marks one of the more significant international events on the Principality's diplomatic calendar this autumn, placing Monaco at the centre of a continent-wide conversation on child welfare in sport. For residents, it underscores the government's continuing push to position the Principality as a venue for high-level European policy discussions, following other ministerial summits held here in recent years.
Full details of the agenda and the list of attending ministers have yet to be published, but the presence of the Princely couple at the opening signals the weight the Monegasque government is placing on the event.