The 16th annual Women of Monaco Lunch filled the Salon Mediterranee at the Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo on October 8, with guests dressed head to toe in red for a fundraiser organised by Sandrine Knoell of 5 Stars Events, supported by Barclays Private Bank. By the end of the afternoon, the event had raised 35,000 euros for the Princess Grace Foundation, more than double the 13,700 euros collected at the previous year's green themed edition.
The Princess Grace Foundation, established in 1964, supports hospitalised children and their families, funds paediatric medical research, and promotes cultural initiatives for young people, work that the lunch's growing totals have helped sustain each year since it began. Lady Tina Green set the tone for this year's edition before the first course was served, pledging 10,000 euros in advance of the lunch.