Inner Circles
A Royal Uncovering
Every summer, until we were 11 years old, my twin brother and I vacationed at our family’s 16th-century Medici villa, Pratolino, on the hills of Florence. I found a notebook handwritten in 1957 by my grandmother expressing her feelings and reflections on th...
By H.R.H. Prince Michel of Yugoslavia
Arts
The Language Of Hanji
A connection to art began early in Minjung Kim’s childhood. Born in 1962 in Gwangju, South Korea, she grew up immersed in the study of traditional Korean calligraphy and painting. Under the guidance of her teachers, she mastered the delicate yet disciplined techniques of ink-wash painting and the us...
By H.R.H. Prince Michel of Yugoslavia
WAY OF LIFE
A Palace That Works
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I had a Kodak Instamatic point-and-shoot camera but with only 12 to 24 photos in a film cartridge, you had to be very careful not to waste a single shot. It was not until 2009 when I was starting a new business that I got back into photography. An Antibes-based business coach, Nic...
By H.R.H. Prince Michel of Yugoslavia