Every time I attend trade fairs, seminars, business conferences, I'm always very particular about the motif. And in most cases when such is in red and white, Monaco comes to my mind. You see, the
Monaco flag is basically a horizontal representation of red on the upper part and white on the lower half, plain and really simple not even its country's coat of arms is added.
I treat Monaco as something special because it somehow answered my childhood perception of a perfect monarchy. I think of it as the Camelot, with King Arthur and his Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot of the Knights of the Round Table. It describes of a time of tales and saga's, as if nothing could really go wrong.
And all of this royal observation had been revived when the monarch Prince Rainier III came to the United Stated and married Grace Kelly, an American actress. Thus the fantasies of most women were fulfilled, and the plain Grace became Princess Grace and becomes the ultimate embodiment of royalty. Their story started with "once upon a time" and ended up with "they lived happily ever after," perfect just like in the fairy tales.
But through it all, Monaco is a thriving principality with a population of just over 30,000 and depends solely on revenues generated by its resort facilities, beaches, hotels which are the favorite havens of the rich and the famous around the world. Anytime of the year, celebrities are seen cavorting on the resorts and trying their hand at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo.
All residents are exempt from income taxes that make the principality attractive to the rich. At present the monarch is Prince Albert, the second child of Princess Grace.
by:
The Flagman
