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Prince Albert kicks off memorial boat blaze

Prince Albert kicks off memorial boat blaze

Following a tradition started by Prince Louis II of Monaco in 1924, the current principality's ruler sets fire to a fishing boat in memory of Antinope - a Florentine captain whose ship was burnt on the beach at Monte Carlo in 1077 after he was caught stealing

Photo: © Rex

Wednesday January 28, 2009

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