Rainier hires ’copters to deter photographers
■' NZPA Monte Carlo [■ Monaco has hired a minil air force to protect the privacy of Princess Caro1 Sine’s wedding this week, warning would-be aerial .photographers that “anyone (stupid enough to try an | overflight will be forced into ; the sea.” Nadia Lacoste, spokesman : for Caroline’s father, Prince I Rainier, said that Monaco’s royal family meant business when it decided that Caroline’s wedding 'to the French businessman-playboy, Philippe Junot, would be a “private family affair.” She announced that Prince Rainier had hired two helicopters — tiny Monaco has i none of its own — to make! sure no-one tries to photo- | I graph the garden party and other palace festivities after | the ceremony. i “If anyone is stupid J ienough to try an overflight,: 1 their helicopter or plane will be forced into the sea,” Mrs p-acoste told reporters. “The aircraft itself and( everything tn it, including, cameras and film, will be i confiscated,” she said. : The ban on overflights apparently also ruled out the I possibility of a repeat of the
| surprise the late Greek ship-1 • ping magnate, Aristotle iOnassis, sprang on Prince Rainier when the prince married the Hollywood star. Grace Kelly, in a more opu- ' lent wedding 22 years ago. Onassis had a helicopter (drop a load of carnations over the royal palace. Leave was cancelled for (the members of the tiny, . principality’s police force — all 80 o? them — and extra, (guards were being posted along the ramparts of the ! oink palace overlooking the Mediterranean.
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