Every year, the traditional Rose Ball opens the season of galas in the Principality at the Sporting Club of Monaco.
Organized by Princess Caroline of Hanover, Bal de la Rose raises funds for humanitarian causes every year. Among the many personalities featured were Charlotte Casiraghi and her brother Pierre, Prince Charles and Princess Camilla of Bourbon des Deux-Siciles, Duke and Duchess of Castro, Victoria Silvstedt, Lady Monika Bacardi and her companion David Swaelens-Kane, Ezio Greggio and his companion Simona Gobbi, Jacky Ickx and his wife Khadja Nin, la princesse Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz, Rita Caltagirone, le prince Alvaro de Orlans-Bourbon et la princesse Antonella de Orlans-Bourbon, Simone Pastor, Philippe Narmino et son pouse ainsi que Monica Agusta.
This year more than 250,000 euros were donated during the gala.