Hollywood producer Frank Mannion dropped in on some of the French Riviera s most prized spots
He stayed at Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat and the Monte-Carlo Beach hotel
One of his favourite restaurants is Le Grill, on the eighth-floor terrace of the Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo
He also visits Monaco s most popular beach and its amazing Oceanographic Museum
Here he offers a truly insightful guide to some of the Riviera s most beguiling places to visit
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Their dramas and scandals and feuds are front page tabloid fodder, the world over.
But in Monaco, a tiny microstate on the French Riviera known for its Grand Prix and huge wealth, lives a less renowned but equally interesting royal family.
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Currently headed by Prince Albert II, the son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace Kelly, the Monaco royal family is one of the richest in the world. Albert has a net worth estimated at $1 billion.