Friday, July 2019, 26, the 71th Gala of the Monegasque Red Cross was held in the presence of LL. AA. SS. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlène, at Sporting Monte-Carlo Star Hall.

Created in 1948 by Prince Louis II, the Monegasque Red Cross is now chaired by S.A.S. Prince Albert II.

In 2018, through 58 employees and nearly 600 volunteer members, the Monegasque Red Cross carried out projects for nearly 44.000 people in the humanitarian and social fields, the First aid, health and youth, thanks to donations from generous donors.

This year, the presentation of the evening and raffle of the 71th of the Monegasque Red Cross Gala was entrusted to Mrs. Karin Viard and Mr. Michel Drucker.

The music atmosphere was provided by country music group MamaDear, South African rock Prime Circle, the Lamarr Organ Trio and John Legend, an international-renowned American artist who won ten Grammy Award, 1 Golden Globe or an Academy Award.

During this evening, guests were also able to discover, in the hall of Sporting Monte-Carlo, the work of Marcello Lo Giudice, a gift of the Italian painter to the Monegasque Red Cross.

© Photos: Eric Mathon / Prince Palace

Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital, the team confirmed Saturday.

A family source told ESPN’s Enrique Rojas that Ortiz was released Friday and will be assisted by full-time nurses and visited regularly by his personal physician.

“He will continue to undergo all the treatment and rehabilitation necessary to recuperate from his recent procedures,” the family source told Rojas.

Ortiz, 43, had been in the Boston hospital since June 10, one day after he was shot in the Dominican Republic.