Stéphane Bern, OBE (; born 14 November 1963) is a French-Luxembourgish journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the

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(Monaco), and the

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(United Kingdom).

Education and personal life

Bern went to high school at

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in Paris, and he graduated from the École de management de Lyon in 1985. His parents, Melita Schlanger and Louis Bern, were born to Polish parents of Jewish families who had emigrated to Switzerland and France, before WW2. He

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in the magazine ''

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'' in October 2009 and in the documentary "Vie privée, vie publique" (by Mireille Dumas), which aired on

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on 6 November 2009.

Career

Magazines

Bern was editor of the magazine ''Dynasty'' from 1985 to 1987, and then worked as a journalist for ''

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'' in 1988. Since 1999, he has been the deputy editor (Events section) of the magazine '' Le Figaro Madame''.

Radio

Bern chronicled various royal families on

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from 1992 to 1997 before joining Radio Télévision Luxembourg and participating in the show ''

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''. Since 2000, he has produced and hosted the show ''Le Fou du roi'' on

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, which is the most listened-to show in France during this time slot. He hosts ''Historiquement Vôtre'' with Mathieu Noël on Europe 1 since September 2020.

Television

; Selected list * 1998–2003: ''Sagas'' ( TF1) * 2003–06: ''20 h 10 pétantes'', which became ''Friday pétantes'' and ''Saturday pétantes'' (

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) * 2006–07: ''L'Arène de France'' (

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) * 2007: ''Pourquoi les manchots n'ont-ils pas froid aux pieds ?'' ("Why don't penguins get cold feet?") (France 2) * 2007: ''Secrets d'histoire'' (France 2) * 2010: A program in honor of Philippe Bouvard, in January 2010 on the occasion of his fifty years of television (France 2) * 2010: ''Comment ça va bien !'' (France 2) * 2015–present: '' Eurovision Song Contest'' as co-commentator of in the final (France 2) * 2018–present: ''

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'' as co-commentator of (France 2) * 2021–2022: co-host of '' Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !'' (France 2)

Public service

He was a member of the Nouvelle Action Royaliste political movement for 18 years, but left in 1999. He was alderman of the

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from 1999 to 2001, then President of the Conservatory of Music of that area. A member since its inception in January 2001 of the Academy Grevin, he inaugurated the Grevin Wax Museum on 10 March 2008. Bern is also a member of the Cercle de l'Union interalliée and the Institute of the Royal House of France, and a sponsor of the Youth Club of that institute. He was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to raise funds for the national heritage.

Opinions

Bern criticised the demolition of the historic

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Works

* ''

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'' (2007), co-edited by

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– Nostalgie, Paris, 2007, 139 p. * ''Oubliez-moi'', (2009) ed. Flammarion, Paris * ''Une vie de chien. Les animaux chéris des grands de ce monde'', (2009) ed. Albin Michel, Paris * ''Au coeur de l'Écosse'', (2009) ed. Flammarion, Paris, in collaboration with Franck Ferrand, William de Laubier, and Angelika Cawdor. * ''Le livre fou… du roi'', (2010) ed. Flammarion, Paris * ''Secrets d'histoire'', (2010) ed. Albin Michel, Paris * ''Dictionnaire amoureux des royautés'', (2010) ed. Plon, Paris

Filmography

* 2003: '' Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches'' directed by

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* 2006: '' Les aristos'' directed by Charlotte de Turckheim * 2015: '' Connasse, Princesse des cœurs'' directed by Eloïse Lang and

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* 2015: ''Merci pour tout, Charles'' directed by Ernesto Oña * 2018: ''Meurtres en Lorraine'' by René Manzor : Nicolas Muller *2018: '' Mrs. Mills'' directed by Sophie Marceau.

Honours

National honours

* : Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) in January 2010. *: Knight of the

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in December 2018

Foreign honours

* : Knight of the

in November 2011. * : Commander with crown of the

Order of Adolphe of Nassau The Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau (french: Ordre de Mérite civil et militaire d’Adolphe de Nassau) is an order of merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for meritorious service to the Grand Duke, the Grand-Ducal House ...

in January 2013. * : Officer of the Order of Leopold in March 2013. * : Officer of the Most Excellent

(OBE) in June 2014. *: Officer of the

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in 2015

References

External links

Gotha
the official website of Stéphane Bern
StéphaneBern.com
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