Stéphane Bern (; 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

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(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

Lycée Carnot The Lycée Carnot () is a public secondary and higher education school at 145 Boulevard Malesherbes in the 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. The Lycée Carnot was founded in 1869, first bearing the name of École Monge and then renamed in 1 ...

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 from Jewish families who had emigrated to Switzerland and France before WW2. He

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in the magazine '' Têtu'' 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 '' Jours de France'' 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 '' Les Grosses Têtes''. Since 2000, he has produced and hosted the show ''Le Fou du roi'' on

France Inter France Inter () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is the successor to Paris Inter, later known as France I, and created as a merger of the France I and France II networks, first as RTF Inter in October 1963, then ren ...

, 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'' (

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) * 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 Philippe Bouvard (; born 6 December 1929 in Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Coulommiers) is a French television and radio presenter. From 1977 to 2014 he hosted the French radio program ''Les Grosses Têtes'' on Radio Luxemburg RTL (French radio), ...

, in January 2010 on the occasion of his fifty years of television (France 2) * 2010: ''Comment ça va bien !'' (France 2) * 2015–present: ''

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'' 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

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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 Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

to raise funds for the national heritage.

Opinions

Bern criticised the demolition of the historic Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College in Lille.

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 Chantal Lauby * 2006: '' Les aristos'' directed by Charlotte de Turckheim * 2015: ''

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'' directed by Eloïse Lang and

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* 2015: ''Merci pour tout, Charles'' directed by Ernesto Oña * 2017: ''

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'' directed by

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(French dubbing) * 2018: ''Meurtres en Lorraine'' by René Manzor : Nicolas Muller * 2018: '' Mrs. Mills'' directed by

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Honours

National honours

* : **

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officier ribbon

Officer of the

(Order of Arts and Letters) in January 2010. ** Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon

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 in January 2013. Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. * : Officer of the Order of Leopold in March 2013. * : Honorary Member of the

(MBE) in June 2014. *: Officer of the Order of Honour in 2015. * Two Sicilian Royal Family: Commander of Merit with star of the

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in 2019.

References

External links

Gotha
, the official website of Stéphane Bern
StéphaneBern.com
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