Worn by Marie de Medici during her 1610 coronation as the queen of France, it later passed on to the House of Orange-Nassau, now the Dutch royal family, and then to the collection of the queen of England before arriving in Prussia in 1702.

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Another fund targeting such small European companies is the First Eagle SoGen Overseas fund ( SGOIX) , managed by Charles de Vaulx and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

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His de fence minister Michele Alliot-Marie has expressed her worries about media campaigns against the French in the U.S. and said that more must be done to recreate understanding between the two nations.

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Historically, the sturgeon was considered a noble fish in France, says Marie-Christiane Courtioux-Icre, co-author of "Caviar de France" (Atlantica, 2005).

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