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Stéphane Bern

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Stéphane Bern
Stéphane Bern in 2012
Born (1963-11-14) 14 November 1963 (age 61)
Lyon, France
Alma materÉcole de management de Lyon
Occupation(s)Journalist, radio host and television presenter

Stéphane Bern (French pronunciation: [stefan bɛʁn]; born 14 November 1963) is a French-Luxembourgish[1] 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 Order of Grimaldi (Monaco), and the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom).

Education and personal life

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Bern went to high school at Lycée Carnot 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 came out in the magazine Têtu in October 2009 and in the documentary "Vie privée, vie publique" (by Mireille Dumas), which aired on France 3 on 6 November 2009.

Career

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Magazines

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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

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Bern chronicled various royal families on Europe 1 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, 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

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Selected list

Public service

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He was a member of the Nouvelle Action Royaliste political movement for 18 years, but left in 1999. He was alderman of the 9th arrondissement of Paris 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.[5]

Opinions

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Bern criticised the demolition of the historic Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College in Lille.[6][7]

Works

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  • Grace Kelly (2007), co-edited by Albin Michel – Nostalgie, Paris, 2007, 139 p. ISBN 978-2-226-15220-6
  • Oubliez-moi, (2009) ed. Flammarion, Paris ISBN 978-2081208506
  • Une vie de chien. Les animaux chéris des grands de ce monde, (2009) ed. Albin Michel, Paris ISBN 978-2226192950
  • Au coeur de l'Écosse, (2009) ed. Flammarion, Paris, in collaboration with Franck Ferrand, William de Laubier, and Angelika Cawdor. ISBN 978-2-08-122670-8
  • Le livre fou… du roi, (2010) ed. Flammarion, Paris ISBN 978-2081233430
  • Secrets d'histoire, (2010) ed. Albin Michel, Paris
  • Dictionnaire amoureux des royautés, (2010) ed. Plon, Paris ISBN 978-2259206099

Filmography

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Honours

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National honours

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Foreign honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Stéphane Bern va devenir Luxembourgeois: "J'ai eu besoin de retrouver mes racines"".
  2. ^ "Philippe Bouvard, 50 ans de rire! Stéphane Bern consacre une soirée à l'humoriste le 16 janvier sur France 2". tele.premiere.fr. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010.
  3. ^ ""Comment ça va bien?", la nouvelle émission d'accueil de France 2". leblogtvnews.com. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (21 November 2020). "France: Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez To Take Place in January". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ^ Paris, Charles Bremner (17 October 2018). "Macron aide wants state to buy Marie Antoinette's jewels" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Démolition prévue pour la chapelle Saint-Joseph de Lille". LEFIGARO (in French). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Nominations dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres - janvier 2009". www2.culture.gouv.fr.
  9. ^ Décret du 31 décembre 2018 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved 2 April 2021
  10. ^ Sovereign Ordonnance n° 3537 of 17 November 2011
  11. ^ "Stéphane Bern le fou du patrimoine". 12 January 2018.
  12. ^ 7sur7, Stephane Bern becomes Officer of the Order of Leopold
  13. ^ "Elizabeth II va décorer Stéphane Bern, chevalier de l'Ordre de l'Empire britannique". LCI. 4 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Meeting the Queen was very special for me". connexionfrance.com. 27 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Stéphane Bern : l'animateur préféré des Français honoré par la Grèce et félicité par Nikos !". Public.fr (in French). 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ^ "FRANCE: INVESTITURE CEREMONY". 23 May 2019.
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