Stéphanie de Monaco
“Stéphanie de Monaco and Anthony Delon spent the day at the beach.” The news hit on Wednesday, August 1st at six o’clock in the evening. Nobody paid any attention to it. In three days it would become the story of the summer, a mad detective novel, but at the time it only struck five people. Four photographers, including one who was present, said that very night, “Anthony is only there for Stéphanie and he’ll have his way.” So was Michel Sola, head of the Paris Match photo department. For him, the information, if true, was pure drama: everything that happened after Tuesday night at eight o’clock was gone. The deadline had passed, the copies were coming off the presses. The cover story: Ornella Mutti. If anything happened, they’d have to wait a week. And the wait would be a long one.
Read the full article on the French version of l’Oeil
“L’Histoire du Scoop de l’été”, PHOTO #205 , Octobre 1984
