Alps

He had seen so many paintings of edelweiss, that cheerful white flower that dots the Alps each spring, that he sometimes found himself doodling pictures in the margins of his train tickets.

Glacier melt from the Alps is swelling river levels in the Netherlands, storms and droughts are more frequent, and rising seas are increasing salination, he explained.

The images of the royal couple and their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, during a break in the Alps had appeared in Paris Match magazine.

Even Monograno Felicetti, an artisanal brand based in a valley in the Alps, touts that it uses durum wheat from Puglia in some of its products.

Puech spent much of his time in a tiny hamlet in the Alps, or caring for his horses.