Videos: Finishing School - Villa Pierrefeu in Glion (Switzerland)

When Lady Diana went to finishing school in Switzerland she learnt dainty table manners and the polite way to step out of a Rolls Royce. Princesses and super rich kids still grace the corridors of the Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Glion , but many of them are entrepreneurs with university degrees, so the curriculum now includes business etiquette and public relations. (swissinfo, Julie Hunt)


Posted by Karin Schroeck-Singh at 9 Jun 2010, 12:33 AM
Categories: Etiquette Training, Dining Etiquette, Videos, Real Life Stories
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  • 9 Jun 2010, 1:14 AM Jacqueline Whitmore wrote:
    Very nice video. I just returned from Switzerland and I had no idea that this school existed. We need schools like this in the U.S.A.
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  • 9 Jun 2010, 1:59 PM Babs wrote:
    Greetings from Amman! I went the hotel school in Glion and used to drive past Pierrefeu everyday but before that I went to another finishing school in Clarens (village close to Montreux), called Chateau Beaux Cedres - which is unfortunately closed today. Was probably the best school year of my life! I absolutely adored it. My etiquette teacher gave me a 10+ at the end of the year and wrote in the remarks: "Thank you to you and your parents". My dad is still proud of it today I made some excellent friends whom I still have contact with today. I now have a daughter of my own (okay only 10 months!) but I guess that she will be going to such a school as well (if we are lucky enough to afford it), maybe Villa Pierrefeu, maybe another. Can only recommend it to parents with girls who need a gap year. Thanks for bringing back memories!
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