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A touch of class (Part 1)

Swiss finishing school gears ladies up for business life.

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Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001. 

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)

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