Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, a member of the prestigious Academie des Beaux-Arts since 1973, attended the titular induction of Mr. Frederic Mitterand to the Academy. Queen Farah presented the symbolic sword to Mr. Mitterand, and while doing so, Her Majesty recited an old Persian proverb roughly translated as "The body of man is a sheath in which the soul is locked like a sword, but it is the soul".

Other notable dignitaries such as the current imam of Ismailism HRH Prince Karim Al-Hussaini (Agha Khan IV), and Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa de Luxembourg, Princess Chantal of France, and Prince & Princess Michel of Greece were in attendance.