di corso, march!be a large street parade for the 150th anniversary with the bersaglieri taking a starring role. the event became significantly low—key thanks to coronavirus, but fingers crossed — look out in 2021 for heartier celebrations. trumpets play rajan reporting from rome. now, over to america where we are meeting the woman in alabama putting the sparkle into mardi gras. the culture of mardi gras is so much fun. we have a good time. i mean, it's fun, fun, fun. mardi gras here was the first. it's done before ash wednesday. everything ceases at 12 o'clock, tuesday midnight. and then they go into lent. in mobile, we're more family—orientated. people here come home for mardi gras, rather than come home for christmas, just to party and have a good time and reunite a lot. i grew up in mobile so i've grown up with mardi gras in my blood and i am a mardi gras designer for royalty. emcee: ladies and gentlemen, royalty, definitely in the house tonight. the queen and king are selected as the royal ambassa