Albert, one of three children of Grace and Prince Rainier III, took the throne in July 2005 after the death of his silver-haired father. Alfred has admitted to producing two children out of wedlock, acknowledging in 2005 that he had fathered a boy, Alexandre, with a former flight attendant. The following year, he acknowledged an American daughter, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, now a teenager, born to a California woman.Neither can assume the throne because they were born out of wedlock.The people of Monaco, a moneyed principality on the Mediterranean Sea near the French city of Nice, have long hoped that Albert would settle down and provide a legitimate heir to the throne, royal watchers say.
Alfred met the willowy blonde Wittstock during a 2000 swimming competition in Monaco. Wittstock then began appearing regularly at social events and moved to Monaco in 2006, raising expectations."She has a solid personality built on the values of sports," Albert said, when asked to describe his future wife. "Her interest in humanitarian causes, particularly in problems that affect children, is an expression of her great sensitivity and her acceptance of others.""I hope that Charlene, who loves Monaco and who already knows it well, understands all (its) specificities to fully integrate into the life of my country ... and that she also appreciates what her culture and her new regard can bring to us," Albert told
But, lost of happiness to the newly weds, all the same!
Children born out of wedlock
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi
In 1992, a California woman, Tamara Rotolo, filed a paternity suit against the prince, claiming that he was the father of her daughter, whom she named Jazmin Grace Grimaldi. Prince Albert was also listed as the father on the child's Riverside County, California, birth certificate, and the child was legally surnamed Grimaldi.
On 31 May 2006, after DNA test results confirmed the child's parentage, Prince Albert admitted, in a statement from his lawyer, that he is Jazmin's father. He also extended an invitation for the girl to study and live in Monaco.
Alexandre Coste
In May 2005, Nicole Coste, a former Air France flight attendant from Togo, claimed that her youngest son, whom she calls Alexandre Éric Stéphane Coste, is Prince Albert's son, proven by DNA tests conducted by Swiss technicians working on orders from the Monegasque government. She further claimed the prince had signed a notarized certificate confirming paternity but that she had not received a copy of it. The French weekly Paris Match published a ten-page interview with Coste and included photographs of the prince holding and feeding the child. Coste also told Paris Match that she was living in the prince's Paris apartment and receiving an allowance from him while pretending to be the girlfriend of one of his friends in order to maintain privacy. She also said that the prince had last seen the boy in February 2005. A spokesman for Prince Albert had no comment, though upon news of Coste's claims, the prince's lawyer, Thierry Lacoste, announced that "A judicial strategy will be determined within the next few days."
In mid-May 2005, Lacoste announced that as a result of the international publicity over the revelations of the prince's son, Prince Albert is suing the Daily Mail, Bunte, and Paris Match for delving too deeply into his private life.
On 6 July 2005, a few days before he was enthroned on 12 July, Albert II officially confirmed via his lawyer Thierry Lacoste that the 22-month-old is his biological son.
She's more of a girlfriend than a princess. I do not approve of the marriage.
Was Fergie any different?? Even Di, though she came from a rich family..
My only concern regarding this marriage is that its been reported and confirmed she tried to leave and go back to her homeland
I can only say that, having been stopped, she has been advised as to the importance of this union and that everyone around her believe's this will be a great thing for everyone, for it could have just been nerves from the reality of it all, that it was really happening..
Best wishes to them both, but especially to her and I hope it is what she wants, though as we all know, sometimes we make our choices in life not in our interests, but for those around us and who mean a great deal to us..
Oh, and it's just like being in the Med just now here, a whopping 22c..
Yash124g: Was Fergie any different?? Even Di, though she came from a rich family..
My only concern regarding this marriage is that its been reported and confirmed she tried to leave and go back to her homeland
I can only say that, having been stopped, she has been advised as to the importance of this union and that everyone around her believe's this will be a great thing for everyone, for it could have just been nerves from the reality of it all, that it was really happening..
Best wishes to them both, but especially to her and I hope it is what she wants, though as we all know, sometimes we make our choices in life not in our interests, but for those around us and who mean a great deal to us..
Oh, and it's just like being in the Med just now here, a whopping 22c..
Ah Mr blue Poppy ;))
it could have been nerves... and like you say, everyone involved even her family have their agenda.
However, it doesnt matter who one marries there is never any guarantee it will work out.
I only hope he has had enough of bed hopping and finds happiness in a cosy home life
All the pretty girls come from South Africa .... Charlize Theron, now this Charlize ..... and ME! We all come from the same hometown too!
Well, anyways ...... this Charlize has now secured her future ... marrying the prince, so whatever happens in the future, she`s not going to go hungry, is she?
Ok, Uli, I go to vote now ...... my vote will be "other", cause I really hope for their sakes they make a go of it.... that they married for the reasons most people get married..... ...which they probably did.
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