An article I found on NC/PA...
I found an interesting story about the NC/PA saga on the internet. Here are some excerpts (the link is at the end). It brings up some interesting things I had never heard of. I highlighted the parts that I haven't seen posted on this forum (unless I missed them). My purpose here is to show that there is more to the PA/NC situation than any of us may realize--nothing more.
NC and Alex attended a private viewing of Rainier III?
"Rainier's death on April 6, 2005, precipitates everything. The death of the sovereign is accompanied, indeed, by a strong symbolic gesture.
The little Alexandre can accompany his mother in the vault where his grandfather rests. They are discreetly introduced and led to the casket." [emphasis mine]
My question: Introduced to whom?
Staying in Albert's Aparment in the 16th Arrondissement?
"Nicole decided to go on unpaid leave from Air France after the end of her maternity leave. Albert now agrees to ensure her material needs and that of the child. Nicole even
leaves her apartment of the 19th arrondissement to go to live in the Prince's Parisian pied-à-terre, at the great surprise of the personnel of the place, which depends from the embassy of Monaco."
They saw each other more than once a month for five years? (Only in Monaco did they meet once a month).
''Albert and Nicole meet on an Air France flight on July 13, 1997.They are attracted to each other. From then on,
whenever the Prince is in Paris, he
regularly joins her in HIS apartment in the 16th arrondissement, close to the Trocadéro.
In France, they hardly hide, showing up together at friends' dinners.
In Monaco, the couple takes more precautions when she joins him,
once a month. A driver waits for her to drive her to an apartment of the Park Palace, opposite the casino, where the prince has a garçonnière. In the evening, after the official duties, the heir joins her. These semi-clandestine meetings will last nearly five years." [emphasis mine]
Note: They went out together with friends?
They had friends?? That doesn't exactly sound like a sex-only relationship. His immediate circle likely knew about NC--even if the media didn't. But keep in mind that the media also didn't know about TR or Charlene (the first time--until she talked). I think there are scores of women that PA has had that no one knows about.
Scared of Rainier?
"An agreement between the father and the mother is eventually reached.
It is out of question that Albert recognizes the child officially, at least not before his father's death. He does not avoid his responsibilities: he accepts, but under very specific conditions,
guaranteeing secrecy." [emphasis mine]
"In any event, a few days later, a meeting takes place in the presence of Albert's lawyer, Me Thierry Lacoste, one of his
childhood friends.
The counsel explains to Nicole that Albert's succession can be put in danger. In Monaco,
more than the judgement of public opinion, one fears the reaction of Rainier." [emphasis mine]
My note: At least she waited until after Rainier's death to go public. Otherwise, PA might have lost the throne.
Fake name in a Swiss Lab?
"
After the birth, the contacts between the parents begin again little by little. The mother puts forward also that, in the African tradition, the birth of a baby is inevitably a gift from God. And that the father must be up to it. Out of prudence, Me
Lacoste requires that Alexandre is subjected to an DNA test. The
result carried out under a false name in a Swiss laboratory does not leave any doubt: it is indeed the child of Albert."
Note: Why didn't PA request the DNA test? Ah yes, he TRUSTED her. Which is why he said he was "set up." Maybe they had agreed that she was responsible for the birth control, which she handled for 5 years without incident.
Albert's Fury & Nicole's Response!
"In any event, the day following Paris Match's publication and for the first time since weeks, Albert himself calls.
"Are you proud of what you did?" does he say, angrily.
"I did that so that Alexandre does not have to be ashamed to be a bastard", is her answer. The conversation is short."
Link:
http://journals.aol.com/jenjer6/StephaniesJournal/entries/501
I know some of you are going to be really angry about this. In my view, it's just another point of view. And that's what forums are for, right?