General Questions about the Princely Family of Monaco Part 1


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What is Stephanie's new role?

So, what is Albert going to have Stephanie do? It seems like he is supportive of her work with AIDS/HIV charities.

I read somewhere that Stephanie was going to assume Caroline's work (and I guess Caroline was going to retire? That sounds silly.).
 
iowabelle said:
So, what is Albert going to have Stephanie do? It seems like he is supportive of her work with AIDS/HIV charities.

I read somewhere that Stephanie was going to assume Caroline's work (and I guess Caroline was going to retire? That sounds silly.).
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:) You never retire of a job as a princess :)
Stephanie is involved in many obligations in the principality ( charities, the Circus Festival - which she probably will be head of now and so on)
Caroline and Stephanie always shared the duties due to their interests.
It was said that Stephanie will now assume the role of a some kind of Minister for Social Affaires ...but I think we'll see...
As it is Stephanie who lives in Monaco it'll possibly be her who'll assume the Monaco First Lady role most of the time...anyway Caroline is always present when needed.
 
I thought that maybe Caroline was going to pull back a little and concentrate on her family (EA needs to be concentrated on!).

But I didn't believe that she'd just disappear and allow Steph to do everything. I think Caroline has too commanding a personality for that (the curse of the first-born and elder daughter, I'm one too).

But it's wonderful if Albert carves out a special role for Stephanie, especially if it's something she'd like to do. I was afraid that she'd be cast adrift after her father's death.
 
Stephanie and Albert

During her speach at the 'Aids evening 05' Stephanie said.

" My dear Albert, tonight I want to thank you. You are always by my side and you're always there to support me, no matter what it is. I love you."


...then, as Albert smiled she wiped away a tear ....
 
Albert and his baby sister Stephanie have a wonderful rapport. I am sure he will guide her to where she needs to be.



The articles I have read thus far regarding the AIDS benefit was a success and Stephanie thanked her brother for supporting her.



There is no doubt in my mind she will be doing many great things in Monaco since her brother has inherited the throne.



I am so happy for Stephanie; I agree she will now spread her wings.
 
michelle said:
During her speach at the 'Aids evening 05' Stephanie said.

" My dear Albert, tonight I want to thank you. You are always by my side and you're always there to support me, no matter what it is. I love you."


...then, as Albert smiled she wiped away a tear ....
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Aww...that's so sweet. Thanks for sharing, michelle.
 
Stephanie ....

....why is she considered to be some kind of clueless and way too wild?

 It is, and I understand that as well, the way she lives, the way she acts, the choices she makes…the conditions of life she creates for herself.

 But did anybody ever try to look behind?! She is, and I wont say this is not some of her fault as well, always said to be highly irresponsible and wacky in all she is doing. Do you really think that’s true? If that was really the case would her children be okay ( what they obviously are) then?!

I start this discussion here because I know that this image and consideration is what Stephanie hurts the most. It isn’t the pictures taken which worries her that much. She grew up with that kind of attention and although living under this observation can be difficult and bothering; she never got to know it differently. It can get on your nerves but as far as I understand it is bearable…finally it is ( if the limits are somehow respected ! ) …

 But what do you think it must be like to be seen as and considered irrational, wacky , irresponsible, inferior compared to your elder sister and always acting without any logical way of thinking … all your life?! I absolutely are and I am fine with people saying : ‘ Well, she’s not my kind’ …as it is always a question of taste. But all along the way Stephanie gets too much insulting comments, she has to live with a certain ‘bad’ image …and above all there is not enough respect offered towards her. Everything is apparently guiding back to that day in September 1982 …. yes, she was shocked, traumatized, helpless and devastated plus things will certainly never completely heal …but why do people think she’s totally out of control since then ?! I guess it took her quite some time to research and find her own self…I’m sure she found it! She knows who she is, what she wants, which way to go …it’s the people who don’t want to accept that or understand. Everyone is therefore convinced she would not make a good princess, First Lady or whatever for Monaco. This is just an image, guys….an image that is spread around! Nobody ever tends to question this … at least only a few people do. I see and agree that this image of a crazy, irresponsible Stephanie sells better than showing an intelligent, well educated, satisfied and confident 40 year old woman. Still this is no reason to treat her like a weirdo all the time. I believe it is hard to judge from far away and that’s why I also think that sometimes people should be more careful if they judge a person like Stephanie. For her it is not very easy if not to say there is almost no way to convince people that she is worth as much as her older sister Caroline…that she is equally hard working and concerned in order to fulfil her role as Monaco’s princess…and thus deserves to be equally accepted and above all respected.
 
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I don't think her postion is really going to change. I belive that she will continue to do her work with things like AIDS but still stay mostly out of the spotlight. I think that until Albert get married (if he does) Caroline willl continue to be seen Monaco's first lady as she has been since Grace's death.
 
It always appears to me that Stephanie is a very loving, devoted, responsible hands-on mother. She also seems to be very capable and sincere and focused on her charity work. I think that lots of people find her to be, for lack of a better word, frivolous because of the long stream of short-term relationships with men. But, in my opinion, just because she does not want to, or is not able to, commit doesn't lessen her other good qualities. However, the relationship situations are such fodder for the tabloids that I don't see attitudes changing unless she settles down one day. By the way, people who I've met who know her ALL love and admire her by far the most of the three siblings. :)
 
dreed777 said:
It always appears to me that Stephanie is a very loving, devoted, responsible hands-on mother. She also seems to be very capable and sincere and focused on her charity work. I think that lots of people find her to be, for lack of a better word, frivolous because of the long stream of short-term relationships with men. But, in my opinion, just because she does not want to, or is not able to, commit doesn't lessen her other good qualities. However, the relationship situations are such fodder for the tabloids that I don't see attitudes changing unless she settles down one day. By the way, people who I've met who know her ALL love and admire her by far the most of the three siblings. :)
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:) I think that'a exactly what I wanted to say :)
 
.....does anyone think Stephanie doesn't deserve being respected ?
 
I respect anyone who is obviously as good a mother as she. Her children seem to love her and be so devoted to her. That speaks volumes in itself. By the way, it seems that Caroline also has a wonderful relationship with her kids. So I totally respect both sisters because to me the most important thing in life would be to be the best parent you could be to your children, above all else in your life. (Just my opinion, for what it's worth.)
 
Anyone living a gold fishbowl existence gets a thumbs up from me. If I lived that I think I would go insane. But Michelle is right, what we see is what the tabloids focus on because its sensational and it sells better than some other prim and proper image. Tabloids AND people (yes folks some of us are to blame - just look at some of the posts in this forum) love to see if royalty in general are people too. If we prick them do they bleed? Yes they do but since their lives are far more "exalted" than ours, we want to find something that would make them more human and therefore suggest that not everyone in such an exalted position is any better than us.

Face it, we screw up, no one in the world other than our family and friends will see or hear about it. Put a title on you and set you on the world's stage and every gaffe you make, every breath you take is recorded minutely. Ever think that Stephanie might just want to do something a little out of the ordinary to break out of this restricting existence? I think I would. But as it's been pointed out, they've lived with this from the day they were born, still I would think that like everything else, it would be irritating and annoying after awhile and to have to be dogged ALL your life, and be told ALL your life to behave... gets too restrictive after awhile I'm sure. So moral of the story, lets not be so hard to those people we adore because I know that given the chance to get to know them on a personal level, we'll either come out loving them more or hating them more. Why? Because we (at least most of us mortals) will not be in their circumstances and will continue to live vicariously thru them from a distance :)
 
Michelle, what a sweet and insightful post. :)

Well, yes, Steph was a bit wild during her younger years, but then who didn't want to be free at that age (teenager, early 20s)? Everything was just exaggerated or more magnified bec. she is a princess. Perhaps her choices were a bit extreme, but then above all she is a human being who is free to make her choices, and not just a princess who has to be perfect all the time. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone in her family, too. Besides, only one part (lovelife?) of her life has been fodder for the tabloids. The press doesn't cover much about her children (she guards their privacy), her work, her charities. Which are definitely more important and meaningful than her "complicated" lovelife. I came across an earlier article on the Grimaldis way back in 1997-1999, and something about the line of succession then and referring to them (Steph, Caro, and Albert) as, "a bad girl, a good widow, and a nice boy on a bobsled." Of course, the bad girl part was all about Steph's lovelife. Excuse me, but how that does make her a bad girl? It's true that Steph may have to be more discerning about her boyfriends or husbands or as her brother puts it, "not always careful" (when asked about Stephanie being a perennial tabloid feature at an interview with Larry King), but finding love and getting heartaches or being careless do not amount to being a bad girl. Or being called "wayward". I agree that Caroline and Stephanie are very different from each other, but that does not make one worse or better than the other.

Despite the difficulties (being in the accident with her mother, losing Grace at a young age, being estranged from her family at times, career ups and downs, lovelife, divorces, etc.), Stephanie has done well. I am amazed at her ability to bounce back. She lived on her own, had several careers, earned her own money, represents Monaco, charity work, a wonderful mother.... I can go on and on. I think Stephanie has her two feet on the ground. And is a wonderful person. :)

You're right about her children - they turned out okay despite not having a daddy in the house. Lovely kids, even. Didn't Pauline and Louis appear on TV quite recently and some of you said they are well behaved and sweet? They wouldn't turn out that way if Steph is a such hopeless case.

I hope Stephanie doesn't take the bad press seriously or does she? At any rate, I hope she also knows that a lot of people like her and admire her. Like the Monegasques. Or like me. Wasn't she voted "most popular princess" sometime back in Europe?
 
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Thanx very much , Monica...
Stephanie herself put it this way: 'I'm not appealing to everyone like not everyone is appealing to me' .
I think she doesn't 'need' to be loved by everyone but I feel like the sometimes apparent huge lack of respect towards her is not that nice.

Someone ( Sal) on the Stephanie-group had these words for it:

Unfortunately when you grow up in public the way Stephanie (and
ofcourse her siblings) did, people feel they have the right to judge
no matter what you do. Because of the way that the press around the
world get away with saying whatever they want to, regardless of the
truth, rumours stick and certain people are too thick to realise when
they are reading complete bull.

But sadly Stephanie was in the car when Grace died, and so many
people automatically assume Stephanie is to blame, and no matter what
she says or does she can't win either way, no matter what she does
with her life.

The fact is the autopsy from when Princess Grace died showed that she
suffered a massive brain hemmorage when she was driving the car, and
thats when she lost control of the car. Stephanie was the one who was
quick-thinking and slammed on the hand-brake, otherwise it could have
been worse, but also from the damage of the car (because the force of
the accident threw Grace into the back seat) only one person could
have survived the accident and that was the person in the passenger
seat.

But ofcourse the truth doesn't sell tabloids, which is why there are
so many so-called journalists out there who like to make they're
money out of other peoples tragedy's and decide to tell lies to hurt
those people even more, they enjoy making money that way, which is
disgusting.

The truth is, once people read an article about Stephanie they make
up their minds about her there and then, and they can't be bothered
to open their minds to the truth about her.

One of the main reasons why I am such a fan of Stephanie is the fact
that she carries on, and doesn't let it get to her, she lives her
life to the full, she's a wonderful mother, a beautiful princess, and
she's always there for her family, inspite of what a lot of people
have said about her, personally she's an inspiration to me, and I
will always stick up for her.

The idiots who keep printing all the lies about her are either brain-
dead or jealous, or probably both. But anyone who makes a living out
of other people's hurt and pain isn't worth listening to anyway in my
book.

So I hope that answers your question hun, ofcourse Caroline has
certainly had her share of bad times too, but somehow Stephanie seems
to get the full brunt of it, and she doesn't deserve any of it.
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I think they're very true :)
 
Stephanie IS obviously a very courageous person. Some people will probably never stop being critical of her. But her critics already lost their wars against her long ago because Stephanie won not only those past battles but also the ones to come. And she has demonstrated that. It would be nice if, say for example, a president would take time to spend time with only a few people in the same way we read about Stephanie spending time with many more.

David
 
Prince Albert's Address?

*I found this Palace address, and wondered if it was where to directly contact Albert...hehe....* ~Palais Grimaldi~ 2 Boulevard Des Moulins ~98015 Monte Carlo, Monaco *Also, is this ANOTHER Palais for the family, or is this the "pink" palais??*
 
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Casira_Azul said:
*I found this Palace address, and wondered if it was where to directly contact Albert...hehe....* ~Palais Grimaldi~ 2 Boulevard Des Moulins ~98015 Monte Carlo, Monaco *Also, is this ANOTHER Palais for the family, or is this the "pink" palais??*
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I believe it is the press office I was told at that address. They handle Palace correspondence. You need a more personal address to get it to his secretary.
 
someone emailed me that this was the "good address". maybe i'll send my photo/bio <G>, for my Prince to add to the others! :0)
 
Casira_Azul said:
someone emailed me that this was the "good address". maybe i'll send my photo/bio <G>, for my Prince to add to the others! :0)
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It is a good address however it needs to be addressed to his private secretary or it will go to the press office is what I was saying.
 
Thanx for the clarification.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
LadyMacAlpine said:
It is a good address however it needs to be addressed to his private secretary or it will go to the press office is what I was saying.
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I would love to write a letter to Albert, but it would take me like a year or more to compose it. I would make it so perfect.
 
CasiraghiTrio, what topics would you touch upon?
 
Hehehehe....by that time, Albert and I would be married and our 1st child would be in the oven!...:0)***********************************
CasiraghiTrio said:
I would love to write a letter to Albert, but it would take me like a year or more to compose it. I would make it so perfect.
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hanovre

Casira_Azul said:
Hehehehe....by that time, Albert and I would be married and our 1st child would be in the oven!...:0)***********************************
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:D Albert is all yours in that sense, as far as I am concerned. My interest in him is strictly intellectual!
 
You can try but I wouldn't get my hopes up about a reply. I sent a letter ages ago and never got anything back. Not even a form letter. This was well before his father passed away and the whole NC thing happened. From the Spaniards I heard back, but not from Albert. It was disappointing.

Still someone here might have better luck. It might be that with all the negative publicity he's experienced lately that his press office will be responding to everything. Plus he fired the old staff so the new ones might be more efficient. Good luck. Let us know what you get back (as long as it's not too personal of course!) ;)
 
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LMAO....sure, whatever you say..<wink>************************************
CasiraghiTrio said:
:D Albert is all yours in that sense, as far as I am concerned. My interest in him is strictly intellectual!
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