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Monaco / Re: The Monegasque Family Gen...
Last post by Curryong - Today at 10:14:43 PM
I think that Rainier was very worried at the time that the Grimaldi name would die out as Albert was not married. Any children he had were very young, illegitimate and unlikely to be allowed to succeed.

It all appears to be speculation and we don't know what senior legal and constitutional authorities were consulted by this adviser at the time or how serious it all was. Certainly Monegasque royals had behaved in very unconventional ways in the past. It shouldn't be forgotten that Rainier's own mother, Hereditary Princess Charlotte, was legitimised, adopted and made an heir by his grandfather, who had no other children.

However, the Charlotte situation just after WW1 was probably unconstitutional and there were apparently grave doubts about its legality at the time. And that situation was very different to Rainier being able to actually set a legitimate heir (Albert) aside and placing his elder sister Caroline in his position. If he had wished to bring in equality among his heirs regardless of their gender then surely the obvious time to have done it would have been when Prss Grace was expecting their first child.

The situation in the 1990s would have been akin to Queen Elizabeth II telling Charles that she intended to set him aside as heir in favour of Andrew because his private life was endangering the House of Windsor. That wouldn't have happened in a million years and I don't think the proposals would have gone ahead anyway even if Rainier and Albert had hit a rough spot in their relationship and Rainier was closer to his elder daughter at the time. That personal situation was not uncommon in the Grimaldis anyway.

There would almost certainly have been legal challenges had Rainier attempted anything of the sort, imo, and as this is a DM concoction we don't know the background to these investigations. It may well have just been impatient moves by Rainier to forc3 Albert to get married and produce legitimate heirs, something that happened anyway, albeit many years later.   
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Yesterday, March 27, Margareta, Custodian of the Crown, handed out the highest insignia of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award programme to a number of students. Princess Sofia was present as well:

https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/the-duke-of-edinburghs-international-award-martie-2024/
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The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Idefonso was commissioned by King Philip V of Spain in the 18th century.   
He wanted to create a palace that reminded him of his childhood in the French court. 
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Monaco / Re: The Monegasque Family Gen...
Last post by LouisFerdinand - Today at 08:03:41 PM
If Prince Rainier III would have bypassed Prince Albert, would not Princess Caroline have become the reigning Sovereign Princess?   
Or was Princess Caroline expected to renounce her claim like Hereditary Princess Charlotte did?   
Would Andrea have been created a Prince before he ever succeeded?
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Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 05:07:18 PM
Prince Rainier's secret plan to oust his son: Late ruler of Monaco didn't think party boy Prince Albert was 'up to the job' and investigated making Princess Caroline his successor in the late '90s, report claims -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13248499/Prince-Rainiers-secret-plan-oust-son-Late-ruler-Monaco-didnt-think-party-boy-Prince-Albert-job-investigated-making-Princess-Caroline-successor-late-90s-report-claims.html
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King Charles meets the ambassadors of Burundi and Moldova at Buckingham Palace as Camilla stands in for him at annual Maundy service where he delivered a pre-recorded Easter address to the congregation -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13248889/King-Charles-Burundi-Camilla-Maundy-Service.html
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1881783/hugh-grosvenor-wedding-prince-harry-prince-william
It's his big day but he invite William and Catherine, George to his wedding period i dont think he invite Harry to his wedding due back to his bombshell tell all memoir book in 2023,Oprah and Netflix but Hugh and his fiancée Olivia make decision to invite on the lists but Duke of Westminster send invite to Wales and monarch to his wedding on June 7 but King Charles been friend of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13248353/Queen-Camilla-King-Charles-Royal-Maundy-service-Worcester-Cathedral.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13246311/King-Charles-says-time-nation-extend-hand-friendship-especially-time-need-personal-Easter-message-wake-cancer-diagnoses-Princess-Wales.html

https://people.com/queen-camilla-makes-history-royal-maundy-service-step-in-king-charles-easter-tradition-8620135

https://people.com/king-charles-recorded-easter-message-frienship-time-of-need-cancer-treatment-8621459

https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/516328/king-charles-releases-personal-at-home-photo-delivers-easter-message/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68678904

https://news.sky.com/story/king-delivers-personal-easter-message-following-cancer-diagnosis-13103130

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/27/king-lauds-friendship-in-time-of-need-in-first-comments-since-princesss-diagnosis

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1882625/king-charles-easter-message-in-full

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1882512/queen-camilla-royal-maundy-service-worcester
That good for Camilla

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1882572/queen-camilla-anti-monarchy-protest-worcester

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1882310/king-charles-easter-message-friendship

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-28/king-hails-care-and-friendship-in-times-of-need-in-easter-message

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/queen-camilla-steps-charles-historic-32459593

https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/26972125/queen-camilla-stands-charles-ancient-ceremony-king-easter-message/

https://royalcentral.co.uk/royal-news/king-charles-renews-coronation-pledge-to-serve-in-heartfelt-easter-message-197859/
King Charles cant attend Maundy Service due his cancer per his doctor says but video recorded message from Buckingham Palace

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The Duke of Kent, Royal Patron, the British-German Association, this morning held a Reception at St James's Palace.

 - Court Circular || 27 March 2024