The Royal Fanzine

Okay, I have kept silent long enough. Since September on this, and frankly I have had enough. Time to drop my two cents into the pot on the issue. As many of us die-hard Royal watchers are well aware, there were numerous Royal Weddings this year ( two in Great Britain, one in Monaco,   two in Germany, one in Italy, one in Indonesia, and one in Bhutan), which likely means that the next step is “Baby in the baby carriage”, right? Yes, and no. Matilde Borromeo (now Princess Matilde von Furstenburg) reportedly had a baby in September. (Italy) Princess Nathalie had her son shortly after to the civil ceremony to Alexander in 2010. His name is Konstantin, and he was born in July 2010. (Germany) In recent reports, for both of the MAJOR royal weddings this year-Prince William’s to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Albert’s to former South African swimmer Princess Charlene, it has been rumored that both women are presently pregnant. Not in my opinion, they are not- either o...

Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi was born 30 September 1898 and was the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and the mother of Prince Rainier III. She was the only child and illegitimate daughter of HSH Prince Louis II of Monaco. She was born in Algeria, the daughter of a prince and cabaret singer, Marie Juliette Louvet. Due to Monaco’s constution at the time of her birth, Monaco was due to pass to her father’s cousin, Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach upon his death. To prevent this, on 15 May 1911, when Charlotte Louvet was only twelve years old, a law was passed recognizing Charlotte as Louis's daughter, and making her a member of the sovereign family. Though it was later held to be invalid under the 1882 statutes, an Ordinance of 30 October 1918 allowed her to be adopted. Louis legitimated and adopted Charlotte in Paris on 16 May 1919, when she was twenty years old, bestowing on her the surname Grimaldi and granted her the title Duchess of ...

As previously reported, illegitimate children are nothing new to Monaco. Illegitimate children go back for many generations in the modern princely family of Monaco. Princess Charlotte of Monaco who is considered the "convenient" illegitimate Grimaldi ; then eight of Princess Charlotte's great-grandchildren-Andrea, Charlotte and Pierre Casiraghi, Camille Gottlieb , Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Alexandre Coste , and Louis and Pauline Ducuret and three of "The Convenient One"'s own grandchildren were also originally illegitimate at one point or another in their lives. Marcia Tracy spotlights more of Monaco's inconvenient children for The Royal Fanzine . Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy was born in 1947, the eldest of the three de Massy children. At the time of her birth, her uncle Rainer III was single and childless, so many Moneguese looked to Elisabeth's mother, Princess Antoinette of Monaco  for security in the succession to Monaco. This increased...

There are many facts surrounding Prince Albert's latest paternity allegations that make this Royal Fanzine editor believe that it is all a sham and just god-awful Public Relations tactics. Here are the facts as to why it is not true: 1. The story was originally brought to the public's attention by a TABLOID, L'Express . Really? Since when is a TABLOID creditable, folks? After all, after the palace released a statement denying the story, L'Express added the following to the article: “EDIT from 28/06/2010 at 16h10: The Palace of Monaco formally denied the affair, which he described as ‘false allegations’.” I for one, only heard about this because of Robert Eringer, Prince Albert’s former spymaster, who is known to *love* (note 100% sarcasm here) Prince Albert and Monaco, had posted a blog with a link to the L'Express article. 2. Sure, they may have stayed in different hotels while in South Africa during the IOC meeting. Before their honeymoon actually starte...