The Ruling Grimaldis
ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE GRIMALDI FAMILY AFFLICTED BY THE CURSE?
It seems as though the curse on the House of Grimaldi continues to plague the royal family to this day. Prince Albert II, the current ruler of Monaco and son of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, and his wife Princess Charlene were reported in 2023 to be supposedly living in separate countries, him in Monaco and her in Switzerland, despite being the parents of two young children. Upon the couple’s marriage in
2011, there was widespread reporting on the appearance that the bride looked upset on her wedding day, with several photographs of a teary-eyed Charlene circulating. However, these reports were dismissed, with the new Princess insisting it was usual for a bride to be emotional on her wedding day.
Albert’s two sisters have struggled to find lasting love, with both Caroline and Stéphanie having been married multiple times. Caroline’s first marriage ended in divorce after just two years and she has been estranged from her third husband since 2009. Her second marriage ended in tragedy when her husband, Stefano Casiraghi, died in a speedboat accident in 1990. Stéphanie, on the other hand, caused a scandal when she fell pregnant by her bodyguard in 1992. The couple went on to have a second child before they married in 1995, but the marriage only lasted a year before they divorced. Stéphanie later gave birth to a third child while she was unmarried, before she made headlines once again when she ran away with the circus – yes, she actually did that. In 2001, the Princess’ relationship with a married elephant trainer saw her take her three children to live in his caravan until that relationship deteriorated. Her last marriage was to another circus performer, this time an acrobat called Adans Lopez Perez, in 2003, which also ended in divorce after only a year.