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You’re probably talking about me. I’m of European extraction and my father is a diplomat. Both of those facts make me a lot more familiar with the workings of Western European royal families than most Americans are. I am neither for or against Nicole Coste. Simply stating well known facts. She is the apple of Albert’s eye and between increasingly liberalizing racial attitudes, Charles elevating Camilla, Charlene being a public relations nightmare, and Nicole
having charmed nearly everyone in Monaco, there’s a very good chance Albert might elevate her in the next 10 years. I am sorry if that bothers you.[/quote]

So Charlene didn't want to marry him but did it for the financial benefits to her family, plus maybe a bit of delusion/optimism that he would keep it in his pants after marriage, and that didn't work out. Meanwhile, Nicole Coste still appeals to Albert and she doesn't object when he sleeps around, suggesting that she understands the rules for this gig better than Charlene.

Is that about it?[/quote]
Yes.

Nicole Coste is beautiful, charming, and sophisticated about these sorts of things. Prince Albert has had dalliances and so has she. So what? No one can come between them. Prince Charles and Camilla have each had their own dalliances too. Going insane over a fling is silly when you have a lifetime bond.

Charlene is a miserable brat and mentally unstable. I have to put it that plainly. No one loves her. She became vengeful when Prince Albert did not fall madly in love with her even though she is not even in love with him. She is just embarrassed over the whole situation and determined to make a mess. It will end badly for her if she does not learn how to behave quickly.[/quote]

Nothing says "a lifetime bond" like waiting to acknowledge the child and paying the mother to stay quiet.   Giving interviews to Paris Match when the father won't is cherry on top of the cake.

The royal court in Monaco is expected to welcome a "petit prince" this week when the new ruler publicly recognises his son born out of wedlock.

Prince Albert II is to make an announcement about the 22-month-old child on Thursday, one day after the end of the official mourning period for his father Prince Rainier and five days before his own coronation.

The boy, named Eric Alexandre Stèphane and known as Alexandre, was born after the prince's five-year affair with Nicole Coste, a Togolese former flight attendant.

Although Prince Albert has no other recognised children, Alexandre is not in line to the Monaco throne. In April 2002 the constitution of the principality was changed to ensure that only "direct and legitimate descendants" could rule.

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However, recognition will put Alexandre in line for an estimated €2bn (£1.35bn) inheritance.

The move to recognise Alexandre comes after months of negotiations between the royal court and 33-year-old Ms Coste. The boy's existence was a closely guarded secret until two months ago, when Paris Match published photographs of the 47-year-old prince with his son less than a month after Prince Rainier's death.

Prince Albert is believed to have already legally recognised Alexandre in December 2003, when the boy was four months old, after DNA tests revealed the prince was the father.

In return for the use of his Paris flat, a villa in the south of France, a BMW and €10,000 a month maintenance payments, he had asked Ms Coste to keep the child secret while Prince Rainier was alive.

The prince successfully sued Paris Match for invasion of privacy, and last week the magazine was fined €50,000 in damages, plus costs. The magazine has appealed.

The prince and Ms Coste met on a flight in July 1997. During their secret romance the couple met at the prince's apartments in Paris and Monte Carlo. The affair is believed to have ended shortly after Alexandre was conceived.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/05/1[/quote]

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