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leahteresa said:I must agree, that does not look like her. They did the same thing with a pic of PA with an African woman after the NC story broke. It was quite obviously not her once you really looked at the picture.
BurberryBrit said:You guys are good! That is obviously not her.
One thing I noticed about PA, he is open minded as far as race/ethnicity is concerned. I think that's cool. I guess he just loves women. Has he dated an Asian woman? I wonder what people in Monaco think about this? I know that IR dating is not as big a deal in Europe as perhaps in the states, but I wonder if a black or asian woman turned out to be "the one" would the public be outraged at having a non-white princess?
rominet09 said:I don't think people would be outraged.... of course there will always be people who wouldn't like it of course, the obvious proof is that, when he recognized Alexandre, no remarks about his mother's colour have been made.
MyAdia said:**********************************************
Daily Mail (London)
December 5, 2005 Monday
ED 1ST; Pg. 39
Frozen out by Albert's flunkies
GRACE KELLY she isn't, but DJ and singer Sonique (above) certainly presses the right buttons for the late Princess's son, Monaco's ruler Prince Albert II. For I can reveal that the London-born beauty - real name Sonia Clarke - enjoyed an unlikely two-month dalliance with Albert.
Sonique, 37, trills:'He's absolutely lovely.We met at a music awards ceremony in Monaco. We hung out together for two months - going out to dinner and clubbing - and he was not a bit royal. I liked him a lot.' Alas, Sonique, who had a No1 single with It Feels So Good, soon realised there was no future with Albert.
The singer felt frozen out by Albert's flunkies because of her background: she left school without qualifications, drew the dole for four years and even slept rough before finding fame.
Explains a friend: 'Albert was fine, but the people around him treated her like dirt. It was quite clear they didn't think she should be part of their scene.' Perhaps Albert's retainers should have treated Sonique better - they nearly hyperventilated earlier this year after he was forced to admit having sired a lovechild with Togo air hostess Nicole Coste.
Because, my dear, this is a forum where royals are discussed. The end.Freedom said:Perhaps I'm being oversensitive here, but for heavens sake (!)...are there not more important things going on in world that need attention??? Albert seems to be trying to do his part in not only making this world a better place, but also making up for the wrongs caused by others. Sure, he is not a magician, and he is still learning how to best use his newfound influence, but he is trying to be a good person and leader. Why do we care if Alexander is purple or Albert's girlfriends are green, not formally educated, and/or lack an affluent pedigree. Could, for one moment in time, we just let royals be people, and as long as they perform their respective jobs well...let them act in their personal life as make's them genuinely happy?
BurberryBrit said:You make a good point: he must have had a "real" women at some point in his life, but once she figures him out, she's out the door! The woman he ends up with will either be so dumb/enamored by him that she turns a blind eye to his philandering. Or she will put her foot down, and tell him to shape the heck up. For a woman like the latter to get as far as marriage with him, he will have to be seriously head over heels in love with her.
BurberryBrit said:He obviously has many women to fulfill his needs (social, sexual, etc) but doesn't it get old after a while? I would imagine that at some point, a man wants a woman to settle down with, have children with, grow old with--a true love. Maybe he doesn't want that.
BurberryBrit said:I don't want to say that once a cheater always a cheater because love can change people. But he doesn't have a good track record, does he?
BurberryBrit said:Should she be on the cover of magazines like that? If she wasn't the "amie du Prince Albert" she probably wouldn't be on there. I don't think it was a wise decision on her part simply because they're only interested in her due to her association with PA.
BurberryBrit said:She's saying that she's very passionate about swimming. She met Nelson Mandela and he's like a grandfather to her. She loves children. She thinks sports can help bridge the difference between people. She says she's an open and positive person. She like Europe (mentions Monaco). I can't make out anything about her and PA. It doesn't look like she mentions him!
pinklady1991 said:I have to agree with you Burberry...unless she's trying to develop herself as a person with her own interests. But I don't think anyone would care if she hadn't been seen with PA. But in typical Libra fashion, I have to say that it's a piece of brilliant PR work if she's only using this to announce her arrival back on the international swimming scene.
Lakshmi said:And I don't know French at all. Please someone translate/summorize..
BurberryBrit said:Can you explain what you mean by the short list Fr. Tucker made? Did someone suggest to Ranier that he should consider dating Grace?
pinklady1991 said:Fr. Tucker was Rainier's & the family's spiritual advisor for many, many years. In many ways he was a father figure to Rainier. When Rainier decided that he needed to marry, Fr. Tucker helped create a list of wealthy, acceptable Catholic women in Europe and America, and yes, Grace was on it. Fr. Tucker was also from the Philadelphia area and was quite familiar with the Kelly family. While this list was being created, Rainier met Grace for the photo shoot. You also have to remember at that time, MC had a bit of a financial crisis so it was imperative that the woman in question come from a certain background. I like to think that fate had a helping hand.
leahteresa said:I asked the same questions awhile back about CW giving an interview to Paris Match. Seems unlikely that he would choose that particular publication to "introduce" his bride to be. LIke, if you have to sue someone, do you trust them agian. But she can give an interview to anyone she likes.
leahteresa said:And I beleive she will train for the olympics, she's too old but like many people, she proably doesn't realize it. Also, if it's all she's ever done maybe she wants to stay in it and go on to coach. But her pictures do not even compare to Grace. Not by a long shot....
leahteresa said:I am sticking to my origional theory that CW got innapropriately chatty with the press and got herself dumped. She didn't just say, boy isn't the weather nice here in Turin, based on what I read she said, yeah, it's a great place for a sleepover and we're not getting married. I do not know if she actually said "yet" or not but either way, not so smart.
leahteresa said:I also find it hard to believe that the palace in MC releases a list of people who are invited to the Rose Ball? I think that little tid bit may be gossip.