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This is what was published in The Express. Also, something similar was mentioned in the Paris Match article.
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L'Express du 04/07/2005 par Eric Pelletier, Jean-Marie Pontaut
Mais, pour l'ancienne hôtesse de l'air, l'argent ne fait pas tout. Elle veut surtout éviter que son fils ne soit élevé dans l'ombre, comme un bâtard qu'on dote pour mieux le cacher. Elle veut absolument qu'Alexandre puisse au plus vite rencontrer son grand-père. «Une idée fixe, qui tournait à l'obsession», explique un proche d'Albert. C'est précisément ce que veut éviter le futur souverain. Des lettres, accompagnées de photos, sont envoyées au palais, mais elles n'arriveront jamais à destination. La mère aurait même été éconduite par les gardes du Rocher. Dans ce contexte politique délicat, où le souverain est gravement malade, la naissance d'un enfant naturel poserait forcément un délicat problème de succession. Les réactions de Rainier, échaudé par les frasques de ses filles, demeurent imprévisibles.
Here’s my translation (my French is rudimentary):
But, for the former flight attendant, money is not everything. She especially wants to avoid that her son is not raised in the shadow, like a bastard who they endow to hide him better. She absolutely wants that Alexander can meet his grandfather as quickly as possible. « A set idea, which turned into an obsession », explains a close friend of Albert's. This is precisely what the future sovereign wants to avoid. Letters, accompanied with photographs, are sent to the palace, but they will never reach the destination. The mother would even have been turned away by the nurses of the Rock. In this delicate political context, where the sovereign is seriously ill, the birth of a natural child would necessarily pose a delicate problem of succession. The reactions of Rainier, scalded by the reckless adventures of his daughters, remain unpredictable.
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So, based on this interview, Nicole was dead set on Rainier knowing about Alexandre, including even going down to the Palace. Remember, it was Nicole who said that Albert cooled down their relationship once Rainier met her at a dinner. So, I think a lot of her action was out of spite. She must have felt humiliated to be rejected like that bby her boyfriend's father (and Albert didn't stand up for her either, but shewas already in love with him after the first date). So, do you believe she was sending HER family pictures of Alexandre so Alexnadre could get to know them as she was sending Rainer. This woman was determine to ingratiate herself in this family. How many mothers do you know would want to bring their 1-year old child in an empty chapel to see a dead old man (who he has never seen before) in a casket as she did when she begged Albert to let her come to the funeral (but the closest she got was to see Rainer’s body in the Palace chapel). I think Nicole so desperately wanted that “wave from the balcony” moment. She stated in this interview and in the Paris Match interview that she still loved Albert and even asked him to have sex with her, even after he told her to have an abortion, did not come to see the baby in the hospital, and did not see him until months later. I am sorry, but Nicole is one calculating and desperate woman who got the best of of a prince. I wonder if she is really happy now.