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So, wait Caroline was at the QM furneral not as a Princess of Monaco but as H.R.H. The Princess of Hanover and Albert was there for Monaco?
And it shouldn't be taken lightly the fact that Caroline marrying into the House of Hanover has definitely raised the House of Grimaldi's prestige a little as well. She's actually the first Grimaldi to marry into such a prestigious British noble house since Lady Mary Victoria Douglas Hamilton married Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1869, that's 142 years ago! Here's a little background info. on her: Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ah but her first husband that was killed, he was the boat racer...wasn't he Italian or something?
I'm not too familiar with Monaco, does she have children with her 2nd huband? I know she had them with the first.
MM
She divorced. I don't exactly know why but I heard it is because he was unfaithful.I'm definately behind...I didn't even realize she had 3 marriages..I just knew about the two.
What happened with her first husband?
MM
I don't think Caroline is particularly close friends with any other royals - she certainly wasn't friends with Diana. They met on a couple of official occasions but she didn't attend the funeral.
She and Stefano did attend Bianca d'Aosta's wedding in the 1980s.
As a family the Grimaldis are quite friendly with the Swedish Royal family and there are links with the Spanish royal family (Victoria Eugenia was Albert's godmother) although Albert's less than diplomatic comments about security for potential Madrid Olympics did cause something of a freeze.
Caroline of Monaco is persona non grata since she is separat from Ernst August of Hanover, there was the birthday of the couple King Constante and Anna Maria of Greece in 2014 with the Queens of Margreth of Danemark and queen od Spain, the prince Ernst August was invited but no Caroline. [...]
It is difficult to say if the relationship between Queen Ena and the Grimaldis was a true or a partly calculated friendship. Say A and it is okay. Say B and it is also okay.
I agree, whatever the basis for their friendship was, it's all okay; so why bring up this difference between "true" and "partly calculated" in the first place?