Chantal Hochuli, formerly The Princess of Hanover

[rosana]

Well, she´s the former Princess of Hannover, isn´t she?

[christinacg]

Ernstie looks so much like her imo.

[MoonlightRhapsody]

I just can't help feeling bad for this woman, no matter how much time has passed. Collette was right, true fairytale romances rarely happen, and it seems especially true with royals. Infidelities are more rampant in royal circles, it seems. At least she's happy with her life now. She's better off without a cheating man like Ernst. I wouldn't be surprised if he cheats on Caroline too. Once a cheater, always a cheater.

[rosana]

Originally Posted by MoonlightRhapsody

I just can't help feeling bad for this woman, no matter how much time has passed. Collette was right, true fairytale romances rarely happen, and it seems especially true with royals. Infidelities are more rampant in royal circles, it seems. At least she's happy with her life now. She's better off without a cheating man like Ernst. I wouldn't be surprised if he cheats on Caroline too. Once a cheater, always a cheater.

I don´t agree with you i prefer to think he was so in live with Caroline that he had no other choice,these things happen too.

[Avareenah]

Originally Posted by rosana

I don´t agree with you i prefer to think he was so in live with Caroline that he had no other choice,these things happen too.

I think that is a little romanticized, rosana. As an intelligent adult, of course he had a choice whether to stay in his marriage or pursue his relationship with Caroline.

[rosana]

Originally Posted by Avareenah

I think that is a little romanticized, rosana. As an intelligent adult, of course he had a choice whether to stay in his marriage or pursue his relationship with Caroline.

Ya, you´re right, too romanticism.And it was not the first time he cheated his wife, the marriage was over long time ago,imo.

[Avareenah]

So, Ernst had cheated whilst married to Chantal (I mean prior to Caroline)?

[kittencrews]

I don't think Ernst would ever cheat on Caroline... I think he is a bit scared of her!

[xtan]

ha. i think so too.

[Tosca]

Few years ago Caroline kicked up a row with EA, because during their annual cruise on the Mediterranean, when they stopped in Pantelleria island, she caught him glancing at local girl's breasts. Men!

[cro girl]

I agree with you! If it ever turns out true, the first thing coming to my mind will be Caroline holding a baseball bat! lol

[hrhcp]

Originally Posted by Tosca

Few years ago Caroline kicked up a row with EA, because during their annual cruise on the Mediterranean, when they stopped in Pantelleria island, she caught him glancing at local girl's breasts. Men!

I was reliably informed by more than one married gentleman, that the golden rule is, "look, but don't touch".

...

That said, there is a matter of when to look, and being discrete in certain surroundings.

On the other hand, does it - the matter of a guy looking when his wife is around (and her getting upset about it) - imply a certain insecurity of the better half???

[Grace]

Just for the record, Caro and Ernst got together around 1995, and she got pregnant almost 4 years later, at the end of 1998. By that time Ernst was separated and I think also divorced. As for the cheating, I think it's very difficult to judge a situation based on what mags say; as we all know they are not always reliable.

[fandesacs2003]

Originally Posted by Grace

Just for the record, Caro and Ernst got together around 1995, and she got pregnant almost 4 years later, at the end of 1998. By that time Ernst was separated and I think also divorced. As for the cheating, I think it's very difficult to judge a situation based on what mags say; as we all know they are not always reliable.

If I'm not wrong, Chantal made an announcement for the end of her marriage, and she said that her divorce was also due to a "third person's influence". Everybody at this moment deducted that she was referring to Caroline.

When rumours of Caroline dating Ernst started, Chantal was still married with EA. They might be just legally, but "not really" married anymore, but we did not know it at this time.

[Tosca]

Chantal and EA were still married when he started dating Caroline.
In an interview Chantal gaveCHI mag, she loved her husband and that they would never divorce.

[Tosca]

A couple of pictures taken from an old issue of CHI mag:

Chantal and Ernst August pictured when she denied they would have ever divorced, but in reality he was already dating Caroline:
CHI 1

and a portrait of Chantal:
CHI 2

[hrhcp]

Originally Posted by Tosca

A couple of pictures taken from an old issue of CHI mag:

Chantal and Ernst August pictured when she denied they would have ever divorced, but in reality he was already dating Caroline:
CHI 1

and a portrait of Chantal:
CHI 2

To me... there is an element of her looking 'woe-b-gone' in the first picture, and she radiates a certain strength and consequent beauty in the second picture.

[nanaweiker]

i always thought Caroline and her siblings had studied in Rosey, cuz Ranier, her father had studied there and he used to like a lot the school.
anyone knows for sure where have the grimaldi studied?

[Warren]

This question is better asked in the Monaco Forum, rather than the German-Austrian.

[susan alicia]

She is still Princess of Hanover. After her divorce she ceased to be The Princess of Hanover