Princess Caroline of Monaco
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Born January 23, 1957, HSH the Princess Caroline of Monaco, a.k.a HRH the Princess of Hanover, is the eldest daughter of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his wife, Grace Patricia Kelly, a former American movie star. She is third in line to the Monegasque throne, after her brother, Prince Albert of Monaco, Marquis des Baux.
Her first husband was Philippe Junot (born 1940), a playboy banker. They were married 1978, divorced in 1980, and the marriage was annulled in 1992.
Her second husband was Stefano Andrea Casiraghi (1960-1990), an Italian industrialist who died in a boating accident. They were married on December 29, 1983, and had three children: Andrea Albert Pierre (1984-), Charlotte Marie Pomeline (1986-), and Pierre Rainer Stefano (1987-). The two younger children are named for their maternal great-grandparents, Princess Charlotte of Monaco and Prince Pierre of Monaco.
Her third and present husband is HRH Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland (1954-). A German aristocrat who is a descendant of King George III of the United Kingdom, the prince is a member of the British royal family. He also would be King of Hanover if the country still existed as a sovereign nation. They married in 1999 and have one child, Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia, who was born six months later.
Princess Caroline had a liaison from 1990 until 1995 with French actor Vincent Lindon.
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