First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to say hello to everyone here, as I am a new member. I thoroughly enjoy perusing the Grimaldi section of this site, as it seems to be without question the most interesting.
I would like to ask a serious question here. I recently read the book
'Once Upon A Time: Behind The Fairy Tale Of Princess Grace & Prince Rainier' by J. Randy Taraborrelli. While a lot of the text contained within this book was really nothing new (in my opinion, anyway) what I did find somewhat disconcerting, and disturbing was the situation with Princess Grace 'not being allowed', for lack of a better term, to raise Prince Albert. The book details Prince Rainier keeping Prince Albert separated from Grace - for the most part - during his formative years, and that Rainier primarily molded and prepared Prince Albert as heir to the throne. Grace was allowed limited access to Prince Albert while he was a young boy, but (according to the book) it was a rule imposed by Prince Rainier that Prince Albert was 'hands-off' as far as Princess Grace was concerned.
Princess Grace was given the responsibility of raising Caroline and Stephanie, but not Albert.
When I read this, I found it rather sad, if this is indeed true. Can anyone here confirm or deny that this was the case with Grace & Albert. I've seen many photos of Grace &b Albert while he was grwoing up, and it APPEARS to be that the two were very close. But after reading the book, I'm not so sure anymore.
I would like to ask a serious question here. I recently read the book
'Once Upon A Time: Behind The Fairy Tale Of Princess Grace & Prince Rainier' by J. Randy Taraborrelli. While a lot of the text contained within this book was really nothing new (in my opinion, anyway) what I did find somewhat disconcerting, and disturbing was the situation with Princess Grace 'not being allowed', for lack of a better term, to raise Prince Albert. The book details Prince Rainier keeping Prince Albert separated from Grace - for the most part - during his formative years, and that Rainier primarily molded and prepared Prince Albert as heir to the throne. Grace was allowed limited access to Prince Albert while he was a young boy, but (according to the book) it was a rule imposed by Prince Rainier that Prince Albert was 'hands-off' as far as Princess Grace was concerned.
Princess Grace was given the responsibility of raising Caroline and Stephanie, but not Albert.
When I read this, I found it rather sad, if this is indeed true. Can anyone here confirm or deny that this was the case with Grace & Albert. I've seen many photos of Grace &b Albert while he was grwoing up, and it APPEARS to be that the two were very close. But after reading the book, I'm not so sure anymore.