Princess Charlene Expeciting Heir To Monaco Throne

[icyfroth]

Monaco (AFP) - Princess Charlene, the South African wife of Monaco monarch Prince Albert II, is expecting the couple's first child at the end of the year, the royal palace announced on Friday.

Rumours that the eagerly-awaited announcement that she was pregnant could be imminent had swirled around the tiny principality on the French Riviera for several days.

They reached fever pitch after Charlene was taken unwell and had to rest during an official trip to France earlier in the week.

The new baby, who will replace Albert's sister Caroline as the next in line to the Monaco throne, will be Charlene's first child and the grandson or granddaughter of Hollywood superstar Grace Kelly.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/news/a/23998566/princess-charlene-expecting-heir-to-monaco-throne/

About time lol.

[azureline**]

I wonder why only she is expecting it?

[lind9650]

What twisted lifes high society is living and then demand respect and reverence from the public, just because they have a royal title.

Cripes, he has two children already, but because of archaic laws, none of them is entitled to inherit the throne. Now he has a wife that did not want to stay with him, but has sold herself for big money.

Billionaire Bogans, not good role models.

Erica

[cherry*135]

It is a strange headline isn't it ?

Expecting a ...baby? .... Or some unknown person (heir) with a claim to the throne to turn up at the palace?

What about the expectant father? Doesn't he warrant a mention?

"Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco expecting their first baby"

That sounds better. It will be their daughter or son rather than just an heir.

[*crikey*mate*]

How copme his other cghildren don't get a look in for the throne?

[azureline**]

they are illegitimate............ fathered by him, denied by him, dna proves him to be the dad, he has accepted that.

[cherry*135]

Denied by him initially (the eldest one at least) but has a good relationship with them now (according to the media).

[*crikey*mate*]

Hey Pimpy, what came first, the Prince or the piercing?

[icyfroth]

From the article:

"Under Monaco's inheritance laws, neither of the two recognised illegitimate children have any claim to royal titles or to be considered as heirs to Albert.

They do however have legal rights to a share of his huge personal fortune, estimated by Forbes magazine to exceed one billion dollars."

"Albert and Charlene's relationship has repeatedly been reported to be on the verge of collapse since well-sourced reports suggested that she had attempted to flee Monaco just days before their wedding, distraught at rumours that details of a third illegitimate child were about to surface.

Palace officials were reported to have brokered a deal under which the former Charlene Wittstock would be guaranteed a generous divorce settlement if she still wanted to leave after providing Albert with an heir to continue the line of the House of Grimaldi."

We can only wish them well and hope their new baby brings them closer together.

[cherry*135]

Not how she sees it.

2013

As she walked down the aisle in a bespoke Armani dress that had taken the Italian atelier an astonishing 2,500 hours to create, Charlene Wittstock, now Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco, looked anything but the happy bride.

Tears rolled down her cheeks as she exchanged vows with the principality's ruler, Prince Albert II, in front of a global audience of millions.

But her tears weren't, as reported, the result of a series of rows over her fiance's womanising ways and a failed escape attempt in the days leading up to her wedding. 

In a rare interview, the South African former swimmer has revealed that they were tears of happiness and has described the speculation as 'categorical lies'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2362899/Monacos-Princess-Charlene-finally-breaks-silence-b...