Laviollette said:
Who says Caroline is going to tolerate shady people who, according to you and Vanity Fair, killed her husband? Bottom line is Eric Coste or any other non-legitimate child is not going to rule Monaco or any other monarchy as that has not happened since William the Conquerer in 1066. Btw, King William I had 10 children and none of them succeeded him to the British throne; they were all illegitimate.
William the Conqueror?
As the popular saying goes, are we confusing apples with oranges? a cat for a rabbit? Or, in the case of French-Italian Monaco and Medieval Dane-Anglo-Saxon-Norman England, champagne for beer?
Since we are getting further away let me bring it back by subject association, Darwin's theory of evolution not only is applicable to genetics but to everything in life. In order to survive you must change as the enviroment around you changes. Same applies to four legged creatures and us, the two legged ones. Same applies to large and small business, corporations, family life, society, government, nations. We can't keep life in a time capsule as the world outside changes and thus, the medieval rules of Monaco or any country can't be put into practice in the modern world and expect citizens to live by them.
Thanks to Monaco's far sigthed Princes, that little spot on the planet has survived since they devised in the 19th century the idea that a casino would be good for the economy. That somehow compensated the great loss of territory and property Monaco had at the time of the French revolution. When the princedom was shrunk to the current size and the Grimaldis lost a lot of their belongings. Darwin would be proud of Monaco's evolution to survive because the Princes adapted to the changes around them as fast as they were able to. So did most of the monarchies that survived the two World wars.
And now, as the other expression goes, Albert is 'rocking the boat'. Just for example, Stephanie's antics do not affect Monaco the way Albert's antics do. She does not control the finances, he does. And where there is a lot of money involved, and we are talking billions, there is a lot of interested third parties that won't like Albert to be making too much noise and mixing his personal life with the finances of this mini business empire.
Enter the Coste family. Not just Nicole but all her kids, her own family and her ex-husband. She is not going to be in charge of getting her hands into all that money and power no more than Stephanie (and her men) would be allowed to do it either. If the kid becomes heir, which won't happen, she will be there pulling the strings and so will anyone associated with her past and present.
Prince Rainier saw the mess that would happen after his death and started changing things around to protect Monaco and his family, and protect Albert from himself and his women. His last will says it all. Albert got the country and became financial guardian of his young sister and Caroline (the most brilliant one of the lot) got almost half of the fortune since Rainier knew she can handle both money and business. Caroline is the new rock of Gibraltar on that family. The brains (and beauty) behind the throne. She has Rainier's brains and dignified style and Grace's beauty all rolled over in a Channel suit. And she is Albert's Heir, and after her is Andrea, whose surname will change to Grimaldi according to tradition.
And seems the power that be that control Monaco's economy know that well, I don't see Nicole Coste entering any Rose Ball event as the grande dame of Monaco any time soon. Nor her son, the real innocent victim in all this mess Albert and Nicole brought all to themselves.
