Today Jazmin Grace, oldest natural child of Prince Albert II, celebrates her 19th birthday. Jazmin, a native of Palm Springs, California, who spent a summer doing charity work in the Fiji Islands, is currently a student at Fordham University in New York. Jazmin has not made the news much lately but as far as I'm concerned that is a good thing. She's been doing extremely well in her studied and is obviously a very intelligent young lady and seems destined for success in whatever direction she decides to take in her life. Mad for Monaco wishes her a happy birthday and all the best of luck in her studies at college and future career.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Happy Birthday Jazmin!
Today Jazmin Grace, oldest natural child of Prince Albert II, celebrates her 19th birthday. Jazmin, a native of Palm Springs, California, who spent a summer doing charity work in the Fiji Islands, is currently a student at Fordham University in New York. Jazmin has not made the news much lately but as far as I'm concerned that is a good thing. She's been doing extremely well in her studied and is obviously a very intelligent young lady and seems destined for success in whatever direction she decides to take in her life. Mad for Monaco wishes her a happy birthday and all the best of luck in her studies at college and future career.
Today is also my son's b-day. It's a good day to be born. Does the Prince acknowledge Jasmin's b-day?
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No one outside the family really knows. Maybe a card, maybe a phone call, but, sometimes I think people expect too much on this front. For quite some time Albert had no idea she existed. The pregnancy was unplanned (as far as he was concerned anyway) and it seems he was 'misled' as to the possibility of a child (which is not to totally excuse him, he should have known better anyway) and given all of that I don't think he can be expected to be 'father of the year'. I don't know how close they are but, once she was proven to be his, she was given security (at least during the initial media frenzy and I would assume she still does) and she is certainly well provided for. Miss Rotolo didn't send her lawyers forward until after the whole Coste thing exploded and Alexandre was being splashed across the media as the Prince's 'first' and 'only' child. It was only then that she stepped forward and demanded a paternity test to prove the Prince was the father and thus legally responsible. Before that he was totally convinced she couldn't be his.
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Are you sure about that? I remember the Prince being sued in court while I was in college, (he is 31 days older than me). The judge throw the case out because of course the US courts had no legal grounds against the Prince. It was a case involving a child in CA. I also remember reading somewhere, that the Prince knew about the pregnancy and actually was concerned enough to call the Mom almost everyday until Prince Rainier found out and he stopped it.
ReplyDeleteIt also seemed that the cases of his son and his daughter were acknowledged very quickly==only days apart.
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I'm going from memory so I couldn't swear to it in court or anything, but I seem to recall him telling Larry King or somebody that he had no more children -positive, only for the court case to come up shortly thereafter, had the paternity test etc. It may be he suspected it or something of the sort, and who knows what she told him. I do know the thing was not pressed until Alexandre's paternity came out. There was alot of talk at the time of how the spotlight-loving Coste must have been annoyed at losing her brief singular distinction.
ReplyDeleteThere is a picture of her with her father and princess Charlene at the princess grace awards in ny. He looks proud and she has her arms around both it seems cozy. http://pinterest.com/pin/29414203788118015/
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