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Princess Stéphanie (Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi, born February 1,
1965 in the Palais Princier, Monaco) is the youngest child of Grace Kelly
and Rainier III of Monaco. Formerly Mme. Daniel Ducruet, formerly Mme. Adans
Perez-Lopez and (rumored) formerly Mme. Mathieu Snaet she has been a
sometime singer, swimwear designer, fashion model, and circus performer —
her mother lovingly called the princess her "wild child" — she is the sister
of Albert II of Monaco and Princess Caroline.
She was the passenger in the car at the time of the accident that killed her
mother on a mountain road September 13, 1982. Rumours persist to this day
that Stéphanie was driving. Due to being hospitalized with injuries
sustained in the crash, she was unable to attend Grace's funeral.
In 1986 the princess opened a café and a jeans boutique on Rue Grimaldi.
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Music career
In the mid-80s the princess began a short music career. In the summer of
1986 Stéphanie released her first LP with the title Oragan, which reached
the international Top 10. Likewise the singles "Irresistible" and the French
version of Ouragan became hits.
Because the second tour in the late 80s flopped, the princess stopped her
attempt in the music industry for the time being. In 1991, Stéphanie
released her second album, which was unsuccessful. After that, she finally
ended her pop career.
Marriages and affairs
Long the enfant terrible of European royalty, her affairs and antics were
reported to have driven Rainier to despair. At 16, she began an affair with
Paul Belmondo, son of French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo, and two years her
senior. Over the years she was reportedly engaged to actor Rob Lowe, music
producer Ron Bloom, convicted drug addict Mario Oliver, and Jean Yves Lefur.
Notorious for her penchant for romancing her servants, in 1991 she became
pregnant by her bodyguard Daniel Ducruet. She gave birth to their son,
Louis, on November 26, 1992, and daughter, Pauline, on May 4, 1994. She
married Ducruet on July 1, 1995, but divorced him in 1996 after the
publication of photographs of him cavorting poolside with Muriel ("Fili")
Houteman, the reigning "Miss Nude Belgium" (some sources say "Miss Topless
Belgium"). Stéphanie then had another child, Camille, born on July 15, 1998,
who was allegedly fathered by Jean Raymond Gottlieb, another of her
bodyguards.This has never been publicly confirmed or refuted and the
princess has refused to put the father's name on the birth certificate.
Though they were born out of wedlock, Louis and Pauline are in line to the
throne of Monaco because they were legitimated when their mother married
Ducruet; Monegasque law recognizes such children as dynastic. Camille,
however, is not recognized as dynastic and will have no claim to the throne
unless Stéphanie marries Gottlieb, or she is legitimated by legislation.
Stéphanie retreated to the French ski resort of Auron and had an affair with
Corsican bartender Pierre Pinelli. She also made headlines in 2002 when she
lived with married elephant tamer Franco Knie in a trailer and traveled
throughout Europe with his circus act. She later became involved with her
father's butler, Richard Lucas, a married father of two, before turning her
attentions to a palace gardener.
On September 12, 2003, she married Adans Lopez Peres, a Portuguese trapeeze
artist 10 years her junior. He is a fifth-generation performer, the eldest
son of an acrobat-clown and a classically trained flamenco dancer. Lopez
Peres is one half of the Peres Brothers, a circus act with his younger
brother, Ivan. Rumours that she married the acrobat because she was pregnant
with his child turned out to be false.
On July 22, 2004, Germany's illustrated Bild newspaper reported that
Stéphanie split from Peres, has contacted lawyers to obtain a divorce, and
is seeing Ducruet again. However, that fall, Hello! magazine published
photographs of the princess with a man the magazine identified as her new
boyfriend, Franck Brasseur, a married croupier who also is a member of the
Monaco national soccer team.
Her relationship with a 27 year old beach bar waiter named Mathieu Snaet has
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