Caroline, Princess of Monaco

Carolina, princesa de Mónaco, habla sobre el legado de su madre, sus deseos,  frustraciones y sus obligaciones. Carolina de Mónaco, se dice, tuvo romances con Guillermo Vilas. En vocabulario: unbeknownst

Caroline is the elder sister of Prince Albert II and Princess Stéphanie…

“I wanted to be a ballerina…”

As a child, she spent some of her time at the home of her maternal grandparents John B. Kelly Sr. and Margaret Major in Philadelphia. Grace described Caroline and Stéphanie as "warm, bright, amusing, intelligent and capable girls. They're very much in tune with their era. Besides being good students, they are good athletes – excellent skiers and swimmers. Both can cook and sew and play the piano and ride a horse. But, above all, my children are good sports, conscious of their position and considerate of others. They are sympathetic to the problems and concerns in the world today."

Caroline spent the summer of 1971 at Camp Oneka in the Poconos. While there, unbeknownst even to her parents, she was protected by the United States Secret Service.

Caroline continued her studies at the Sorbonne University, where she received a diploma in philosophy and minors in psychology and biology. She is fluent in French, English, Spanish, German and Italian.

She regularly attends important social events in Monaco related to the Monegasque Princely Family, such as the National Day celebrations, the annual Rose Ball, the Red Cross Ball and the Formula One competition Monaco Grand Prix.

Caroline was romantically linked to many famous men, including Guillermo Vilas, Henri Giscard d'Estaing, the son of former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; and French singer Philippe Lavil. Following her divorce from Philippe Junot, she was briefly engaged to Robertino Rossellini, the son of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman.

Caroline and Albert with the Reagans, 1983

Princess Caroline of Monaco, 1985 (1 of 2)

Barbara Walters interviews Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1985 - one of the most photographed princesses - official duties - favorite art is ballet -

Princess Caroline, one of the most beautiful and certainly one of the most photographed princesses in the world. The paparazzi has chronologed her every movement, her public and her private life, her happiest and her saddest moments, choosing always to make her the subject of tabloid headlines. But public attention was first drawn to the tiny principality of Monaco almost 30 years ago when film star queen married Prince Rainier III. On April 19, 1956, Hollywood´s Grace Kelly became Monaco´s Princess Grace. And the footage of the wedding was seen all over the world. So when the children were born they too became the object of the public love and curiosity.

—Your Highness, you have 3 very attractive, very independent children.

—You can say that again!

—The 2 girls have a mind of their own. They´re very stubborn. They´re very difficult to move around them. They have their ideas, their opinions. Caroline now, she´s a mother. She´s gonna have both problems herself.

Since Princess Grace death 3 years ago Princess Caroline has assumed many of her mother´s official duties and she will remain the official hostage of the palace until her brother Albert marries. So what does the first lady of Monaco do? Well, she shakes hands, she gives away toys to children at Christmas and gifts to the elderly. She attends the Red Cross Ball in summer and major social events in Monaco. And she gives trophies to athletes and even…

But her favorite duties have to do with the art, and the favorite of the arts is ballet. The Royal Ballet performs here at the 100 year-old Monaco Opera House.

—Your Highness, do you remember the first time you ever came here?

—Yes, I was 4 years old. It was for…

—And did you say “oh, I want to run on the stage”

—Absolutely. I wanted to be a ballerina. I took up dance lessons, ballet classes and kept that up to 12 years and moved to modern ballet

—Why did you decide not to be a ballerina?

—My parents made me study. I had to go to school.

—This new ballet company was a dream or a creation of your mother?

—Oh, yes. It was a dream she was working very hard to achieve, and to see come through. Unfortunately she didn´t have the time to see it completely fulfilled.

The Princess herself attends rehearsals nearly every day.

It´s quite a new image for the Princess who´s teenage first marriage to 38 year-old Philippe Junot was a continued controversy. She was only 21. She´s been married to her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, for nearly 2 years. Although she says she protects him for much of the royal ritual he does attend the Ball of the Rose each year and mayor fundraising for the princess Grace Foundation in Monaco. Princess Caroline and Stefano live in a small villa near the palace. Today she´s 28 years old, happily married and a proud mother. Her son André is 15 months old. In spite of strong reservations about the press she granted us her first American television interview in the palace garden. She speaks with almost no accent and she´s fluent in 5 languages. Princess Caroline is as gracious and as articulate as she is beautiful.

—Did you when you were growing up wished that you were just plain Caroline Grimaldi?

—Oh, every day.

—Did you really?

—Yes… (4, 15 minutes)

Vocabulario

unbeknownst: without the knowledge of (someone).

"unbeknown to me, she made some enquiries"

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