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| Calling CSI Monaco: Husband of Monaco's Caroline Seriously Ill |
| 2005-04-09 |
| The husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco was seriously ill in a hospital intensive care unit on Friday, just two days after the death of the tiny state's sovereign ruler Prince Rainier, the palace said. Prince Ernst August of Hanover was taken to the Princess Grace hospital in Monaco Tuesday morning, suffering from an acute pancreatic infection, the palace said in a statement. "His state of health is serious Earlier, hospital and palace sources said Ernst August slipped into a coma Tuesday evening, hours before Rainier died. The palace made no mention of a coma in its statement. Ernst August's problems are likely to renew discussion of the myth that a curse has hung over the Grimaldi dynasty during its seven centuries of rule over Monaco, condemning them to never having long and successful marriages Rainier, who died Wednesday morning aged 81, will be buried next Friday beside his wife, former Hollywood actress Grace Kelly. Who's still hot 20+ yrs after death...Ernst August, 51, has regularly made tabloid headlines in Germany with his explosive He was sentenced to pay 445,000 euros ($570,800) in fines last November for beating a German club owner on a Kenyan island resort. He has also been accused of kicking a photographer and offending journalists. German newspaper Bild quoted Monika, Princess of Hanover, the prince's stepmother, as saying Ernst August was in hospital but gave no details as to his condition. "Yes, it's true, Prince Ernst August is in hospital in Monaco," she told the daily. "I have no information from Monaco. I don't know how he is doing Rainier died after spending more than a month in hospital battling lung, heart and kidney problems. He never remarried and said he always missed Princess Grace, who was killed in a car accident in 1982. Prince Albert, 47, will succeed his father as Monaco's ruler. He has been linked to a succession of models and actresses but has yet to settle down. in a can His sister Stephanie has made headlines with her marriage to a Portuguese circus acrobat, following her liaisons with an elephant tamer and a bodyguard. Caroline's second husband was killed in a motorboat accident in 1990. "Next..." |
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