![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/secret-royals-forced-to-lead-normal-lives/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23656411-1692978038557.jpg&description=FOR most royals, having blue blood means a life of privilege and wealth - but what if you are not officially recognised as one of the family? Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste, the son of Monaco's Prince Albert, was the product of an romance between the royal and Air France attendant Nicole Costa. 16 Prince Albert has always accepted his son Credit: nicole.coste/instagram 16 Princess Charlene is also close to her husband's eldest Credit: The Mega Agency Ahead of his 20th birthday, this week, the university student said he considers himself 'lucky', blasting the label 'illegitimate' and insisting he is close to his family. Alexandre is the Monaco ruler's eldest son but is not included in the line of succession for the throne because his parents were not married. But his father has always acknowledged him, and he often spends time with his twin siblings Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, eight, who Albert shares with wife Princess Charlene , and half-sister Jazmin, 31. 'When I was born, neither of my parents were in another marriage, and they did not commit adultery,' he says. 'Using that word [illegitimate] is insulting! One bears the name of one's father when one has been recognised since birth." While Alexandre has always been welcomed into the Grimaldi fold, the fate of other outlying royals can be far from a fairy tale. Never met dad until 11 16 Jazmin didn't meet her dad until she was 11 Credit: Retna Ltd 16 Jazmin and half-brother Alexandre are close Credit: jazmingrimaldi/Instagram Jazmin Grimaldi was born in the US after Prince Albert had a brief fling with American waitress Tamara Rotolo, who he met at a Monaco tennis tournament in 1991. Although privately acknowledged by her royal dad - who sent messages through her mum - Jazmin was not publicly recognized until 2006 and didn't meet him until she was 11. She travelled to Monaco to meet him, in 2006, after Prince Albert publicly revealed he had a child living in the States. "I wanted that moment to connect wit){kind=link}
FOR most royals, having blue blood means a life of privilege and wealth – but what if you are not officially recognised as one of the family?
Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste, the son of Monaco’s Prince Albert, was the product of an romance between the royal and Air France attendant Nicole Costa.
Ahead of his 20th birthday, this week, the university student said he considers himself ‘lucky’, blasting the label “illegitimate” and insisting he is close to his family.
Alexandre is the Monaco ruler’s eldest son but is not included in the line of succession for the throne because his parents were not married.
But his father has always acknowledged him, and he often spends time with his twin siblings Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, eight, who Albert shares with wife Princess Charlene, and half-sister Jazmin, 31.