Very bad pass for Albert II of Monaco
Sah time for Albert II! For several months, the Prince of Monaco has been accumulating worries and glitches around his person and the throne. The most important of these is undoubtedly this campaign of destabilization which has been hitting its close circle since last fall through a website, called Les dossiers du Rocher, which disseminates information, invoices and hacked emails around alleged cases of cronyism and corruption in the heart of Monaco.
In these revelations, than the newspaper The world recently peeled, the prince appears as a pawn manipulated or overly activated by the “club of 4”, namely his lawyer and friend Maître Lacoste, his new chief of staff, his accountant and administrator of his property, as well as the president of the Court Supreme of Monaco. In the fall, Prince Albert banged his fist on the table trying to counter the accusations: “I condemn this defamatory and anonymous campaign of false rumors and slander”, he claimed in Monaco-Morning specifying that his relatives are known “for their integrity and probity”. In November, he denounced “methods used by unscrupulous people, to be polite”. And to add: “By being less, I would say that they are thugs who hide behind anonymity. »
It’s hard to say who the crow is behind this defamatory campaign, no doubt a big name from Monaco who is taking revenge and fears being excluded from future markets. In fact, the accusations appeared at a time when the prince was installing a new chief of staff and changing minister of town planning… It is, in any case, a person who has the means to harm since the operation , which uses international servers and shell companies, would cost at least ten million euros. Hence the firm response of the prince and his relatives, who filed a complaint – investigations are taking place in Monaco and Paris.
charlene invisible
To these political tensions are added private concerns: Albert II must also manage the deafening absence of his wife Charlene, whom the Monegasques have not seen for more than a year now… Returned from South Africa last November, she immediately went to isolate herself in a clinic in Switzerland to regain her strength, before finally returning to Monaco last March. But, if the reassuring press releases are linked, the princess, she still remains invisible – the prince went alone to the tribute to Prince Philip of England in Westminster on March 29. According to the latest rumors, Charlene would have taken up residence initially at Roc Agel, the Grimaldi refuge located on the heights of the principality, before finally joining Corsica, if we are to believe the information relayed by the Corriere della Sera. As for knowing when she will appear again alongside the sovereign prince, the royal chroniclers no longer dare to advance a date…
Finally, to make matters worse, here is the Covid which resurfaces at the palace: the prince just announced he was positive again, despite being vaccinated. Recognized for having been the first head of state to have been infected by the virus in the spring of 2020, he was again affected two years later and will have to isolate himself for a week, according to the protocols in force – he was forced to cancel a party in New York this week to receive a prize. As Jacques Chirac said, “shit always flies in a squadron”.