The rare secrets of Charlotte Casiraghi: “You shouldn’t give too much importance to what people think of you”
On the cover of the latest issue of City & CountryCharlotte Casiraghi gave an exclusive interview to the American magazine, published on November 30, 2022. She confides in her mother, Princess Caroline of Hanover, on celebrity and talks about her attraction to philosophy.
Hair blowing in the wind, sunglasses on her nose and a pair of Chanel pumps in her hand, she comes out of the swimming pool at the Maybourne Riviera. Charlotte Casiraghi poses for the lens of German photographer Ellen von Unwerth in the idyllic setting of this hotel in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. A photo session made for the latest issue of the magazine City & Country whose eldest daughter of Princess Caroline of Hanover is on the cover in December 2022.
Philosophy, the passion of a lifetime
Ambassador and spokesperson for Chanel since January 2021, Charlotte Casiraghi has developed Les Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon with the Parisian house. “Faithful to the passion of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld for literature, their bring together writers and friends of the House to exchange around the theme of female emancipation, through their works or those of historical literary figures”, we read. on the site of Chanel. Kristen Stewart, Margot Robbie and Clémence Poésy among the guests of the Rendez-vous.
Qualified as “princely philosopher of the House of Grimaldi” by City & Country, the niece of Prince Albert of Monaco saw in the confinement linked to Covid-19 the opportunity to return to college in order to deepen her knowledge in this subject. “I find that when you are in the academic world, what matters is what you write. You are judged on your ability to think and do research and not on your origins”, confides Charlotte Casiraghi in the columns from the American magazine. “For the past two years, in academia, if you talk about Monaco, it’s associated with philosophy,” adds the one behind the private Instagram account @Charlotte_Philo_Monaco.
Before launching her Literary Rendez-vous with Chanel, the young woman was also created, in 2015, with the journalist and professor Robert Maggiori The philosophical meetings of Monaco which take place every month in the Principality. Charlotte Casiraghi has developed a keen interest in this discipline, in particular thanks to fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. When summer came, he introduced him to Johann Fichte, co-founder of German idealism in the 18th century, and the British author Virginia Woolf. “He had a passion for certain female writers. He gave me access to that at a young age,” says Caroline de Hanover’s daughter.
“I try not to talk about my very private relationship with my mother”
If Charlotte Casiraghi has successfully found her own path, she still wants to give the best of herself. “I would say one of the most important things is the demands on yourself. No matter how successful you are, no matter how well you think you’ve done, you always have to keep those demands. It’s something that my mother has this sense of effort and discipline”, explains the young woman to City & Country.
The granddaughter of Princess Grace of Monaco also confides in her celebrity linked to her maternal origins. “The fact that other people might be interested in your life isn’t necessarily something you should be proud of or overtake yourself. In the end, the most important thing is that you personally build and for the other people around you. You shouldn’t give too much importance to what people think of you”, she relates, before adding: “Otherwise we suffocate.”
Mother of two boys, Raphaël Elmaleh, who will turn nine on December 17, and Balthazar Rassam, four, Charlotte Casiraghi juggles between her professional obligations and her family life, between Paris and Monaco. She has already transmitted her taste for literature to her sons who are “the most important thing in [sa] life” and appreciates the time spent with them.
Asked about motherhood, she shyly evokes her link with Princess Caroline of Hanover. “When you become a mother, your mother accepts the fact that she is no longer the only one. This is very liberating”, indicates Charlotte Casiraghi, specifying that “the mother-daughter relationship is very complex”. “I try not to talk about my very private relationship with my mother. I didn’t want to reveal everything that happens between us,” she explains. The young woman thus wishes to preserve her privacy as much as possible, remaining faithful to her convictions and her natural discretion.