Young, Rich

Today’s young royals range from rebels and iconoclasts to fabulously glamorous dilettantes and very regal class acts, writes Sue Russell

heir antics are as captivating as And monarchies are modernising their Crown Prince Carl Philip, to second in line. In those of soap opera stars, replete images. Britain’s future King, Prince William, 1990, Norway took a similar step, but it will with glitter, glamour, gossip, doesn’t like to be called “Sir,” let alone “Your affect future heirs only. Prince Haakon retained fairytales and scandals. But, in Royal Highness.” What’s more, today’s royals his existing position, despite having an older fairness, the parents of some of are trying to stay relevant by venturing beyond sister, Princess Martha Louise. Belgium set the today’s young royals were questionable role their palace walls – and not just on formal, stage for crowning the first-born, irrespective T models in their time. organised state visits. of gender, way back in 1991. Take ’s Grimaldi family for Noel Cox, law professor at Auckland The luxurious lifestyles of young roy- instance. Princess Stephanie cavorted in a University of Technology and president als don’t come cheap; so just how rich are mobile home with a circus ringmaster; while of New Zealand’s branch of the royalist various royal families? The finances are bachelor Prince Albert failed to give his anx- Monarchist League, describes the newcom- notoriously tricky to pin down. In 2003, ious countrymen an heir, despite fathering ers as “ ... probably a reflection of the radical Queen Elizabeth II’s personal fortune was two children out of wedlock. Even the teen- changes in society. We may or may not approve estimated at US$1.6 billion dollars; but aged Princess Caroline was the first royal to of them, but perhaps it is better for these royals in 2004, another source put it at a com- go topless on the beach. to follow today’s trends rather than be com- paratively paltry $680 million. The royals Nowdays, commoners often co-star pelled to adhere to standards that are increas- of Monaco and Luxembourg are rolling in fairytale royal love stories. Mary of ingly ignored by the rest of us.” in money, while Norway’s are considered Denmark, Letizia of Spain and Maxima of Of course, the British monarchy had female rather poor. Yet, the Norwegians are bet- the Netherlands were all transported from power long before anyone coined the word ter off than the Swedes, who in turn are the real world into lofty regal households. feminist, yet the male bias in succession rules wealthier than the Spanish and Belgians. Crown Princes Frederik of Denmark and has also loosened in other countries. Sweden However, all of them can still afford their Royal Felipe of Spain both dated lingerie models changed its law in 1980 to give equal prece- palaces, pomp and ceremony. It just remains before marrying, and Felipe actually wed a dence to first-born females like Crown Princess to be seen how the next generation will & former topless model. Victoria. That suddenly relegated her brother, wear their crowns. Young, Rich& Royal

Opposite page: Princess Caroline persuaded her father, Prince Ranier, not to give her children royal tiltes; and Nicole Coste, a former flight attend- with in the background, taken ant from . at the Monaco National Day Celebrations This page clockwise from above left: Princess In 2003, when Albert still hadn’t pro- Stephanie; the bachelor Prince Albert fathered two duced a legitimate heir to the throne, children out of wedlock; Charlene Wittstock, the South African beauty dating Prince Albert Prince Rainier III changed Monaco’s constitution so that the succession can now pass to Albert’s sisters and their chil- Andrea & Charlotte Tragedy struck Andrea and Charlotte’s lives Princess Caroline persuaded her father, the the Grimaldis may have too much free- dren. Andrea is third in line, Pierre fourth, Casiraghi (Monaco) when they were aged six and four, respec- late Prince Rainier, not to give her children dom and too much money. and Charlotte fifth, but Princess Stephanie’s A BOHEMIAN PRINCE, tively. Their father, Italian businessman and royal titles. “She wanted them to have some “They are the wildest of today’s young children are non-starters. A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS playboy , died in a speed- peace and normal childhoods,” says author royals, as well as the most glamorous “There’s no way illegitimate children Andrea and Charlotte Casiraghi are Monaco’s boat accident. Because he was a commoner, Catarina Hurtig. and interesting, along with William and could succeed,” explains journalist Patrick hottest paparazzi magnets. They and their young- they do not have titles. “They are trying to protect their kids,” says Harry. Charlotte moves in a very exclusive group, Middleton. He’s noticed some changes in the er brother Pierre are the children of Princess Charlotte, 20, is a stunning beauty often likened Middleton. Yet, Charlotte and Andrea are pho- but she also hangs around with her brother a lot. older Grimaldis, though. “Even Stephanie Caroline, married since 1999 to Queen Elizabeth to her grandmother, the late Princess Grace. She’s tographed extensively. “Anyone like Andrea, You often see them together at parties.” marrying Prince Ernst, Princess Stephanie has likes to give the impression of being a proper II’s cousin, Prince Ernst of Hanover. They grew passionate about designer brands like Christian who appears as though he’s cast as Prince They also party with Ernst August Jr, who is given Andrea, Charlotte and Pierre a half-sister, royal now,” he says. “She went off to Switzerland up with an aunt and uncle, Princess Stephanie Dior, Chanel and Gianni Versace, and loves show Charming, is going to attract a certain amount something of a playboy and one of their stepfather Alexandra of Hanover, now aged six. to baptise a dolphin. They’re doing the kinds and Prince Albert, who were simultaneously jumping, swimming and skiing. of attention,” he adds. Ernst’s two sons from a former marriage. Their Prince Albert might be getting into a seri- of things traditional royals do.” glamorous, intriguing and scandalously shocking. Andrea, 22, is sometimes called “the “A lot of girls and older women are inter- rarefied social circles mean that Andrea flew to ous relationship with Charlene Wittstock, 28, Andrea loves the beaches of Ibiza and St Some question the Grimaldis’ royal clout, Bohemian prince,” thanks to his long blond ested in Andrea,” reports Hurtig. “He once the UK to attend the lavish Windsor Castle 18th a South African beauty and Olympic swim- Tropez, but he recently upped his philanthrop- because, as Patrick Middleton of The Riviera- hair and chiselled good looks. He’s like a hip- had a relationship with a woman around birthday party of Princess Beatrice, the daughter mer, but who knows if he’ll marry? The two ic cred like William and Harry by making a Reporter explains, “Ruling an area the size of per Prince William, with a sexy, continental air 15 years older, which was very good for his of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. children he fathered out of wedlock are 14- poignant visit to impoverished children in the Hyde Park doesn’t really impress everybody. But and rock star charisma. Tall and slim, he plays image. He frequents clubs, drinks a lot of Andrea and Charlotte have apartments in , year-old Californian Jazmin Grace Rotolo, Philippines. Princess Grace started working they make up for it with fabulous wealth. In the guitar and wears snake-hipped trousers. champagne and goes to many parties. Like where they study, and they also sometimes reside the daughter of a former waitress, and a there 40 years ago with Amade, a children’s terms of real estate, they own a lot of Monaco.” Although he smokes, he’s very athletic. Sweden’s young Princess Madeleine, I think in their mother’s nearby Parisian mansion. Since three-year-old son, Alexandre, his child with charity. Princess Caroline is now its president. Young, Rich& Royal Andrea saw a children’s halfway house and Gabriella Windsor’s parents are Queen events scheduled to take place in Hong Kong. dreadful, stench-filled shantytowns outside Elizabeth’s cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, Zara lives with her boyfriend, six feet and Manila. In one, families lived in cardboard and his controversial wife Princess Michael. two inches-tall rugby star Mike Tindall. They shacks beneath a mountain of rubbish. The Nicknamed Princess Pushy, Princess Michael met in Australia and became – as the earthy children’s warmth and strength touched him recently made headlines by tactlessly announc- Yorkshireman says – “really good mates.” so deeply he kissed them, saying: “I am lost ing that her children were more educated than Things snowballed from there. It helps that for words. My legs are shaking.” He left with other royals. Also, after calling her marriage Princess Anne and Mark Phillips are resolutely promises to return. “one long snooze,” she cavorted in Venice down to earth. Even so, Zara recalls Mike’s first Charlotte’s current beau is a cutie called with a wealthy Russian furniture mogul. He’s meeting with them as nightmarishly intimi- Felix Winckler; but at 17 she fell for Hubertus 40, she’s 61. They held hands publicly, but say dating for him. Zara and Mike are both fun Herring-Frankensdorf, an Austrian business their relationship is platonic. loving, competitive and passionately dedicated student eight years her senior. Andrea is the Until Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s to their sports. kind of boyfriend who gives gifts ranging daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, now “Zara is our real glamour girl, because she is from a miniature pot-bellied pig to a $48,650 16 and 18, finish studying, Zara Phillips and a truly natural beauty,” insists Judy Wade, royal diamond ring. Gabriella Windsor will corner the limelight. correspondent for Britain’s Hello! magazine He met his current love, Columbian heiress Zara, 25, the Queen’s oldest granddaughter, and author of The Truth: the Friends of Diana , in Ibiza in summer 2004. has a brother, Peter, and she is very close to her Princess of Wales Tell Their Stories. She rates Zara Tatiana studies at the American Intercontinental cousins William and Harry. Cheeky Zara has as more exciting than Gabriella. University in ’s Marylebone. Her seri- given up the tongue and navel piercings that “She likes wearing low-necked frocks and ous side fits nicely with Andrea’s interest in his- got her labelled a royal rebel when she was 16. is generally more curvy and greater fun,” she tory and the environment. Feisty and vivacious, she has been photographed explains. “Besides, she’s now a world champion sunbathing topless and has gone bungee jump- in her chosen sport. Ella – as Gabriella is called Zara Phillips & Lady Gabriella ing. She attended a prep school in Dorset, then – hasn’t achieved anything so far.” Windsor (United Kingdom) prestigious Gordonstoun. Afterwards, she took a Despite growing up at Nether Lypiatt inner circle... out in the cold year off and worked as a stagehand on The King Manor, her parents’ Gloucestershire home, University of Arhus. Intrepid Frederik has Clockwise from above left: Queen Margrethe II Britain’s royal “It” girls are both highly and I in Sydney. Horses are her great love and and London’s Kensington Palace, the lives of and Prince Henrik; Crown Prince Frederik married served with the Naval Frogmen Corps and is attractive blondes, but the similarities end she specialises in equine physiotherapy. Gabriella and her brother Lord Freddie have commoner Mary Donaldson in 2004; Australian Mary a commander in the Navy and a major in the Donaldson became the Crown Princess Mary there. Zara Phillips is the frisky, riding Her biggest achievements have been eques- been quite different. “They never get invited Army and Air Force. He studied winemaking in champion daughter of Princess Anne and trian – she is the world and European cham- to spend Christmas with the Queen, Charles, California with Robert Mondavi too. Mark Phillips. Anne’s children have no pion – and she’s due to compete in the 2008 William, Beatrice, Eugenie, etc,” says Wade. Armed with a law degree, Mary, whose herit- titles at her request. Summer Olympics in Beijing with equestrian As 31st in the British line of succession (Zara Crown Princess Mary & age is Scottish, worked in marketing, advertising is 11th), Gabriella will never be required to Crown Prince Frederik (Denmark) and PR. The Australian press positively salivated perform royal duties. Meanwhile, Zara has an aussie commoner’s over their very own fairy story when she moved christened a ship and auctioned off an evening fairytale life to Paris and Copenhagen to be closer to her Right: Britain’s Zara gown for the 2005 tsunami victims. She also In 2000, she was just plain Mary Donaldson Prince Charming. The relationship deepened Phillips is the oldest granddaughter of supports horse-related charities. from Tasmania, Australia. Then she met Prince through letters and long phone calls before blos- the Queen A pivotal difference? Gabriella’s parents are Frederik of Denmark while enjoying a drink soming into a true love match. Below: Lady Gabriella Windsor, the daughter hurting for money. Princess Michael once said with friends at the Slip Inn, a fashionable Prince Frederik proposed in Rome after of Princess Michael “I’ll go anywhere for a free lunch,” and appar- Sydney bar. Freddie, as the Australians call him, writing to Mary’s father to formally request ently meant it. She has an unfortunate reputa- is a sailing fanatic (Mary also loves sailing) and her hand in marriage. They got engaged tion for prodding her wealthy friends for help. he was there to support the Danish sailing in October 2003 and were wed in May When Gabriella and her brother Fred shared squad during the Olympic Games. 2004, after Mary gave up her Australian and a birthday party, those rich friends picked up The 38-year-old heir to the Danish throne Commonwealth citizenships and converted to the tab. With biannual lecture tours of America was formerly known as the Turbo Prince for his the Lutheran church. Baby Christian – half- that plug her books about historical courtesans, parking ticket collection, and the Party Prince Australian and second in line to the throne Princess Michael is really the family breadwin- for his womanising. He’s since reformed, but – was born in October 2005. ner, yet she still has to keep up appearances. Gabriella graduated from Brown University to the consternation of his mother, Queen An attractive brunette with a great smile, Gabriella’s only rebellion was a school sus- with a BA degree in comparative literature. Margrethe II, he once dated a pop singer and Mary is rather outdoorsy and was once more pension at age 13 for sneaking to the local She enjoyed escaping the paparazzi and stud- an underwear model. Fred’s flighty reputation at home in sailing shoes than stilettos. But village to buy cigarettes. She recently con- ying in peace in the US. Romantically, she hadn’t reached Australia, though, and Mary there’s been quite a transformation since she demned all American food as “unhealthy and recently parted ways with journalist Aatish didn’t even know who he was. met Frederik. She dropped several kilos and revolting,” but is generally polite. Her brother, Taseer, her Indian-born boyfriend of three “Frederik was so impressed with bubbly polished up her fashion style, leading to some Lord Freddie Windsor, now 27, caused great- years, whom everyone expected her to marry. Mary that he called her the next day,” says Jackie O comparisons. Behind her laid-back er uproar when he and his pals celebrated a They met while Gabriella was an intern at Holly Wainright of OK! Australia. Aussie manner, however, there is an ambitious birthday while the late Queen Mother was Vanity Fair magazine in New York. Aatish The eldest son of Queen Margrethe II and disciplined woman. lying in state in 2001. got his degree at nearby Amherst College. and Prince Henrik, Frederik grew up in “Before they even met, she took a deportment Despite a great start – he landed a scholar- When they moved to the UK, Aatish asked Amalienborg, a complex of palaces occupied course,” Holly Wainright explains. “Apparently, ship to Eton and went to Oxford – he made Gabriella to join him in India. But she want- by the family since 1794. He was schooled in she was keen to change her life and maximise headlines for dabbling in cocaine. He got a law ed to pursue her writing in Britain. So, it just Denmark and , and spent a year studying her abilities. But we doubt she had any idea how degree, though, and now works in banking. wasn’t meant to be. at Harvard while he was a student at Denmark’s extreme her life makeover would be!” Young, Rich& Royal

Clockwise from above left: Supermodel Eva Herzigova; actress Scarlett Johansson is a frequent companion; Prince Azim’s father, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah

Hall. After seeing her naked on stage in The The Sultan had 10 children from two mar- Graduate in London’s West End, he felt moved riages when, in 2005, he wed Azrinaz Mazhar to send her a diamond bracelet the very next Hakim, a former Malaysian TV journalist. day. After another play’s opening night, he sent When wife number three delivered a baby her a bouquet that was so huge she had to boy last June, Azim was no longer the family’s ferry it home in a separate taxi. incredibly indulged youngest child. However, His apparently unfettered cash flow and he still divides his time between the United generous nature has led to him picking up States and London, where he usually resides at Clockwise from above left: Actress Faye Dunaway; Jerry Hall received a diamond bracelet from Prince Haji tabs like a $27,200 drinks bill in London’s The Dorchester Hotel, which is owned by his Abdul Azim after he saw her perform in The Graduate; trendy hangout Paper for a crowd that father. And whenever his father summons him Azim is usually invited to Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball; Prince Haji Abdul Asim included Sienna Miller. He is said to treat to Brunei, Prince Azim answers the call. lady companions like Emma Samms, Minnie Driver and singer Chantal Alleyne of the girl Princess Madeleine & Crown Mary’s academic father and his author Palace, is in a hamlet outside Copenhagen, Prince Haji Abdul Azim (Brunei) “He’s very friendly,” says Laura Bishop of band Fierce to frequent gifts of diamond and Princess Victoria (Sweden) wife Susan Moody (Mary’s mother died and they also have an apartment in the main the pint-size the British Daily Mail. A gregarious character, platinum jewellery. Rumour has it, though, a Free spirit, and when she was a teenager) have relocated to palace. Mary frequently shops in the village, party-loving prince he has wined and dined some of the world’s that they’re all platonic friendships. Azim a ruler in training Denmark to be closer to her. Her baby son pushing the future King in his pram, and Prince Haji Abdul Azim, 24, son of the most glamorous women like Faye Dunaway loves music so much that he is reputed to Blonde, blue-eyed Princess Madeleine, 24, is and royal duties keep her busy, but she and she powerwalks, jogs, and plays with the Sultan of Brunei, is a decidedly offbeat and model Caprice. He’s known for hotly have presented African-American singing a head-turner with over 40 websites dedi- Frederik still take in the occasional rock baby and family dog Ziggy in the grand, playboy given his stature that is just shy pursuing ladies, and the occasional unseemly star Usher with a dazzling pair of diamond- cated to her. She claims her social butter- concert (they are U2 and Robbie Williams 300-acre garden. of five feet six inches, rounded figure and attempt to get himself photographed next to encrusted tennis shoes when he performed fly reputation is exaggerated. Perhaps she’s fans). They also love candlelit dinners at She is due to give birth to their second child penchant for scruffy clothing. What he lacks Hollywood stars like , who in London. forgotten how she once arrived at a rather home with friends – good conversation, in May 2007. Since Frederik was raised by nan- in movie star appeal, however, he makes up haven’t a clue who he is. Yet he’s a harmless, The truth is that Prince Azim’s early ambi- stuffy Nobel Prize dinner wearing a very good wine and good food. nies and often only saw his parents in rather for with his ever-ready chequebook. Money fan-like, true admirer who prefers hanging out tion was to become a pop star himself. He low-cut outfit, but others have not. Prince Frederik once admitted he found formal situations, he’s determined his own is no object, because his father, Sultan Haji with celebrity types than fellow royals. practised his moves with a karaoke machine, While Crown Princess Victoria, 29, has been the prospect of becoming king quite fright- children’s lives will be very different. Although Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, is Azim is invited to A-list events like Elton but realised he lacked the physical attributes adjusting to her royal destiny, Madeleine and ening, akin to having a blanket thrown over there’s a certain amount of pomp and ceremony, one of the world’s richest men. His oil-rich John’s prestigious annual White Tie and Tiara to make girls swoon. So, he switched tacks her brother Carl Philip, 27, have greater free- him. “Something that limited my opportu- both Mary and Fred like to play it down. kingdom on the island of Borneo is barely Ball. Actress Scarlett Johansson, supermodel and wrote a novel entitled Scandalous. He also dom. King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s eld- nities and my desire to explore the world,” Mary’s friends say she’s unaffected by the larger than Greater London, yet his fortune Eva Herzigova, other models, and his frequent aspires to be a film producer. est child, Victoria became next in line to the he said. However, Mary “has never publicly dramatic turn her life has taken. However, has been estimated at over US$25 billion. companions - his sisters Princess Azimah and When he was 15, his father sent him to throne in 1980. displayed any doubts about her role, and Holly Wainright notes: “She has certainly The Sultan once owned 165 Rolls-Royces Princess Sadzillah – all accompanied him at a Quaker boarding school in Reading, out- “Victoria told me that they hardly ever discuss always appears to take it all in her stride,” learnt to be more reserved in public. She’s and a gold-plated Ferrari, a fleet of jets and a family birthday bash in Frankie Dettori’s, a side London. It was an unusual choice for a the matter, but when she once asked her siblings reports Wainright. become a perfectly polished princess who the world’s largest palace with 1,700 rooms. chi-chi restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge. Muslim and Azim finished his schooling in whether they felt jealous, they both said, ‘No!’” Despite causing outbreaks of Mary Mania rarely puts a foot wrong on the outside. But, Unsurprisingly, the environment Prince Azim Diana Ross sang to entertain the guests. Singapore. The Sultan’s attempts to get him says royal expert Catarina Hurtig, author of the when she visits Australia, she remains down in private, she’s still an Aussie girl who likes grew up in is reflected in his high-flying, jet- Prince Azim’s most famous crush was on into Oxford University, like his older brother, book Princesses. Hurtig has travelled abroad with to earth. 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