Did Prince Rainier Raise Albert?
First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to say hello to everyone here, as I am a new member. I thoroughly enjoy perusing the Grimaldi section of this site, as it seems to be without question the most interesting. I would like to ask a serious question here. I recently read the book ‘Once Upon A Time: Behind The Fairy Tale Of Princess Grace & Prince Rainier’ by J. Randy Taraborrelli. While a lot of the text contained within this book was really nothing new (in my opinion, anyway) what I did find somewhat disconcerting, and disturbing was the situation with Princess Grace ‘not being allowed’, for lack of a better term, to raise Prince Albert. The book details Prince Rainier keeping Prince Albert separated from Grace – for the most part – during his formative years, and that Rainier primarily molded and prepared Prince Albert as heir to the throne. Grace was allowed limited access to Prince Albert while he was a young boy, but (according to the book) it was a rule impose
