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Two days ago, Princess Charlene of Monaco celebrated her 46th birthday, and her husband Prince Albert II and two cute babies cut a seven-layer cake to celebrate.
The state is getting better and better with the naked eye. Recently, he and the prince have frequently appeared at events, changing into dark blue suits and Emilia Wickstead white coats, and the whole person is full of luxury.
However, beneath the surface, the entire Monaco royal family is facing an unprecedented crisis.
It all started when Claude Palmero, the former royal accountant who was previously fired, broke a series of shocking revelations that posed a huge threat to the image of the royal family.
Palmero served as Prince Albert II's main asset manager for 22 years, responsible for managing the family's investments, supervising expenditures, balancing accounts, and was once the most important confidant of the Monaco royal family and the chief steward of the royal family's assets.
Palmero, former accountant of the Monaco royal family
The reason why he turned from a confidant to a rival is that last year the Monegasque royal family received an anonymous accusation of financial misconduct, and before it could be found out whether the matter was related to the accountant Palmero, the Monaco royal family directly intervened and fired him mercilessly.
Palmero, who was forced to lose his job and credibility, decided to tear his face with the royal family, not only to claim 1 million euros, but also took the initiative to break the news to the French media, providing five black notebooks full of details of royal transactions, in which the huge amount of information and all kinds of extravagant consumption caused a sensation in Europe.
In Palmero's detailed revelations, the true financial situation of the Monaco royal family was revealed, including the fact that Charlene was seriously overspending on all indicators.
According to his statistics in 2019, in the eight years since marrying into the royal family, Charlene's living expenses budget should have been a total of 7.5 million euros, but her actual cost is 15 million euros (about 117 million yuan), which is more than double the budget.
Especially after giving birth to twins, Charlene's annual living allowance is as high as 1.5 million euros (about 16 million yuan), while the Prince of Monaco's sister Princess Caroline receives 900,000 euros per year, and her sister Princess Stephanie is 800,000 euros. It does not include Charlene's most expensive installation cost in the world (you can poke → Princess of Monaco's 2.9 million installation cost is the first in the world!
Palmero also revealed that Charlene had hired illegal immigrants as nannies with high salaries, and at the same time kept asking the royal family for large sums of property to subsidize her mother's family. He often struggled because he was worried that Charlene was using undeclared funds, "It's crazy, I can't control the princess's spending!"
As soon as the news came out, netizens said that Charlene "spent less". Isn't Monaco known as the country with the most billionaires in Europe? Moreover, in the global ranking of royal wealth last year, the Prince of Monaco ranked eighth with a net worth of $1 billion, while Charlene "spent 7.5 million euros in eight years", which is a drizzle in comparison......
And Charlene doesn't spend money, and the money has to be spent by the prince on others. According to the news, the illegitimate children and illegitimate daughters who are well known to others will also receive high living expenses paid by the royal family. Palmero revealed that the prince had kept a private account so that he could send money to his illegitimate son and their mother without Charlene.
In the eyes of netizens who sympathize with Charlene, the relationship with the prince is "respectful as ice" and cannot be divorced, so what are you waiting for without spending money to fill the gap in your heart?
So let's take a look today, how rich is the Monaco royal family, and where is the prince spending so much real money?
Charlene spends money hard to make up for happiness
In fact, it is secretly poking and poking revenge?
Charlene's luxurious lifestyle has always been obvious to all. Although this revelation pointed out that she spends a lot of money, netizens are very tolerant of this, after all, when she married Prince Albert II in the early years, she was full of pear blossoms and rain, her expression was reluctant, and her body language was full of resistance↓
and the prince are not in harmony, and there are no fewer divorces. The French magazine "Voici" once broke the news that "as long as Charlene gives birth to a legal royal heir, she can divorce and get about $1 billion as alimony", but then it was gone; the year before last, he was sick and retired to South Africa and was exposed to financial difficulties, and later signed an agreement with the royal family of 12 million euros to stay in the royal family for official business.
Seeing her experience heartbreak and depression, illness and retirement, and a gorgeous comeback, now everyone thinks that she has done the right thing: in an unhappy and unfree marriage, it is better to let go of mental internal friction and strive for vested interests.
Since you can't get love and money, why can't you "revenge consumption"?
▽ Clothes and jewelry, buy only the most expensive and the best
From a swimmer in her early years to the world's most luxurious princess, she is absolutely inseparable from krypton gold. Charlene has indeed been known for so many years, and she only buys the most expensive and best clothes and jewelry.
According to the statistics of the royal fashion website UFO No More, Charlene's annual purchase cost is far ahead, except for the sharp decrease in the purchase cost during the period of illness, and the second place in other years is often a cliff-like gap.
For example, it spent nearly 3 million yuan last year, ranking first in the world, and the previous year's purchase and purchase expenses were as much as 5.36 million yuan, which is not at the same level as other royal women.
Charlene is probably one of the princesses who wears the most haute couture, Atelier Versace, Armani Privé, Dior have all worn a lot, especially Dior.
A dress can easily cost tens of millions of yuan, not to mention that high-end brands often give her special customizations, and the price has no ceiling.
LV and Prada dresses were also worn, all with ornate beaded embroidery, which at first glance looked expensive.
Expensive dresses Oscar de la Renta and Marchesa are also arranged, featuring a luxurious atmosphere.
Today's old money style represents Ralph Lauren, and Charlene has long worn many sets, all of which are expensive dresses.
Daily clothes are also expensive to buy, not the top materials in top brands, it is difficult to enter Charlene's eyes.
For example, Loro Piana, who is known for her luxurious fabrics, she has loved it for many years, his cashmere sweater starts at 10,000 yuan, and the coat is easily tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and Charlene has worn a lot.
Akris, a high-end fashion brand from Switzerland, is also Charlene's favorite brand. His home is also very low-key and luxurious, seemingly simple but with top materials and tailoring, and the price is tens of thousands of yuan.
Recently, two "mediocre" down jackets are from Burberry and Max Mara, respectively, and buying clothes is to be kind to yourself.
You also have to buy top-notch jewelry, Charlene has a lot of large-scale jewelry works, and she doesn't need to borrow old royal styles, and she can buy a lot of them herself.
Her favourites are Graff and Cartier, and this Cartier cheetah starry bracelet is extremely luxurious, worth about 1.7 million.
Cartier high beads have also been worn a lot, and the necklace above is set with pear-shaped yellow diamonds and white diamonds, worth 33.7 million. The intricate and gorgeous tassel earrings also set off her smart beauty.
She also has a dozen Graff earrings, and all of them are full of diamonds with a strong sense of presence, this design is vividly called "crystal chandeliers" and "diamond waterfalls", blingbling is super luxurious.
She is also a big fan of Graff's rubies, which are in good condition.
Other diamond earrings are also super generous, compared to the Spanish royal family, which has a lot of jewelry and needs to be enlarged to see, the main one is rich.
Not to mention the wedding gifts from her early years, Van Cleef & Arpels was fully customized, with waves as an element to commemorate her swimming career, and the tiara was set with 850 diamonds and 359 sapphires.
Charlene, known as the mermaid of South Africa, is really suitable for wearing diamonds, with a white shirt and suit, and is lined with jewelry, very Grace Kelly's style.
▽ Buy a villa and hire a nanny
In addition to the installation fee, the accountant also revealed some of Charlene's living expenses.
For example, according to rough calculations, Charlene pays the maid about 2.8 million yuan a year, and Palmero revealed: "The maid's salary is 100 euros (about 777 yuan) per day", and Charlene also hires a private chef to pay him a salary of 300 euros a day (about 2,330 yuan).
Charlene hired a total of 9 servants, one of whom was a part-time servant whose duty was to "keep the dog on a leash while bathing", and in this case, Charlene also asked for an increase in the number of servants.
And the bigger cost is to decorate various houses. For example, the renovation of an office in the Royal Palace of Monaco - Monte Carlo Palace cost 6.68 million yuan alone.
Before marrying the Prince in 2010, Charlene filmed in the Mirror Room of the Monte Carlo Palace
and Corsica, where Charlene vacationed with the prince and children..... The holiday villa on the island spent 6.37 million on renovations.
She also asked the prince to buy her brother Sean Wittstock a mansion in South Africa, paying a total of 7 million yuan in three instalments.
The accountant also said that it also cost 4.66 million yuan to hold a baptism ceremony for the two children that year, and the question is whether this money should also be counted on Charlene's head???
Netizens who sympathize with Charlene feel that the accountant's revelations are aimed at Charlene everywhere, as if she is a "contemporary Marie Antoinette", and this is to push her out as a shield, which has some ulterior motives.
Ex-girlfriend and illegitimate daughter are squandering
Compared with Charlene, the prince's two illegitimate children also cost a lot of money.
Jazmin Grimaldi, 31, is the daughter of the prince and a waiter, and Alexandre Coste-Grimaldi, 20, is the daughter of a former flight attendant.
▽ Millions of living expenses, buy a house and buy insurance
It was revealed that the prince had a private BNP bank account that could send money to the illegitimate son and their mother without Charlene's knowledge. The annual living expenses of each of the two children are as high as 2.65 million yuan, which is paid quarterly. And the prince's allowance to his two younger sisters (Stephanie and Caroline) is only 6 million per year.
Not only that, but the rest of their consumption is also paid for by the prince. For example, Jazmin's New York apartment worth 23 million, in 2022, she also bought a Hollywood Hills mansion at a price "much higher than the asking price", which is likely to be paid by the prince.
Alexander's apartment was also paid for by the prince, and his mother also demanded that the house must be purchased "entirely in Alexander's name", because if the prince died, "Charlene would be a big problem".
Even the prince bought kidnapping and ransom insurance for Alexander, supported his son's mother Nicole's fashion company Wolf & Badger with an annual amount of 7.66 million, and the cost of opening a store in Knightsbridge, London (2.68 million yuan) was also paid by the prince.
▽ Eat, drink and have fun and live a worry-free life
With the financial support of the prince, the life style of the two is also chic. Jazmin is all kinds of vacations all over the world, carrying an LV old flower bag with him, either playing or on the way to play.
On the beach, chilling and concave shapes, carrying Tory burch's tote, is also very old-fashioned.
She has also been particularly active with her musician boyfriend recently. The front foot was still watching the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas, and the back foot ran to Lake Como in Italy to swim.
For Christmas, I also climbed the snowy mountain with my boyfriend to show affection↓
The celebrity party also did not fall behind, and even said that she had participated in three friends' weddings in the past three months, immersed in the joy of love and friendship.
Jia Zmin, who lives a carefree life, feels that he has completely given up his acting career, and has not filmed since 2020.
Alexander, the prince's other child, is engaged in various fashions. Last year, I wore an LV old flower shirt to Paris Fashion Week to watch the show. He also revealed in an interview his favorite brands: Chanel and Dior - because of the partnership with the Principality of Monaco. A whole pattern opens.
In December last year, he also appeared on the cover of "Tatler" magazine in a Dior jewelry jacket, showing a wave of fashion expression.
内页里他也上身了不少大牌,Balmain、Vivienne Westwood西装,贵公子风很足。
Hermes外套内搭Balenciaga Polo,还配了一枚钢表,很有商务运动风的派头。
Alexander's mother, Nicole Coste, feels like she has also risen in rank with her son. Carrying a Chanel bag to the "Prestige" magazine dinner can only be regarded as a basic operation↓
She can wear a robe embroidered with gold thread, and have lunch with the supreme head of state of Malaysia after going to Kuala Lumpur, not to mention that she is also the princess of Monaco......
Bastard children also seek to rise to the throne in various ways, and Alexander gave a personal interview with the title of "Prince's eldest son": "I aspire to build a good relationship with my father, to become a global ambassador for Monaco and to bring business opportunities back to Monaco".
Regarding his illegitimate status, he said: "Neither of my parents is married, and there is no improper relationship...... When I was a baby, my father voluntarily claimed me, not because a judge or the media forced him to do so. ”
Jazmin has always been very close to the prince, with various dinners, Instagram posts photos of his father and younger siblings (Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella) at every turn to show his love, and even watches F1 with the Monaco consulate.
In this regard, netizens said that the prince also repaid the romantic debt signed that year, and he should also bleed, just this act of playing money behind Charlene's back is not wronged by "revenge consumption".
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