Prince cheats death?
As the nation of Monaco nervously waits to see if its beloved Prince Rainier will pull out of his health crisis, a bizarre rumor is navigating society circles that the monarch is already dead.
Word whipped around that Rainier, 81, who reigned in the tiny principality for more than 50 years and was married to Grace Kelly, passed away last week. But because of time-worn tradition that requires a three-month mourning period after the death of a Monegasque monarch, the rumor went, Rainier's death was to be kept quiet until after next month's Grand Prix, which brings a huge cash infusion to Monaco.
Rainier's heir, Prince Albert, effectively took over his father's duties on Thursday. But a spokesman for the Grimaldi family assures us that Rainier lives.
"That is totally wrong. The prince is in stable condition," Philippe Blanchi told us in French from Monaco, which was founded by pirates in 1279. "He is emphatically not dead."
As to whether the royal's death would cause a three-month hiatus on all public activities, including the race, Blanchi said cautiously, "It is not necessarily true. No decisions have been made about anything yet."
(Blame ZOG.)
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