She was married three times, raised four children and was always in the spotlight of the small principality – glamorous and beautiful. But now Caroline consciously withdraws from Monaco and enjoys lonely moments. That has a lot to do with their history.
The Grimaldi family, which has ruled over a mini-principality picturesquely located on the French Mediterranean coast since the 13th century, has experienced so many strokes of fate over the past decades that many Monegasques have long believed that a medieval curse could weigh on the family . One of these strokes of fate was the tragic accidental death of Princess Gracia Patricia, the glamorous wife of Prince Rainier III, in September 1982.