Prince Albert stuns fans by appearing in VERY rare photo with his two eldest children
Prince Albert of Monaco has posed for a very rare photo with his two eldest children, Jazmin Grimaldi and Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste.
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The Monagasque royal reunited with his daughter and son in New York and can be seen sat behind a small coffee table with his children, with Jazmin wrapping her arms around both men.
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Albert, 64, looks happy and relaxed in the candid snapshot, smiling for the camera and casually dressed in an open white shirt, teamed with a navy blazer.
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The sweet picture was taken by Nicole Coste – Alexandre's Togolese mother and a former Air France hostess. "New York, paternally king," she captioned the photo.
Prince Albert recently reunited with Jazmin and Alexandre in New York
Jazmin's mother, meanwhile, is American waitress Tamara Rotolo. Jazmin met her father for the first time when she was 11 following the results of a paternity test. Since then, she has made regular visits to the principality.
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Following the birth of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene's twins in December 2014, Jazmin opened up about her father's new family.
Jazmin and Alexandre with Albert and Charlene's twins
"I can't wait to be a sister to them and watch them grow up," the 30-year-old told Harper's Bazaar at the time. "They have these beautiful, big blue eyes – and they are both already so well behaved!"
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Talking about meeting her dad at the age of 11 for the first time, she added: "I wanted that moment to connect with my father, to get to know him, and to have him get to know me," she said.
Jazmin frequently visits her family in Monaco
"Not having had that figure around, I missed that. It's wonderful that it happened when it did, and we've been enjoying a great relationship ever since."
While neither Jazmin nor Alexandre, 19, are in the line of Succession to the Monegasque throne, Albert confirmed in 2006 that both would be taken care of financially. They are also heirs to the Prince’s personal fortune, reportedly more than $1billion.
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