As promised on my last post, I am going to share with you a true to life version of the movie 'Princess Diaries' (which was based on Meg Cabot's novel of the same title). The fairytale like story happened to a teenage girl named Jazmin Grace, a resident of Palm Springs, California. However, unlike Mia Thermopolis from the film Princess Diaries, Jazmin was well aware who her father was, it was only the public that was left with no clue of her true identity.
Jazmin, or Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, is the daughter of Prince Albert, the head of the House of Grimaldi and the ruler of the Principality of Monaco, with former waitress, Tamara Jean Rotolo. Her middle name was after her grandmother, the late Prince Grace (Kelly) of Monaco. She was born on March 4, 1992, more or less 9 months before that day; the prince had an affair with her mother, who came to visit Cote d'Azur in Monaco, for a vacation.
Although Prince Albert was listed on Jazmin's birth certificate, it was only in 2006 that the Prince officially acknowledged to the public that he is her father. The announcement came after a DNA test proved Jazmin's his own flesh and blood. The prince was forced to tell the public about her illegitimate child after news about her existence was leaked to the press. He was hoping to protect her by concealing her relation to him until she has reached adulthood.
The other thing that separates Mia's story from Jazmin's, is that the latter cannot inherit the throne, because she's not the prince's legitimate child. Aside from Jazmin, Prince Albert also fathered another child, Alexandre Coste. Both Jazmin and Alexandre, though, can inherit Prince Albert's wealth, which is worth more than 1 billion dollars today. Not bad for a 'previously' ordinary Californian girl, right?
Jazmin, described by many as sweet and intelligent, is now in college and attending Fordham University. After a humanitarian visit to Fiji, Jazmin decided to put up the Jazmin Fund, an organization created to help children in remote island villages in Fiji. She has all the makings of a perfect princess, too bad she can't be called one.
Princess Diaries Trailer
Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries Novel
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