5 ‘illegitimate’ royals revealed: Princess Charlene is stepmother to Jazmin and Alexandre, Belgium’s Delphine Boël fought for her title and Britain’s Zara Tindall doesn’t know her half-sister

Jan 28 , 2022

Five children born to royal fathers who had affairs, and how they eventually came to be recognised as legitimate. Photos: @heathernp87/Instagram, @jazmingrimaldi/Instagram, @delphine_de_saxe_cobourg/Instagram, @Royal_Circular/Twitter, Tristan Wade/Facebook

Prince Albert of Monaco had two children before his twins with Princess Charlene, and Mark Phillips fathered Felicity Tonkin while married to Princess Anne

The daughter of Belgium’s King Albert II, Delphine Boël, and Prince Carlos Duke of Parma’s son Hugo, both fought for their royal titles in court – and ultimately won

Just like celebrities, famously private royals also find themselves the subject of love affair tell-alls at times. And in the case of these blue bloods, the rumours of illegitimate children eventually turned out to be true. So how did they handle it and where are their kids now?

1. Prince Albert of Monaco’s daughter Jazmin Grace Grimaldi

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Prince Albert II of Monaco. Photo: @jazmingrimaldi/Instagram

Prince Albert and his wife Princess Charlene of Monaco share two children together, the adorable seven-year-old twins Gabriela and Jacques.

But the prince’s eldest child is Jazmin Grace-Grimaldi, now 29. Albert met the actress and singer’s waitress mother, Tamara Rotolo, when she was on holiday on the Côte d’Azur. She raised their daughter back home in the US and Jazmin wasn’t in contact with her dad until she turned 11 years old.

Prince Albert II’s children: Prince Jacques, Princess Gabriella, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste. Photo: @jazmingrimaldi/Imstagram

Albert confirmed that he was her father a few years later in 2006. Now she travels the world thanks to her film roles and philanthropic work with the United Nations and with The Jazmin Fund, her own charity that helps women in remote villages in Fiji.

Grace Grimaldi enjoys a close relationship with her half-siblings and they were recently all pictured together.

2. Prince Albert of Monaco’s son Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste

Jazmin Grimaldi and Alexandre Coste. Photo: @jazmingrimaldi/Instagram

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