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| 1 | He weighed 3.968983 kilos or 8 lbs 12 oz at birth March 14th 1958 as announced in the milestones column of Time Magazine's March 24th 1958 issue ten days after his birth. |
| 2 | Fraternal twins, son Jacques Honore Rainier and daughter Gabriella Therese Marie Ranier, born December 2014. |
| 3 | After the wedding, the couple went to South Africa for a meeting in IOC, Prince Albert is a member of IOC. After that, the couple went to Vamizi Island in Mozambique for their honeymoon. |
| 4 | Wedding ring is an 18 carat white gold platinum by Cartier. |
| 5 | Civil marriage ceremony conducted on 1 July at 5pm in the Throne Room of the Palace of Monaco. Religious marriage ceremony conducted on 2 July at 5pm in the Main Courtyard of the Palace of Monaco. The wedding dinner took place on 2 July at the Opera Garnier and on the Terraces of the Casino. |
| 6 | One year older than mother-in-law, Lynette Wittstock. |
| 7 | Engaged to Princess Charlene of Monaco on 23 June 2010. |
| 8 | Has met actress Elena Levon at Rodeo Drive Walk of Style award Ceremony honoring Grace Kelly (2009). |
| 9 | His great-great-great-great grandmother was Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, who has been played by, among others, Rose Byrne, Claudia Cardinale, and Ruth Hussey. |
| 10 | Father of Jazmin Grace Grimaldi & Alexandre Coste. |
| 11 | Appointed Honorary Ambassador of Peace for the Harvey Ball Foundation along with Brooke Shields, Jackie Chan, A.V.T. Shankardass, Jerry Lewis, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Phil Collins, Jimmy Buffett, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darrell Waltrip, Heather Mills, Yoko Ono, Patch Adams, Sergei Khrushchev and Winnie Mandela. |
| 12 | Admitted, in a statement from his lawyer, that he is the father of Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, born in 1992. Her mother is Tamara Jean Rotolo, a Californian woman (June 1, 2006). |
| 13 | Confirmed via his lawyer he has a son with a former Air France stewardess, Éric Alexandre Stéphane Coste, born on 24 August 2003 in Paris. Monaco's constitution specifies that only "direct and legitimate" descendants can assume the throne. Alexandre could be legitimated via legislation or if Albert marries the boy's mother (6 July 2005). |
| 14 | Shares a birthday with Albert Einstein, Michael Caine, Wolfgang Petersen, Billy Crystal, Mercedes McNab, Kylie Tyndall, Keaton Tyndall, Quincy Jones, Chris Klein, & Jamie Bell. |
| 15 | Speaks French, Italian, English, Spanish and German. |
| 16 | He is the 32nd ruler of Monaco, following the death of his father. [2005] |
| 17 | Ascended the throne of Monaco on April 6, 2005, upon the death of his father, Prince Rainier of Monaco. He is now known as Prince Albert II of Monaco, 32nd ruler of Monaco. Official coronation date July 12, 2005. |
| 18 | Brother of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. |
| 19 | Son of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. |
| 20 | Holds a brown belt in judo. |
| 21 | Was born with the title Marquis le Baux ("Marcher Lord of The Beams"). Les Baux ("The Beams") is a village in France once held by the Grimaldis. Although the French Revolution abolished the privileges, the now-honorary title is carried successively by Princes Héréditaires of the Principality of Monaco. |
| 22 | In celebration of his birth, a 101-gun salute was fired, the day after (15 March 1958) was declared a national holiday, and his father, Prince Rainier, pardoned all six prisoners in Monaco's jail. Albert's birth ensured that control of Monaco would not pass to France after Rainier's death, as per the treaty the two countries signed in 1918. |
| 23 | During his stints in the Winter Olympics as Monaco bobsleigh athlete (1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002), Albert lived in the Olympic Village, just like the other athletes. He was the first and still only person to have been both athlete and Olympic committee member at the same time. |
| 24 | A member of the International Olympic Committee. |
| 25 | Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les guignols de l'info (1988). |
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