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Monaco's Prince Albert assumes ill father's duties

 
31-03-2005 17:49Plantagenet is offline Plantagenet  

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PARIS (Reuters) - Monaco's Prince Albert has assumed the duties of his sick father, Prince Rainier, as monarch of the tiny state on the Mediterranean coast, the palace has said.

A brief official statement on Thursday did not say whether Prince Albert, 47, who is in line to succeed his father, was taking over the monarch's duties permanently and gave no new details about Prince Rainier's health.

Rainier, 81, is in intensive care in hospital after suffering lung, heart and kidney problems.

"In accordance with the statutes of the sovereign family, the (advisory) Crown Council took note of the inability of His Most Serene Highness Prince Rainier III's to exercise his functions," the palace said in the statement.

"Prince Albert is empowered to exercise sovereign powers in the name of the sick sovereign prince," the palace added.

Rainier, who was married to the late film icon Grace Kelly, was taken to the cardiothoracic centre in Monaco on March 7.

Rainier, whose Grimaldi family has ruled the low-tax haven for seven centuries, has been in and out of hospital in recent years with both lung and coronary problems.





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