Succession is assured on the Rock. The Monegasque princely family showed up in full or almost to attend the Monaco Grand Prix during the weekend of Mother’s Day. Sunday May 29, after a day of qualifying, the official race did indeed take place. Despite pouring rain and two interruptions, one of which was related to the crash of Mick Schumacher’s car, Sergio Pérez kept his cool and won the race. A pride that he expressed by shaking the traditional bottle of champagne on the podium, under the eyes of Charlène, Albert and the twins Gabriella and Jacques. Absent from the event, Caroline de Monaco left all her descendants to ensure.
Alexandra of Hanover, born of the princess’s marriage to Ernst-August of Hanover, Prince of Hanover, gradually established herself within the clan. At 22, the young woman took her marks within the Grimaldi clan and asserted herself more and more as one of the stars of the Rock. She is not the only one since her darling, Ben-Sylvester Strautmann, has accompanied her for five years now in her princely life. Arm in arm, the lovebirds paraded under the eyes of onlookers at the Monaco Grand Prix. Happy, in love, the duo may have matched in blue outfits – suit and tie for him, jean dress for her – but that did not prevent them from seeing life in pink.
If they had displayed themselves in 2017 in the stands of a basketball match, a sport that Ben-Sylvester Strautmann practiced at a high level, Alexandra of Hanover and her companion really made it official during the prestigious Monaco Rose Ball organized the next year. Their meeting took place on the Rock, where the young man had been living for ten years with his two banker parents. His life as a sportsman, he surprisingly combines it with a career as a DJ in certain select clubs in Monaco.
Despite their young age – Ben-Sylvester Strautmann is 23 – the lovers seem very sure of themselves and of this idyll well anchored in time. All Grimaldi fans are now waiting for only one thing: the official announcement of the engagement between Alexandra of Hanover and Ben-Sylvester Strautmann. Will the latter take place on July 8, the date of the next Bal de la Rose? The loop would be closed. To be continued…