Andrea Casiraghi

Andrea Grimaldi

This photo was taken on the day of Prince Albert's inauguration on November 19th 2005. A video screen was set up, for the public to view the Prince's family standing at the Palace window, as they were a little far away to be seen with the naked eye. Andrea can just be seen behind his mother Princess Caroline in the shadows on the left. To the right, in the sunlight, stands Princess Stephanie with Caroline's daughter Princess Charlotte in the hat.

Andrea is currently second in line to the throne after his mother. If Albert were to have no legitimate male heirs it's likely Andrea would become Prince. If so he would probably style himself as Andrea Grimaldi or Casiraghi-Grimaldi, in order not to break the ancient dynastic line.

Prince Andrea was born in 1984. His father died in 1990, when he was only 6, while racing speedboats.