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- Born: 8 June 1984
- Birthplace: Monaco
- Best Known As: Socialite son of Monaco's Princess Caroline
Andrea Casiraghi is the son of Princess Caroline of Monaco and the grandson of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. His father was Caroline's second husband, the Italian industrialist Stefano Casiraghi, who died in a speed-boating accident in 1990. His good looks and royal lineage made Andrea Casiraghi a favorite with the press, somewhat along the same lines as Prince William of Britain. Casiraghi's image as a teen pinup was helped along when People magazine named him one of its "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1999. With the death of Rainier in 2005, Andrea's uncle Prince Albert became ruler of Monaco; Andrea became second in line to the throne, after Princess Caroline.
Casiraghi has a sister, Charlotte (b. 1986), and a brother, Pierre (b. 1987); his half-sister, Alexandra, was born in 1999 to Caroline and her new husband Prince Ernst of Hanover... His late grandmother, Princess Grace, was also known as the actress Grace Kelly... His aunt, Princess Stephanie, is also a favorite of press photographers... For many years, royal succession in Monaco was allowed only through male children of the ruler. But Monaco's constitution was changed in 2002 so that if Albert dies without children, the throne will pass to Caroline and then on to her children with Casiraghi.
