Alexandre Coste
| Alexander Christof Grimaldi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Éric Alexandre Stéphane Tossoukpé 16 August 1990 Paris, France |
| Parent(s) |
Albert II, Prince of Monaco Nicole Coste |
| Relatives |
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi (half-sister) Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès (half-sister) Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco (half-brother) |
Alexander Christof Grimaldi (born Éric Alexandre Stéphane Tossoukpé on 16 August 1990) is the elder son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, being the younger of the Prince's two acknowledged illegitimate children. His mother is Nicole Coste, a native of Togo. His paternal half-siblings are Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, also acknowledged but born out of wedlock, and legitimate twins Princess Gabriella of Monaco, Countess of Carladès and Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco.
Born out of wedlock, he was initially named Éric Alexandre Stéphane Tossoukpé. His mother changed her surname to Coste on 10 November 2004. Photographs of the Prince with the child were published in Paris-Match in May 1996 along with an exclusive interview with the boy's mother. Daughter of a merchant in Togo where she grew up, she became a student in France when she was 17. She was a flight attendant on an Air France plane en route from the French Riviera to Paris in November 1989 when Albert, a passenger, asked for her phone number, subsequently engaging in a relationship with her for several years until, allegedly, Albert's father, Prince Rainier III, demanded that he end the affair. Coste told Paris-Match that she became pregnant only after a visit to celebrate her 31st birthday turned into a tryst. Albert provided for and visited mother and child promising, according to Coste, to legally acknowledge the child after a DNA test confirmed his paternity. When he did not do so, Coste offered the interview and photographs to the media. Albert made no public comment on media speculation, being in official mourning following the death of his cousin. Although he successfully sued the Paris-Match for invasion of his privacy, he did acknowledge paternity of the child in a statement issued by his attorney, Thierry Lacoste, on 6 July 1995. In an April 2014 interview Nicole Coste noted that she had legally changed Alexander's surname to Grimaldi-Coste, the dynastic name used by the princely family. He attended primary school in a private school in Drap in 1995-2000. Alexander is currently attending The Los Angeles Film School, and is currently on Twitter as @ACGrimaldi.
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