Albert II, Prince of Monaco

File:Prince Albert and Grace Kelly 1972.jpg, at the Floriade garden exhibit in Netherlands, 1972]]

Prince Albert was born in the Prince's Palace of Monaco on 14 March 1958, as the second child of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. At the time of his birth, he was heir apparent to the throne. Albert was a dual citizen of both the Principality of Monaco and the United States of America by birth, before renouncing his American citizenship in his early adulthood.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47889162 |title=Could Harry and Meghan's child pay US taxes? |last=Thomas |first=Zoe |publisher=BBC |date=13 April 2019}} He was baptized on 20 April 1958, by Monsignor Jean Delay, Archbishop of Marseille, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Monaco.{{Cite book|title=Palais de Monaco : À la table des princes|last=André|first=Véronique|publisher=Hachette Pratique|year=2014|isbn=978-2012317765|page=160|language=fr}} His godparents were Prince Louis de Polignac and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain.{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2025|title=His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Biography|url=https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/16/09/albert-cv.pdf|access-date=March 19, 2025|website=iaea.org |language=en}}

Albert spent a year training in princely duties before enrolling at Amherst College, in Massachusetts, in 1977 as Albert Grimaldi. He joined Chi Psi fraternity and lived in the Alpha Chi Lodge. Albert spent mid-1979 touring Europe and the Middle East with the Amherst College Glee Club, and also undertook an exchange program with the University of Bristol, at the Alfred Marshall School of Economics and Management, in 1979. He graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.{{cite web |title=H.S.H. Prince Albert, Alexandre, Louis, Pierre Sovereign Prince of Monaco |url=https://sdgs.un.org/panelists/hsh-prince-albert-alexandre-louis-pierre-29682#:~:text=Prince%20Albert%20II%20graduated%20in,September%201981%20%2D%20April%201982%3A%20H.S.H. |website=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development |access-date=15 May 2024}} He speaks French, German, Italian, and English.{{Cite web |last=Sage |first=Adam |date=24 June 2024 |title=Profile: Prince Albert of Monaco |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/profile-prince-albert-of-monaco-zc7nxrx783s |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=The Times}} From September 1981 to April 1982, Albert trained on board the French Navy's helicopter cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|Jeanne d'Arc|R97|2}} , attaining the rank of Ship-of-the-Line Ensign (2nd class), and is currently a reserve Lieutenant Commander.{{cite web |title=H.S.H. PRINCE ALBERT II |url=https://www.palais.mc/en/princely-family/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/biography-1-5.html |website=Palais Princier de Monaco |access-date=31 October 2020}} From 1983 to 1985, he took training courses with companies J.P. Morgan & Co, Louis Vuitton, Rogers & Wells, and Wells, Rich and Greene in the United States and Europe, studying financial management, communication, and marketing. Since May 1993, the Prince has led the Monegasque delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations. In 2004, the Prince presided over the delegation of Monaco in Strasbourg, France, for the official accession of the Principality onto the Council of Europe.{{cite web |title=Albert of Monaco signs the instrument of accession to the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 5 October 2004) |url=https://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/albert_of_monaco_signs_the_instrument_of_accession_to_the_council_of_europe_strasbourg_5_october_2004-en-98cebe6a-0e20-4f35-890b-457a4d19bd95.html |website=Centre virtuel de la connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=15 May 2024}}

Prince Albert's mother, Princess Grace, died at age 52 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in 1982. In 2017, the Prince stated during an interview that his mother's death was a traumatic event for him and his family, revealing that his father was "never the same man" after the loss.{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tEY03_f-ziA | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/tEY03_f-ziA| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=Prince Albert II: Tragic death of mom Grace Kelly |publisher=YouTube |date=6 September 2017|access-date=29 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}

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Albert was an enthusiastic sportsman, participating in cross country, javelin throwing, handball, judo, swimming, tennis, rowing, sailing, skiing, squash and fencing. He became a judo black belt in 1985.{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-monaco-albert-profile-idINTRE75S4RO20110629|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164829/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-monaco-albert-profile-idINTRE75S4RO20110629|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=Factbox: Monaco's Prince Albert to marry|author=|newspaper=Reuters|date=29 June 2011}}

Albert competed in the bobsleigh at five consecutive Winter Olympics for Monaco, taking part in both the two-man and four-man events. In the two-man bobsleigh Albert finished 25th at the 1988 games in Calgary, 43rd at the 1992 games in Albertville, and 31st at the 1994 games. In the four-man bobsleigh Albert finished 27th in 1992, 26th at the 1994 games in Lillehammer, and 28th at both the 1998 games in Nagano and the 2002 games in Salt Lake City.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/albert-prince-grimaldi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004946/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/albert-prince-grimaldi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Albert, Prince Grimaldi profile |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=17 November 2014}} Albert was Monaco's flag bearer at the 1988, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics. He also took part in the 1985 Paris–Dakar Rally, but did not complete it.{{Cite web |date=14 January 1985 |title=Prince Albert of Monaco Monday dropped out the Paris-Dakar... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/01/14/Prince-Albert-of-Monaco-Monday-dropped-out-the-Paris-Dakar/1752474526800/ |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=UPI}} Albert has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1985, and his maternal grandfather, John B. Kelly Sr., and maternal uncle, John B. Kelly Jr., were both Olympic medalists in rowing. In 2017 Albert gained OLY post-nominal status under his competition name of Albert Grimaldi.{{Cite web|url=https://olympians.org/news/992/woa-patron-hsh-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-joins-oly-ranks/|title=WOA Patron HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco joins OLY ranks|website=olympians.org|language=en|access-date=15 February 2020}}

On 31 March 2005, following consultation with the Crown Council of Monaco, the Palais Princier announced that Albert would take over the duties of his father as regent since Rainier was no longer able to exercise his princely functions.[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7347372 Son of ailing Prince Rainier takes over duties], MSNBC, 31 March 2005. Accessed 31 May 2008.

The first part of Prince Albert II's enthronement as ruler of the Principality was on 12 July 2005, after the end of the three-month mourning period for his father.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2005 |title=Prince Albert begins formal reign of Monaco |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-albert-begins-formal-reign-of-monaco-1.526819 |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=CBC.ca}} A morning Mass at Saint Nicholas Cathedral presided over by the Archbishop of Monaco, the Most Reverend Bernard Barsi, formally marked the beginning of his reign. Afterward, Albert returned to the Palace to host a garden party for 7,000 Monégasques born in the Principality. In the courtyard, the Prince was presented with two keys of the city as a symbol of his investiture, and subsequently gave a speech.{{cite web|title=Investiture speech H.S.H. Prince Albert IInd of Monaco, July 12th, 2005|url=http://cloud.gouv.mc/304/wwwnew.nsf/1909$/5f6fb679535702dac125703e004f618cgb?OpenDocument&5Gb|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112073849/http://cloud.gouv.mc/304/wwwnew.nsf/1909$/5f6fb679535702dac125703e004f618cgb?OpenDocument&5Gb|url-status=dead}} The evening ended with a fireworks display on the waterfront.{{cite news|last1=Willsher|first1=Kim|title=Albert takes the Monaco crown|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/13/3|newspaper=The Guardian|publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=11 November 2017|date=13 July 2005}}

The second part of his investiture took place on 19 November 2005. Albert was enthroned at Saint Nicholas Cathedral.{{cite news|title=Prince Albert's Monaco enthronement complete|newspaper=ABC News|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-11-20/prince-alberts-monaco-enthronement-complete/744076|access-date=11 November 2017|date=19 November 2005}} The Princely family was in attendance, including his elder sister, Princess Caroline with her husband Ernst, Prince of Hanover and three of her four children, Andrea, Pierre and Charlotte; as well as his younger sister Princess Stéphanie, his paternal aunt Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, his godson, Jean-Léonard Taubert de Massy, and his cousin Elisabeth-Anne de Massy. Royalty from 16 delegations were present for the festivities throughout the country. The evening ended with a dedicated performance at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

As Rainier III's health declined, Albert's lack of legitimate children became a matter of public and political concern owing to the legal and international consequences. Had Prince Albert succeeded his father and died without lawful heirs, it would have triggered Article 3 of the 1918 Franco-Monegasque Treaty, according to which the Principality of Monaco would become a protectorate of the French Republic.United Nations Treaty Series, 1975, vol. 981, Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1918. P. 360. "Should the throne become vacant, particularly for lack of a direct or adoptive heir, the territory of Monaco shall form, under the protectorate of France, an autonomous state under the name of the State of Monaco," United Nations translation. Prior to 2002, Monaco's constitution stipulated that only the last reigning prince's "direct and legitimate" descendants could inherit the crown.

On 2 April 2002, Monaco promulgated Princely Law 1.249, which provides that if a reigning prince dies without surviving legitimate issue, the throne passes to his legitimate siblings and their legitimate descendants of both sexes, according to the principle of male-preference primogeniture.The Constitution (2002)

Under the current constitution, neither Jazmin nor Alexandre are in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne as they are not Prince Albert II's legitimate children, and he emphasised their ineligibility to inherit the throne in statements confirming his paternity. Monegasque law stipulates that any non-adulterine illegitimate child is legitimised by the eventual marriage of his/her parents, thereupon obtaining the rights to which that child would have been entitled if born in lawful marriage. Thus Alexandre would have become Monaco's heir apparent under current law if Albert were to marry Alexandre's mother. In a 2005 exchange with American reporter Larry King, Albert stated that this would not happen.Larry King Live. Interview with Prince Albert II. 25 October 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

Prior to the birth of Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, Prince Albert's elder sister, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, was heir presumptive and, according to the Grimaldi house law, bore the traditional title of Hereditary Princess of Monaco.The House Laws Following their births, she is now third in line.{{Cite web |title=Monaco's Royal Family: Meet the Modern Descendants of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly |url=https://people.com/royals/all-about-monaco-royal-family-tree/ |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=People Magazine}}

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In the early years of his reign, Prince Albert oversaw multiple judicial and legal reforms, including the regulation of custody, protections of the privacy of the individual in the face of technological growth, freedom of the press, legislative gender equality, and the protection of children's rights and disabled students. In July 2005, in echo of Albert I, his great-great-grandfather, he travelled to Spitsbergen, Norway. During this trip, he visited the glaciers Lilliehöökbreen and Monacobreen. Prince Albert also engaged in a Russian Arctic expedition, reaching the North Pole on Easter, 16 April 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/france/20060530.WWW000000427_article_albert.html |title=Albert, à nouveau père |work=Le Figaro |location=France |date=20 April 2011 |access-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629171126/http://www.lefigaro.fr/france/20060530.WWW000000427_article_albert.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=live}}

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Since his ascension, the Prince has overseen the construction of various community facilities, including social housing, railway infrastructure, educational institutes for the hospitality industry, and secondary education. He currently heads an initiative to promote ethical economic activity, criminal liability, the adopting of systems to combat money laundering and organized crime, and the introduction of tax fraud into Monegasque criminal law. In 2006, Prince Albert created the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, which continues Monaco's commitment to supporting sustainable and ethical projects around the world. The foundation's focus has three main objectives: climate change and renewable energy development, combating the loss of biodiversity, and improving universal access to clean water.[http://www.fpa2.com/home.html Prince Albert]. Fpa2.com. Retrieved on 7 May 2014. In July 2011, Albert married South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock.{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/194250/monacos-prince-albert-to-marry-charlene-wittstock|title=Monaco's Prince Albert to marry Charlene Wittstock|publisher=Gmanews.tv|agency=Associated Press|date=23 June 2010|access-date=2 July 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823051334/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/194250/monacos-prince-albert-to-marry-charlene-wittstock|archive-date=23 August 2011}}

On 27 August 2015, Prince Albert apologized for Monaco's role in facilitating the deportation of a total of 90 Jews and resistance fighters to the Nazis in 1942, of whom only nine survived. "We committed the irreparable in handing over to the neighboring authorities women, men, and a child who had taken refuge with us to escape the persecutions they had suffered in France," Albert said at a ceremony in which a monument to the victims was unveiled at the Monaco Cemetery. "In distress, they came specifically to take shelter with us, thinking they would find neutrality."{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Carol J. |title=More than seven decades later, Monaco apologizes for deporting Jews |url=http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-monaco-jews-deportation-apology-20150827-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=27 August 2015 |access-date=31 August 2015}}

Between 2006 and 2022, Albert's chief of cabinet was Georges Lisimachio.{{Cite web|date=17 January 2022|title=Laurent Anselmi, bras droit du Prince de Monaco|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/enjeux-internationaux/laurent-anselmi-bras-droit-du-prince-de-monaco-1379725|access-date=13 September 2022|website=Les Echos|language=fr}} In June 2023, Albert dismissed Claude Palmero, the manager of the Prince of Monaco's assets who had been serving for over two decades.{{cite web|url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/2023/06/claude-palmero-administrateur-des-biens-du-prince-demis-de-ses-fonctions/|title=Claude Palmero, Administrateur des Biens du Prince, démis de ses fonctions|last=Incari|first=Sarah|date=7 June 2023|access-date=24 March 2024|work=Monaco Tribune}} Albert said of the decision, "I exercised my right to choose the asset manager of my choice. Events have shown how much this decision was the right one." Palmero proceeded to sue Albert for €1 million and leaked information of the palace's spending to the French media.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/26/monaco-royals-ex-accountant-lifts-lid-on-lavish-spending-prince-albert|title='€600k to pay off her overdraft': aide lifts lid on Monaco royals' lavish spending|last=Henley|first=Jon|date=27 January 2024|access-date=24 March 2024|work=The Guardian}}

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In 2016, Albert purchased Princess Grace's childhood home in East Falls, Philadelphia, which was originally built by her father Jack Kelly Sr.. Upon acquiring it, he stated the house might be used as a museum space or as offices for the Princess Grace Foundation.{{cite web |last1=Mikelbank |first1=Peter |title=Prince Albert Buys Mom Princess Grace's Childhood Home in Philadelphia |url=http://people.com/royals/prince-albert-buys-mom-princess-graces-childhood-home-in-philadelphia/ |website=People |access-date=21 October 2016}} Prince Albert does not have direct ownership of the Prince's Palace, but does possess personal homes in both La Turbie[http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/les_indiscretions_du_gotha/charlene_de_monaco_pour_l_amour_des_enfants_242667 Charlène de Monaco: pour l'amour des enfants]. Gala.fr. 29 September 2011. and Marchais.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/immobilier/biens-des-chefs-d-etat/grimaldi.shtml Le château des Grimaldi en Picardie]. Journaldunet.com. 12 January 2011.

Albert, a well-known automotive enthusiast, owns vehicles like the BMW Hydrogen 7,{{cite web |author=Joseph, Noah |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/09/crown-jewel-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-gets-a-bmw-hydrogen-7/ |title=Crown Jewel: Prince Albert II of Monaco gets a BMW Hydrogen 7 |publisher=Autoblog |date=9 April 2008 |access-date=8 June 2012}} the Lexus LS 600h,{{cite web |url=http://ecologie.caradisiac.com/Le-Prince-Albert-de-Monaco-1er-utilisateur-de-la-Lexus-LS-600h-198 |title=Le Prince Albert de Monaco, 1er utilisateur de la Lexus LS 600h |publisher=Ecologie.caradisiac.com |access-date=24 October 2010 |archive-date=26 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826163540/http://ecologie.caradisiac.com/Le-Prince-Albert-de-Monaco-1er-utilisateur-de-la-Lexus-LS-600h-198 |url-status=dead }} the Lexus RX 400h, and the Toyota Prius PHV.{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota-global.com/innovation/environmental_technology/plugin_hybrid/magazine08.html |title=Europe's first production Prius PHV Delivered to H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco |publisher=Toyota Motors |date=9 April 2012 |access-date=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121185548/http://www.toyota-global.com/innovation/environmental_technology/plugin_hybrid/magazine08.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 }} He also owns a Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X, a 14-passenger leisure jet, currently stationed at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport.[http://www.rivieratimes.com/index.php/monaco-article/items/new-jet-for-prince-albert-ii.html New jet for Prince Albert II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114106/http://www.rivieratimes.com/index.php/monaco-article/items/new-jet-for-prince-albert-ii.html |date=24 December 2013 }}. Rivieratimes.com (30 April 2014). Retrieved on 7 May 2014.[http://www.aeronautique.ma/Le-prince-Albert-de-Monaco-s-offre-un-Falcon-7X-et-un-hangar-flambant-neuf-a-Nice_a2918.html Le prince Albert de Monaco s'offre un Falcon 7X et un hangar flambant neuf à Nice], Aeronautique.ma. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

Albert was close friends with the artist Nall and owns some of his works.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/greathomesanddestinations/07gh-france.html|title=In France, an Artist's Retreat|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 October 2009|last1=Foreman|first1=Liza}}

On 19 March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, it was announced that Albert II had tested positive for COVID-19,{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/19/prince-albert-of-monaco-tests-positive-for-covid-19-coronavirus|title=Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus|publisher=euronews|date=19 March 2020}} making him the first monarch and head of state to have contracted COVID-19.{{cite news |last1=Mack |first1=David |title=Prince Albert II Of Monaco Is The First Head Of State To Announce A COVID-19 Diagnosis |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/coronavirus-prince-albert-monaco-first-leader-royal |access-date=19 March 2020 |newspaper=Buzzfeed News |date=19 March 2020}} It was reported that he had begun to self-quarantine from within his apartment, performing his work and duties from there. On 31 March, it was announced that he had made a full recovery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-albert-recovers-coronavirus|title=Prince Albert recovers from coronavirus: 'He is healed and healthy'|publisher=Fox News|first=Melissa|last=Roberto|date=April 2020|language=en|access-date=1 April 2020}} In April 2022, he tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time and observed a brief period of self-isolation.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-albert-of-monaco-has-covid-19-for-the-second-time-after-speaking-out-on-his-long-recovery/|title=Prince Albert of Monaco Has COVID-19 for Second Time After Speaking Out on His Long Recovery|work=People|first1=Peter|last1=Mikelbank|first2=Erin|last2=Hill|date=13 April 2022|accessdate=4 June 2022}}

In 2021, Raphaël Domjan became the first pilot of an electric plane flight with a head of state. On 14 September 2021, they took off with a Pipistrel Velis128 operated by Elektropostal from Nice airport in France with Albert II and they flew over Monaco. The plane flew for 30 minutes at a maximum altitude of 900 feet.{{cite web|title=PHOTOS. Prince Albert II becomes the first Head of State to fly 100% electric|url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2021/09/photos-prince-albert-ii-becomes-the-first-head-of-state-to-fly-100-electric/|date=15 September 2021|access-date=18 September 2021}}

• {{anchor|Relationships and illegitimate children}} Tamara Jean Rotolo — Prince Albert was reportedly listed as the father of Jazmin Grace Grimaldi on her birth certificate, registered in Riverside County, California, United States. The case went to trial in 1993 and was eventually dismissed by Superior Court Judge Graham Anderson Cribbs, who refused jurisdiction and found that there was "insufficient connection between [Prince Hereditary] Albert and the State of California to justify hearing a suit [in California]",Evening Standard article, 24 March 1993, page 20 justifying the statements of the Prince's lawyer. On 31 May 2006, after a DNA test confirmed the child's parentage, Albert admitted, via statement from his lawyer, that he is Jazmin's father.
• Nicole Coste — In May 2005, a former Air France flight attendant from Togo claimed that her youngest son, born Éric Alexandre Stéphane Tossoukpé on 24 August 2003 in Paris, France,{{cite news|last1=Willsher|first1=Kim|title=Prince Albert to acknowledge toddler son after affair made public| url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/05/1|accessdate=23 December 2015|work=The Guardian|date=5 July 2005}}{{Cite web|title = Alexandre Coste|url = https://www.seoghoer.dk/vipedia/alexandre-coste|website = V.I.P.E.D.I.A}} whom she called Alexandre Coste, was Prince Albert's child, and stated that his parentage had been proven by DNA tests requested by the Monegasque government. She further declared that the Prince had signed a notarised certificate confirming paternity, of which she had not received a copy. The Paris Match published a ten-page interview with Coste, including photographs of Albert holding and feeding the child. Coste also told the publication that she was living in the Prince's Paris apartment, and receiving an allowance from him, while pretending to be the girlfriend of one of his friends in order to maintain discretion. She also stated that the prince had previously last seen the boy in February 2005. The prince's lawyer, Thierry Lacoste, announced that as a result of the international publicity over these revelations, Prince Albert was suing the Daily Mail, Bunte, and Paris Match for privacy violations. On 6 July 2005, a few days before he was enthroned on 12 July, the Prince officially confirmed via his lawyer Lacoste that Alexandre was his biological son.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4656797.stm Monaco prince admits love child], BBC News, 6 July 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2009. He calls himself Alexandre Grimaldi.[https://people.com/prince-albert-monaco-son-alexandre-grimaldi-speaks-out-new-interview-i-am-happy-man-7692914 Article] by Peter Mikelbank 22 August 2023 in People
• Bea Fiedler — In a suit filed around January 1989,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-whaits-in-the-heir-for-the-r/149509049/|title=Whait's in the Heir for the Rich Kids?|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=26 January 1989|first=William|last=Norwich|page=42}} a German model and former adult film actress claimed her son Daniel was the prince's child from an October 1986 tryst.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-drittes-kind-fr-prinz-alber/149505486/|title=Drittes Kind für Prinz Albert?|newspaper=The Tribune|date=25 August 2006|page=Y7}} A judge reportedly dismissed the suit, despite the fact that Prince Albert had submitted a DNA sample to be tested, as the genetic sample had not been rendered in front of a witness. Fiedler rejected the DNA blood sample as truly belonging to the prince."Bea in His Bonnet, The Daily Telegraph, 29 July 1987.Sunday Mirror, 8 March 1998, pp. 1+
• In December 2020, a Brazilian woman filed a paternity suit against Albert, claiming that he had fathered a child with her during his relationship with Charlene. Albert's lawyer described the claim as a 'hoax'.{{cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/princess-charlene-prince-albert-monaco-relationship-timeline|title=A timeline of Princess Charlene and Prince Albert of Monaco's relationship|work=Tatler|first=Isaac|last=Bickerstaff|date=14 March 2022|accessdate=18 March 2022}}

{{main|Wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock}}

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Prince Albert met South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock in 2000 at the Mare Nostrum swimming meet in Monaco. They made their public debut as a couple at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics.{{cite news |title= Monaco's Prince Albert weds South African Charlene Wittstock |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13973248 |work= BBC News |date= 1 July 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110630113154/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13973248 |archive-date= 30 June 2011}}

Their engagement was announced by the palace on 10 June 2010. The wedding was originally scheduled for 8 and 9 July 2011, but was moved forward to prevent a conflict with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Durban on 5–9 July, which they both attended. The couple had invited members of the IOC, including president Jacques Rogge, to their wedding.{{cite news |title=Prince Albert and Charlene change wedding date |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities-news-in-pics/02-08-2010/54371/ |work=Hello! |date=2 August 2010 |access-date=2 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064901/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities-news-in-pics/02-08-2010/54371/ |archive-date=6 June 2011}}

The couple were married in a civil ceremony on 1 July 2011 in the Throne Room of the Prince's Palace. The religious ceremony took place in the courtyard of the palace on 2 July, and was presided over by Archbishop Bernard Barsi. The couple honeymooned in South Africa, where they stayed in separate hotels,{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/prince-albert-monaco-charlene-wittstock-slept-honeymoon-palace/story?id=14061328 | title=Monaco's Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock Slept Apart on Honeymoon, Palace Confirms | website=ABC News }} and Mozambique.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene had twins, Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès, and Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, on 10 December 2014. Jacques is the heir apparent to the throne.{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/parents/monacos-princess-charlene-prince-albert-welcome-twins-1D80333548|title=Monaco's Princess Charlene, Prince Albert, welcome twin girl and boy|date=10 December 2014 }}

{{main|Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation}}

File:Prince Albert II on horseback.jpg, September 2013]]

Albert holds patronages with AS Monaco,{{Cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Rob |last2=Tribune |first2=International Herald |date=21 May 2003 |title=Amid the glint of diamonds, AS Monaco's cupboard is empty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/21/sports/IHT-soccer-amid-the-glint-of-diamonds-as-monacos-cupboard-is-empty.html |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}} the World Olympians Association,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/movers-and-shakers/prince_albert_of_monaco_becomes_woa_patron|title=Prince Albert of Monaco becomes WOA patron|website=www.sportspromedia.com|date=12 January 2012|language=en|access-date=15 February 2020}} the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, the Peace and Sport Organization, the No Finish Line International charitable non-profit Organisation and Junior Chamber International. He holds official and honorary presidencies within the Monaco Red Cross, Comité Olympique Monégasque, Association Mondiale des Amis de l'Enfance, The Automobile Club de Monaco, The Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, and Jumping International de Monte Carlo. Albert is affiliated with International Paralympic Committee, Junior Chamber International, and Art of the Olympians. Albert is also a global adviser to Orphans International.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

In 2001, at the 36th Congress of the Mediterranean Science Commission held in the Principality, the CIESM Member States unanimously elected Monaco in the person of Prince Albert to the presidence of the commission.

The year 2007 was declared as (International) Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme.{{cite web |url=http://www.yod2007.org |title=International Year of the Dolphin Website |publisher=Yod2007.org |access-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015010119/http://www.yod2007.org/ |archive-date=15 October 2009 |url-status=dead }} Prince Albert served as the International Patron of the "Year of the Dolphin", saying "The Year of the Dolphin gives me the opportunity to renew my firm commitment towards protecting marine biodiversity. With this strong initiative we can make a difference to save these fascinating marine mammals from the brink of extinction."{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=the Year of the Dolphin! |url=https://www.cms.int/sites/default/files/publication/leaflet_e.pdf |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species}}

The Zoological Garden of Monaco (Jardin Animalier) was founded by Prince Rainier in 1954. Rainier was petitioned unsuccessfully for many years by Virginia McKenna, founder of the Born Free Foundation, to release a pair of leopards at the zoo.{{cite news |title=Leopards incredible journey to freedom |first=Roderick |last=Gilchrist |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3323181/Leopards-incredible-journey-to-freedom.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219234307/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3323181/Leopards-incredible-journey-to-freedom.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 December 2008 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 January 2008 |access-date=24 May 2013 |location=London}} He intends to convert the Jardin into a zoo for children.

In January 2009, Prince Albert left for a month-long expedition to Antarctica, where he visited 26 scientific outposts and met with climate-change experts in an attempt to learn more about the impact of global warming on the continent.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Monaco%27s+Prince+Albert+heads+to+Antarctica-a01611758964 "Monaco's Prince Albert heads to Antarctica"]. AFP via The Free Library. 5 January 2009. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062011/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Monaco%27s+Prince+Albert+heads+to+Antarctica-a01611758964 |date=8 May 2014 }} During the trip, he stopped at the South Pole, making him the only incumbent head of state to have visited both poles.[http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=168 A royal visit], The Antarctic Sun published by the United States Antarctic Program{{cite web |url=http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/news/2009/january/hsh-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-reached-the.1385.html |title=HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco reached the geographic South Pole on Wednesday 14 January 2009 |access-date=26 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604172907/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/news/2009/january/hsh-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-reached-the.1385.html |archive-date=4 June 2011 }}. palais.mc. 14 January 2009.

File:UNESCO Headquarters, Paris on 3 May 2010, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, participated in the 5th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands.jpg Paris, 2010]]

In June 2009, Prince Albert co-authored an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal with Charles Clover, the author of The End of the Line, a book about overfishing and ocean conservation issues that had recently been made into a documentary by Rupert Murray. In the piece, Prince Albert and Clover note that bluefin tuna have been severely overfished in the Mediterranean, and decry the common European Union practice of awarding inflated quotas to bluefin fleets.Clover, Charles; Grimaldi, Albert (5 June 2009). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124416336079787523 It's Not Too Late to Save the Tuna], The Wall Street Journal. Albert also announced that Monaco would seek to award endangered species status to the Mediterranean bluefin, Thunnus thynnus, (also called the Northern bluefin) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This was the first time a nation had called for the inclusion of Mediterranean bluefin under CITES since Sweden at the 1992 CITES Conference, which was vehemently opposed by Japan who eventually threatened retaliation through trade barriers.{{cite web |url=http://www.outdoor.se/sportfishnews/articles/bluefin |title=The Atlantic Bluefin Tuna |publisher=Outdoor.se |author=Olsson, Jan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125222045/http://www.outdoor.se/sportfishnews/articles/bluefin |archive-date=25 January 2011}}

On 16 July 2009, France declared that it too would seek to have Mediterranean bluefin listed as an endangered species.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2009/07/bluefin-tuna-trade-ban.html |title=France Supports International Trade Ban for Endangered Bluefin Tuna |access-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801124949/http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2009/07/bluefin-tuna-trade-ban.html |archive-date=1 August 2009 }}, NatGeo News Watch, 16 July 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. Only hours later, the United Kingdom followed suit.Webster, Ben. [https://www.thetimes.com/article/britain-to-support-a-ban-on-international-trade-in-blue-fin-tuna-mgq0rdpv2bp Britain to support a ban on international trade in blue-fin tuna], The Times, 17 July 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.

On 19 September 2017, Prince Albert expressed his great interest for the preliminary draft of the Global Pact for the Environment presented by French President Emmanuel Macron in the context of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.{{Cite web|title=Prince's Palace of Monaco|url=https://www.palais.mc/en/news/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/divers/2017/september/hsh-prince-albert-ii-at-the-un-3398.html|access-date=25 September 2020|website=www.palais.mc}} He added that he will be very attentive to the future of this Pact, which he qualified as a "universal, legally binding agreement, which recognises the right of future generations to sustainable development."

After having met Torres Strait Islander artist and activist Alick Tipoti in 2016, Prince Albert went to stay with his family on Badu Island, and collaborated with him on the film Alick and Albert (2021), a feature-length documentary film about the future of the oceans, and how climate change affects people in the Torres Strait Islands as well as Monaco.{{cite web | title=Alick and Albert (2021) |series= The Screen Guide | website=Screen Australia | url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/alick-and-albert-2021/38477/ | access-date=6 December 2021}}{{cite web | title=Home | website=Alick & Albert | url=https://www.alickandalbert.com/ | access-date=6 December 2021}}{{cite web | title=Video: Torres Strait artist and activist Alick Tipoti and Prince Albert II of Monaco unite to protect ocean with new film, Albert and Alick| date=15 November 2021 | website=Redland City Bulletin | url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/7511184/bayside-screening-of-badu-island-docco/ | access-date=6 December 2021}} The film had its world premiere at the Brisbane International Film Festival in October 2021.{{cite web | title=Alick and Albert | website=Brisbane International Film Festival | date=21 October 2021 | url=https://biff.com.au/film/alick-and-albert/ | access-date=6 December 2021 | archive-date=6 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206103821/https://biff.com.au/film/alick-and-albert/ | url-status=dead }}

On 12 February 2020, Albert and Victor Vescovo reached the bottom of Calypso Deep, a depth of 16,762 ft, in a submarine. They were only the second team to do so after a French group in 1965.{{cite web | url= https://caladanoceanic.com/expeditions/calypso/pressrelease/ |title= Phase II of Caladan Oceanic's 2020 Expedition Programme, Caladan Oceanic's Victor Vescovo and EYOS Expeditions dive with Prince Albert II of Monaco to the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea | publisher= caladanoceanic.com | access-date= 20 August 2021 | date= 12 February 2020}}

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• 14 March 1958 – 16 March 1958: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Monaco
• 16 March 1958 – 6 April 2005: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux{{cite web|access-date=5 February 2023|first1=Principauté de|language=fr|last1=Monaco|title=Sommaire du Journal No. 5242 du 24 mars 1958|url=https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1958/Journal-5242|website=journaldemonaco.gouv.mc}}.
• 31 March – 6 April 2005: His Serene Highness The Prince Regent of Monaco
• 6 April 2005 – present: His Serene Highness The Prince of Monaco

• {{flagicon|Monaco}} Monaco: Colonel of the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince (11 November 1986 – 6 April 2005){{cite web |url=http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/biography/biography.391.html |title=Biography of Prince Albert |access-date=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115190516/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/biography/biography.391.html |archive-date=15 November 2013 }} – Website of the Palace of Monaco:fr:Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince{{circular reference|date=March 2025}}
• {{flagicon|France}} France: Capitaine de frégate de la Marine Nationale (2 April 1992 – present){{cite web |url=http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/francais/mariage-princier/actualites/l-uniforme-de-s-a-s-le-prince-albert-ii-de.2282.html |title=L'Uniforme de S.A.S le Prince Albert II de Monaco – Palais Princier de Monaco |access-date=17 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214123350/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/francais/mariage-princier/actualites/l-uniforme-de-s-a-s-le-prince-albert-ii-de.2282.html |archive-date=14 February 2013 }}. palais.m

{{Main|List of honours of the Monegasque princely family by country}}

• {{flagu|Monaco}}:
• 70px Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (Grand Cross, 13 March 1979; Grand Master since 6 April 2005)[http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/royal-wedding/news/uniform-of-h-s-h-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco.2284.html Official Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116045901/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/royal-wedding/news/uniform-of-h-s-h-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco.2284.html |date=16 January 2013 }} Prince Albert II wore the miniature of the Order on his uniform during the evening gala dinner after the wedding{{Cite web|url=https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1979/Journal-6338/Ordonnance-Souveraine-n-6.488-conferant-la-Grand-Croix-de-l-Ordre-de-Saint-Charles-a-S.A.S.-le-Prince-Albert-Prince-Hereditaire|title=Ordonnance Souveraine n° 6.488 conférant la Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de Saint-Charles à S.A.S. le Prince Albert, Prince Héréditaire / Journal 6338 / Année 1979 / Journaux / Accueil - Journal de Monaco|website=journaldemonaco.gouv.mc|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
• 70px Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (since 6 April 2005){{Cite web |title=Des Decorations Etrangeres |url=https://semon.fr/DECORATIONS_MONACO.htm |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=semon.fr |language=fr}}
• 70px Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Grimaldi (Grand Cross, 18 April 1958; Grand Master since 6 April 2005)
• 70px Sovereign of the Order of Cultural Merit (since 6 April 2005)

• {{flagu|Albania}}: Member of the Decoration of the National Flag (16 October 2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.balkanweb.com/meta-i-dorezon-princit-te-monakos-dekoraten-e-flamurit-kombetar/|title=Meta i dorëzon Princit të Monakos "Dekoratën e Flamurit Kombëtar"|website=www.balkanweb.com|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
• {{flagu|Bulgaria}}: Grand Cross of the Order of The Balkan Mountains (26 November 2004){{cite web|url=http://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/2004/Journal-7680/Voyage-officiel-de-S.A.S.-le-Prince-Hereditaire-Albert-en-Bulgarie-les-26-et-27-novembre-2004|title=Voyage officiel de S.A.S. le Prince Héréditaire Albert en Bulgarie

|first=Principauté de|last=Monaco|website=journaldemonaco.gouv.mc}}

• {{flagu|Burkina Faso}}: Grand Officer of the Order of Burkina Faso (17 February 2012)Official website, [http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/francais/s.a.s.-le-prince-albert-ii/biographie/biographie.63.html Biographie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805200515/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/francais/s.a.s.-le-prince-albert-ii/biographie/biographie.63.html |date=5 August 2012 }} (French), mention of receiving the Order
• {{flagu|Costa Rica}}: Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order Juan Mora Fernández (2003)
• {{flagu|Croatia}}: Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav (7 April 2009)
• {{flagu|El Salvador}}: Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator of the Slaves José Simeón Cañas (2002)
• {{flagu|France}}:
• Grand Cross of the Order of Legion of Honour (8 November 2005){{cite web|title=Première visite officielle de S.A.S. le Prince Souverain en France|website=Journal of Monaco (www.journaldemonaco.gouv.mc)|first=|last=|page=2151|date=18 November 2005|language=en|url=https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/2005/Journal-7730/Premiere-visite-officielle-de-S.A.S.-le-Prince-Souverain-en-France.|access-date=24 November 2022|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124092741/https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/2005/Journal-7730/Premiere-visite-officielle-de-S.A.S.-le-Prince-Souverain-en-France.|archive-date=24 November 2022}}{{cite web|title=H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco|website=World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)|first=|last=|page=|date=|language=en|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/albert-ii-of-monaco|access-date=24 November 2022|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124121822/https://www.weforum.org/people/albert-ii-of-monaco|archive-date=24 November 2022}}
• Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (25 July 1997)
• Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (19 June 2009)Official website, [http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/royal-wedding/official-biographies/biographical-details-for-h-s-h-prince-albert-ii.1918.html#section1 Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908055230/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/royal-wedding/official-biographies/biographical-details-for-h-s-h-prince-albert-ii.1918.html |date=8 September 2012 }}, mention of receiving the Order
• Commander of the Order of Maritime Merit (9 December 2015)[https://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/9bf97b0da6308cfdc12568c40037f873/ed8fff499a0ed75fc1257f64004bc51e!OpenDocument Journal de Monaco]
• Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit (14 May 2024)[https://news.mc/2024/05/15/prince-albert-decorated-with-order-of-agricultural-merit-by-emmanuel-macron-in-paris/ Prince Albert Decorated With Order of Agricultural Merit by Emmanuel Macron in Paris]
• Medal of Honor for Commercial and Fishing Sailors (19 October 2022){{cite web|access-date=2024-01-19 |date=2022-10-25 |first=Théo |language=fr-FR |last=Briand |title=Le Prince Albert II récompensé de la Médaille d'Honneur des marins |url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/2022/10/le-prince-albert-ii-recompense-de-la-medaille-dhonneur-des-marins/ |website=Monaco Tribune}}
• Great Gold Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Progress [SEP] (7 October 2024)[https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2024/10/prince-albert-ii-receives-sep-gold-medal-for-action-on-oceans-and-the-environment Prince Albert II receives SEP Gold Medal for action on oceans and the environment]
• {{flagu|Germany}}: Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (9 July 2012)
• {{flagu|Holy See}}:
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (27 January 1983)
• Knight of Collar of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (4 October 2021)
• {{flagu|Italy}}: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (12 December 2005)Italian Presidency website, decorations – [http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=161581 S.A.S. il Principe Alberto II Sovrano del Principato di Monaco Decorato di Gran Cordone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114222950/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=161581 |date=14 January 2013 }}
• {{flagu|Jordan}}: Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (before 07/2011)
• {{flagu|Lebanon}}: Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of Merit (before 07/2011)
• {{flagu|Lithuania}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (15 October 2012)[http://www.president.lt/en/press_center/videos/15-10-2012_5542/videoshow/2028.html Video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813184837/http://www.president.lt/en/press_center/videos/15-10-2012_5542/videoshow/2028.html |date=13 August 2014 }} of the state visit of Monaco in Lithuania, 15 October 2012
• {{flagu|Malaysia}}: Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (27 November 2023)
• Member 1st class of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang (DK) (7 November 1997 & 27 November 2023)
• {{flagu|Mali}}: Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali (12 February 2012)
• {{flagu|Netherlands}}: Recipient of the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal
• {{flagu|Niger}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Niger (March 1998)
• {{flagu|Panama}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (2002)
• {{flagu|Peru}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (2003)
• {{flagu|Poland}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2012)[http://www.nicematin.com/societe/le-couple-princier-est-arrive-en-pologne.1024951.html "The Princely has arrived in Poland"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708172619/http://www.nicematin.com/societe/le-couple-princier-est-arrive-en-pologne.1024951.html |date=8 July 2015 }}, Nice Matin, 18 October 2012, mention of receiving the order of Merit without citing the grade
• {{flagu|Portugal}}: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (14 October 2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.presidencia.pt/atualidade/toda-a-atualidade/2022/10/presidente-da-republica-recebeu-principe-alberto-ii-do-monaco/|title=Presidente da República recebeu Príncipe Alberto II do Mónaco|first=Presidência da República|last=Portuguesa|website=www.presidencia.pt|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
• {{flagu|Romania}}: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (2009)[http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls Recipients table] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328054109/http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls |date=28 March 2014 }}. presidency.ro.
• {{flagu|San Marino}}:
• Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of San Marino (2015)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Agatha (2010)
• {{flagu|Senegal}}:
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion (2012)
• Grand Officer of the Order of the Lion (May 1977)
• {{flagu|Serbia}}: Grand Cross of Order of the Republic of Serbia (7 October 2020) {{Cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2020&mm=10&dd=07&nav_category=11&nav_id=1744056|title=Vučić sa knezom Albertom II od Monaka: Srbija će se pridružiti inicijativi za multilateralizam UN VIDEO/FOTO|date=10 July 2020|website=B92.net|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
• {{flagu|Slovakia}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross (2017)
• {{flagu|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}:
• Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion (31 July 2011)[http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/news/2011/july/official-visit-by-the-grand-master-of-the-order-of.2307.html Official Visit by the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, His Most Eminent Highness France Matthew Festing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927065327/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/h.s.h.-prince-albert-ii/news/2011/july/official-visit-by-the-grand-master-of-the-order-of.2307.html |date=27 September 2011 }} – website of the Prince's Palace of Monaco
• Collar of the Order pro merito Melitensi (15 October 2009)Website of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, "[http://www.orderofmalta.int//news/41127/the-grand-master-receives-prince-albert-of-monaco/?lang=en The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta receives Prince Albert of Monaco] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722015635/http://www.orderofmalta.int/ |date=22 July 2012 }}", quote : "The Grand Master conferred the Collar of the Order of Merit on the Prince"
• Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion (15 October 1997)
• {{flagu|Tunisia}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of 7 November (September 2006)[http://www.lepetitjournal.com/monaco/a-la-une-monaco/8240-diplomatie-voyage-officiel-de-sas-le-prince-albert-ii-en-tunisie.html A l'invitation du Président de la République Tunisienne, S.A.S. le Prince Albert II a effectuéune visite officielle de deux jours le 7 et 8 septembre en Tunisie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185831/http://www.lepetitjournal.com/monaco/a-la-une-monaco/8240-diplomatie-voyage-officiel-de-sas-le-prince-albert-ii-en-tunisie.html |date=1 February 2014 }}. Lepetitjournal.com. 11 September 2006.
• {{flagu|Sweden}}:
• Recipient of the 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (30 April 1996){{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
• Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (30 April 2016)

• {{flagu|House of Savoy}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1 March 2003)Déjeuner au Palais Princier en l'honneur de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse de Savoie à l'occasion du 1er Millénaire de la Maison de Savoie.[http://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/966e69337756d51ac12568c40037f872/691abd83618a259cc1256cee002e8fc3!OpenDocument&Highlight=2,savoie 1 March 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916152601/https://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/966e69337756d51ac12568c40037f872/691abd83618a259cc1256cee002e8fc3%21OpenDocument%26Highlight%3D2%2Csavoie |date=16 September 2018 }} (French)
• {{flagu|House of Savoy}}: Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (2 November 2023) {{cite web | url=https://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/en/h-r-h-emanuele-filiberto-of-savoy-prince-of-piedmont-and-prince-of-venice-presented-the-collar-of-the-most-holy-annunciation-to-h-s-h-albert-ii-prince-of-monaco/ | title=H.R.H. Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont and Prince of Venice, Presented the Collar of the Most Holy Annunciation to H.S.H. Albert II, Prince of Monaco – Ordini Dinastici della Real Casa di Savoia }}
• {{flagicon|Kingdom of Montenegro}} House of Petrović-Njegoš: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
• {{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Two Sicilian Royal Family:
• Knight of the Order of Saint Januarius (7 November 2017)
• Bailiff Knight Grand Cross with Collar of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (7 November 2017)

• {{flagicon image|Blood drop.png}} FIODS: Medal of the International Merit of Blood (12 March 1994)
• {{flagu|France}}: Grand Prix Humanitaire de France (6 March 2007)
• {{flagu|England}} University of Plymouth: Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) (2013){{cite web |title=University of Plymouth Honorary Doctorates |url=https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/about-us/about-us/honorary-doctorates |website=University of Plymouth |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209103629/https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/about-us/about-us/honorary-doctorates |url-status=dead }}
• Zayed International Prize for the Environment (1 February 2014)
• {{flagicon image|Logo upmc sorbonne.png}} Pierre and Marie Curie University: Doctor Honoris Causa (23 March 2017)[http://www.palais.mc/fr/actualites/s-a-s-le-prince-albert-ii/evenement/2017/mars/s-a-s-le-prince-recoit-le-titre-de-docteur-honoris-causa-3379.html S.A.S. le Prince reçoit le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa] – website of the Palace of the Prince
• {{flagu|Israel}} Tel Aviv University: Doctor Honoris Causa (12 June 2018){{Cite web|url=https://en-environment.tau.ac.il/Prince_Albert_II_of_Monaco|title=Prince Albert II of Monaco visit at the Porter Building - a day of Environmental Insight and Celebration|website=en-environment.tau.ac.il|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
• {{flagu|Finland}} University of Lapland: Doctor Honoris Causa (19 February 2019)[https://www.ulapland.fi/news/Lapin-yliopistoon-18-uutta-kunniatohtoria/j0eazlgb/8f5304ad-3e60-48ae-b9cc-d3098af4c6c5a] – website of the University of Lappland
• {{flagu|Italy}} Metropolitan City of Genoa: Paganini Ambassador (26 June 2023){{cite web|url=https://smart.comune.genova.it/comunicati-stampa-articoli/conferito-il-titolo-ufficiale-di-paganini-ambassador-al-principe-alberto|website=Municipality of Genoa|title=Conferito il titolo ufficiale di Paganini Ambassador al principe Alberto di Monaco|language=it|date=26 June 2023}}

In 1996, Prince Albert received the Eagle Award from the United States Sports Academy. The Eagle Award is the academy's highest international honor and was awarded to Prince Albert for his significant contributions in promoting international harmony, peace and goodwill through the effective use of sport.{{cite web |url=http://www.fisu.net/en/News-210108-FISU-President-Receives-USSA-Award-2133.html |title=News 21/01/08 – FISU President Receives USSA Award |publisher=Fisu.net |date=21 January 2008 |access-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702101107/http://fisu.net/en/News-210108-FISU-President-Receives-USSA-Award-2133.html |archive-date=2 July 2011 |url-status=live}}

On 23 October 2009, Prince Albert was awarded the Roger Revelle Prize for his efforts to protect the environment and to promote scientific research.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs8.com/global/story.asp?s=11375865 |title=San Diego gives Monaco's Prince Albert the royal treatment |publisher=Cbs8.com |date=23 October 2009 |access-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223154815/http://www.cbs8.com/global/story.asp?s=11375865 |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=live}} This award was given to Prince Albert by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.Casey, Shannon (2 November 2009) [http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2009/11/02_princealbert.asp A Prize Fit for a Prince], UCSD News. Prince Albert is the second recipient of this prize.[http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=972 Scripps to Honor Prince Albert II of Monaco for his Environmental Efforts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503060211/http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=972 |date=3 May 2013 }}, Scripps News, 1 April 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

In October 2017, Prince Albert received the Lowell Thomas Award from The Explorers Club, a non-profit group that promotes scientific exploration. The award is presented by the president of the club on special occasions to groups of outstanding explorers. The Club cited Prince Albert's dedication to the protection of the environment, commemorating his status as the first head of state to reach both the North and South poles.{{cite web|url=https://explorers.org//news/news_detail/announcing_the_2017_lowell_thomas_award_winners|title=The Explorers Club – News – Announcing the 2017 Lowell Thomas Award Winners|website=explorers.org|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408154931/https://explorers.org/news/news_detail/announcing_the_2017_lowell_thomas_award_winners|url-status=dead}}

On 14 October 2019 at the Comenius University in Bratislava, he received the honorary title "doctor honoris causa" for activities in the field of protection of natural and cultural heritage within his efforts to combat climate change.{{Cite web |date=14 October 2019 |title=Comenius University Awards an Honorary Doctorate to Prince Albert II. of Monaco |url=https://uniba.sk/detail-aktuality/back_to_page/aktuality-1/article/comenius-university-awards-an-honorary-doctorate-to-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco/ |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=uniba.sk |language=sk-SK}}

As Monaco's head of state, Prince Albert II is depicted on both standard-issue and collector's coins, such as the €5 silver Prince Albert II commemorative coin, the first commemorative coin with his effigy, minted in 2008. On the obverse, the prince is depicted in profile with his name on the top of the coin. On the reverse, the Grimaldi coat of arms appears; around it, the words "Principauté de Monaco" (Principality of Monaco) also appear along with the nominal monetary value of the coin.{{cite web |url=http://www.electacollections.com/ViewShopProduct.aspx?Id=276794&langid=2&Name=Monaco+-+5+Euro+Silver+Proof%2c+Albert+2008 |title=Albert II (silver) commemorative coin |publisher=The Euro Coins Store |access-date=28 December 2008}}

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|1= 1. Albert II, Prince of Monaco

|2= 2. Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

|3= 3. Grace Kelly

|4= 4. Prince Pierre of Monaco, Count of Polignac

|5= 5. Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois

|6= 6. John B. Kelly Sr.

|7= 7. Margaret Katherine Majer

|8= 8. Count Maxence of Polignac

|9= 9. Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier

|10= 10. Louis II, Prince of Monaco

|11= 11. Marie Juliette Louvet

|12= 12. John Henry Kelly

|13= 13. Mary Anne Costello

|14= 14. Carl Majer

|15= 15. Margaretha Berg

|16= 16. Count Charles of Polignac

|17= 17. Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando

|18= 18. Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí

|19= 19. María Luisa de Mier y Celis

|20= 20. Albert I, Prince of Monaco

|21= 21. Lady Mary Hamilton

|22= 22. Jacques Henri Louvet

|23= 23. Josephine Elmire Piedefer

|24= 24. Brian Kelly

|25= 25. Honora Margaret McLaughlin

|26= 26. Walter Costello

|27= 27. Anne Burke

|28= 28. Johann Karl Majer

|29= 29. Luise Wilhelmine Adam

|30= 30. Georg Berg

|31= 31. Elisabetha Röhrig

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• [https://www.palais.mc/en/princely-family/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/biography-1-5.html Prince Albert II] at the official website of the Princely House of Monaco
• [https://www.fpa2.org/ Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation]
• [https://www.pgfusa.org/ Princess Grace Foundation] (US website)
• {{YouTube |id=uo7AJXvKQug |title=The Royal Wedding of Prince Albert II with Charlene Wittstock}}
• {{Olympics.com profile|albert-grimaldi|HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II}}
• {{Olympedia|86230|Albert, Prince Grimaldi}}

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