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Post by agentf on Nov 27, 2021 21:56:16 GMT -5
Naomi Campbell with her Fashion for Relief foundation had to explain a $1.5 million gala in Cannes for $5000 worth of donations. Or is it ยฃ ? He's no mastermind though. You have people that have made it a sport of trophy hunting royals to try to prove their own superiority. Look at the conveners, the Maxwells, the Epsteins. Andrew certainly didn't invent the wheel. The problem is there are more white-collar crooks than smart uncorrupted cops with laws to help them catch these guys. I'm having to try to rope a few unfinished cases into one in the hope I have one good judge who will finally relieve me of this burden. ๐๐ผ And even that's not a given. don't forget the greens. First they bought his title, now his wife is running CWs foundation. Obviously they had to pay a few millions pre corona because he was most of the week in London, which means he can't have been in MC, so would have had to pay taxes in the UK. My friends father was actually refused the tax free paper, because his wife was living in Germany. He was actually spending the required time in MC. (he was German, so a stickler for rules). So his wife had to relocate too. She wasn't happy about it since they had a big house in Bavaria and only a small flat in MC. She wasn't bound to stick around as much, as she was not paying taxes as a housewife. I guess no one told them about the possibility of donations. Then again they were rich, but not super rich.
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Post by paca on Nov 28, 2021 4:51:56 GMT -5
yeah, well, as I said I don't trust any of these celebrity or royal run foundations. They are mainly there for them to look good rather than actually doing good. Trump foundation and many more to add to that list. All those people running these events and going to these events, would do a better job paying taxes. Maybe the taxman should throw a dress up party and tell them what they are using the taxes for. Naomi will probably argue that she forgot to put her babymama and her baby on that list plus the sperm donation and the IVF treatment etc. All doing good right?
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Post by axelle on Nov 28, 2021 10:08:46 GMT -5
Me neither! I don't trust celebrity foundations.
Andrew is no mastermind that is for sure - add this to his Epstein problems and it just gets worse. He is a taker on the make. Coming from the BRF that is pretty disgusting. Another view into the dark side of Monaco.
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Post by paca on Nov 28, 2021 11:06:19 GMT -5
given how close albert and andrew are and the fact that they used to be at the same parties, I still wonder why he is never named with epstein. They were all 3 of them in the same places.
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Post by donna on Nov 28, 2021 14:57:29 GMT -5
Right Paca. I think it is just a matter of time. Unless Albert is paying a lot of money to keep the rumours down.
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Post by paca on Nov 28, 2021 16:09:02 GMT -5
It might have to do with the fact that Andrew is a lesser royal, whereas Albert is a head of state, which is tiny, but has in it's banks the wealth of many billions. Not mentioning that once powerful politicians park their money in MC. Like Sarkozy, who visited just recently, despite being a certified criminal, hosted by Albert and CAro. And lets not mention those dictators or former dictators from the middle east and former soviet states. They all have their money there in case they get kicked out and many of them have rented entire floors of Hotel de paris or hermitage and/or own appartements there. There is a reason why putin parks his hidden family there. So Albert doesn't have to pay anyone. No one wants putin and his death squad breathing down their neck for a headline.
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Post by agentf on Nov 28, 2021 22:16:28 GMT -5
Call Monaco the Global Reserve with people living at their bank ๐ With such a makeup of people, it's less surprising that his personal life should be more fragmented. It doesn't scream wholesomeness too much. Don't forget the Americans too, like Eringer's father and the Disney gang. It's the flipside of that illusion, I guess. It might have to do with the fact that Andrew is a lesser royal, whereas Albert is a head of state, which is tiny, but has in it's banks the wealth of many billions. Not mentioning that once powerful politicians park their money in MC. Like Sarkozy, who visited just recently, despite being a certified criminal, hosted by Albert and CAro. And lets not mention those dictators or former dictators from the middle east and former soviet states. They all have their money there in case they get kicked out and many of them have rented entire floors of Hotel de paris or hermitage and/or own appartements there. There is a reason why putin parks his hidden family there. So Albert doesn't have to pay anyone. No one wants putin and his death squad breathing down their neck for a headline.
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Post by donna on Nov 29, 2021 15:04:55 GMT -5
It might have to do with the fact that Andrew is a lesser royal, whereas Albert is a head of state, which is tiny, but has in it's banks the wealth of many billions. Not mentioning that once powerful politicians park their money in MC. Like Sarkozy, who visited just recently, despite being a certified criminal, hosted by Albert and CAro. And lets not mention those dictators or former dictators from the middle east and former soviet states. They all have their money there in case they get kicked out and many of them have rented entire floors of Hotel de paris or hermitage and/or own appartements there. There is a reason why putin parks his hidden family there. So Albert doesn't have to pay anyone. No one wants putin and his death squad breathing down their neck for a headline. Sarcozy is no more a criminal than any politician in the world. He just got caught. The others haven't yet. Having Putin is obviously a very smart move. But you have a point. There is no one to replace Albert, whereas there are always other politicians waiting in the wing. Like Holland was for instance. I wouldn't be surprised at all if his people orchestrated the discovery of his "illegal funding", which is no worse than Holland's own funding. I don't like Holland, as you can tell, ever since he pulled back the support for his (then soon to be ex) wife, Segolene, the very last week before elections so Sarkozy won. Plus all the mistresses he has. I think he scores very low on the human empathy bar.
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Post by paca on Nov 29, 2021 15:57:33 GMT -5
LOL yeah he got caught big time, but got away with a slap on the wrist. But at least you can call him criminal to his face and he can't sue you. The others can. I have to say though, that allthough I do not like her and only agreed with her politics once, I think Merkel is the one politician who is not personally corrupt or criminal. She is a bad politician, but I do think that she tried. Agree on the sleezebag Hollande. I lost a lot of respect for Segolene though. She never fought back and supported his presidency. But then again she is the father of her children, so she might have thought she should spare them. Still I think it is not a good example to your children, to allow their father to publicly undermine you, so he could become president instead. That he ever got elected was probably because people hated Sarko that much. But she should not supported him. Not saying anything against him would have been sufficient as respect for her children. Not a fan Of Macron either, but now Hollande and his mistress are bad mouthing him and his wife. Not good style. Especially when he himself was the worst president since WW2
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Post by agentf on Nov 29, 2021 21:26:50 GMT -5
You have to laugh at the idea of Hollande as a womanizer on a scooter. The other night they were talking on Ruquier's show about the oddly close relationship between Sarkozy and Macron, who nevertheless doesn't listen to Sarkozy's advice ๐ In any event, politics has become a "dialogue de sourds". Politicians are bad talking heads repeating what their masters want them to say, a lot of the time, and it doesn't matter to them that there's no coherence or common thread. It's a lot of noise. I liked Merkel. It's unfortunate people don't value the diligence and lack of scandal as much as they value controversy. It's thankless for true public servants. They don't do it for glory but rather a concern for doing things well. Among younger politicians, Adam Kinzinger and Tim Ryan stand out for me. They have mettle. ๐๐ผ
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Post by donna on Nov 30, 2021 5:08:30 GMT -5
Segolene maybe wanted to take the high road. Or maybe he promised her something instead, or threatened her. LOL yeah he got caught big time, but got away with a slap on the wrist. But at least you can call him criminal to his face and he can't sue you. The others can. I have to say though, that allthough I do not like her and only agreed with her politics once, I think Merkel is the one politician who is not personally corrupt or criminal. She is a bad politician, but I do think that she tried. Agree on the sleezebag Hollande. I lost a lot of respect for Segolene though. She never fought back and supported his presidency. But then again she is the father of her children, so she might have thought she should spare them. Still I think it is not a good example to your children, to allow their father to publicly undermine you, so he could become president instead. That he ever got elected was probably because people hated Sarko that much. But she should not supported him. Not saying anything against him would have been sufficient as respect for her children. Not a fan Of Macron either, but now Hollande and his mistress are bad mouthing him and his wife. Not good style. Especially when he himself was the worst president since WW2
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Post by paca on Nov 30, 2021 6:27:02 GMT -5
or maybe it was just normal female stupidity. men are more ruthless. There is one thing I always admired about Merkel: the way she dealt with those so called alpha males. every single time she expressed full confidence, the 3rd time they were gone. Regardless of position. President gone, ministers gone... And looking at her party now, there is no one left to lead it as they are so clearly dinosaurs. It will take a long time for them to recover. If I have to deal with difficult men in my life, I ask myself, what would Merkel do. She dealt with them with minimum energy and lots of patience. No tantrums, no outbursts of anger. I am still working on that skill. I think QE2 shares that ability with her. Though given the way things have turned out for her, less successfully.
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Post by donna on Nov 30, 2021 14:57:17 GMT -5
Some women are less emotional and more logical, like capricorns for instance. (UK-Kate and Caroline-Monaco) But after seeing the Crown, I am convinced that the queen doesn't have a heart.
I also admire Angela Merkel and think she has a heart because as I see it, she is trying to make things work fairly for not only Germany, but for the whole European Union. but with the Queen, there is no fairness. Just brutal "whatever is best for the crown" bullshit.
I think CW is rather emotional and when you try to turn such a woman into a logical one, suppressing her emotions, she suffers greatly.
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Post by paca on Nov 30, 2021 15:58:06 GMT -5
Lol capricorn and emotional over here... And Caro is aquarius, she is born on January 23rd. As is her sister (aquarius I mean) and CW. All of them pigheaded. my kids are aquarius too as was my dad. stubborn to the core.
As to the crown: it is fiction not fact. it was created by an Austrian who married an aristocrat, had plenty of children with her, then cheated on her. And then cheated on his mistress with Jemima Khan (any men around who have not bedded her?), then cheated on Jemima with his former mistress, who must be despreat to have taken that prick back.
Apart from how she deals with alpha men, I only agreed with merkels politics once, when she opened the borders for migrants. I did not like her backpeddling at all though. It was her only good decision in 16 years. But, apart from repeatedly lying to voters (apparently her pastor dad didn't teach her all of the 10 commendments), she is one of the more honest politicians. She didn't cash in on her office. She was obviously not in it for personal gain and content with her salary, which allows for pretty decent living for the rest of her live. But that is where my praise ends. She has done nothing for women or people with low or no income. The damage she did, we will see in the year to come. And she protected one of the most corrupt politicians and allowed her to head the EU. Von der leyen is a disgrace to all Germans, but especially to women. Her career alone is testimony to Merkels incompetence.
CW is not emotional, she is not grown up. She never received an education, nor has she been raised properly. I remember her eating spaghetti at the little games. Not a pretty sight. A child would have been reprimanded for lack of table manners, but her eating was gross. There is a difference between emotional and badly raised. CW was badly raised and remained immature. Behaving like a toddler as a 40 sth is not a good look. Since Albert has taken more responsibility for the kids, they seem to have learned to act less wild on public outings. CW was in every sense the wrong mother for his children. With her away, they are getting apparently more stability. The doctors treating her, need to first make her grow up. It is sad when your 7 year olds show more maturity then you. If she doesn't grow up fast the age gap between her and her kids will widen and eventually the kids will end up losing respect for her. Because not everything that happened since she turned up in MC was due to illness or snobbish family members etc. Most of it was due to her immatureness, lack of education, upbringing and simply not being qualified for the job at hand. And if you haven't been raised properly, chances are that you will not know how to raise your own children. Especially when you are raising them in constant public view. Albert may be fairly new to the task and has left it before to CW, probably thinking that since she isn't doing anything else, she would be great at motherhood. She has admitted herself, that she found it hard. Probably because she found out that parenting doesn't mean you get to play with your kids all the time. And she had plenty of help and still couldn't manage.
As tough as it is not to have their mother, children are pretty resilient and having a stable environment, people who love them and can rely on is at their current age more important then having an unstable, drugged and immature mother around. If they had less money, this family would be monitored by social services. There are millions and millions of children out there that are growing up under far worse circumstances. I think these 2 will be just fine, regardless where their mother is. Things might be different in a few years, but since they seem to have developped a strong bond with their dad, for now there is no need to worry.
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Post by agentf on Nov 30, 2021 17:12:52 GMT -5
My lovely eccentric father was Aquarian, otherwise I'm not sure I ever met a female Aquarian who wasn't contrarian. So eager to always be different no matter what. I refer to the mother of a friend, and a model agent in Montreal who was outright batty. She literally thought I would give her the twin set I wore, and reneged on promises without explanation. Nuts. I left her agency after a few jobs. Getting back to friend's mother - not maternal, interesting but not warm at all. In fact, she left her children at boarding school though she was a stay-at-home mom while her husband travelled for work, and had help at home. She also left her dog out in the Lebanese heat 365 days a year and the same when they moved to Canada, even in the winter. I told the friend she shouldn't have ever owned a dog in my book. She also would stand over me when I volunteered to help with her alternative style of gardening (...) and she would call me a 'slave', and she'd refer to her university professor daughter as 'l'idiote'. I used the excuse of my dog to stop visiting altogether. The Capricorns I know mostly do anything not to be emotional. Tough nuts to crack. {PS: I remember now, the Aquarian model agent had sent me to a nevertheless talented female photographer next door who pickpocketed me out of about $2-300 and ultimately gave it back. That was weird, and that was it. She was so proud of being Aquarius!?!} Lol capricorn and emotional over here... And Caro is aquarius, she is born on January 23rd. As is her sister (aquarius I mean) and CW. All of them pigheaded. my kids are aquarius too as was my dad. stubborn to the core. As to the crown: it is fiction not fact. it was created by an Austrian who married an aristocrat, had plenty of children with her, then cheated on her. And then cheated on his mistress with Jemima Khan (any men around who have not bedded her?), then cheated on Jemima with his former mistress, who must be despreat to have taken that prick back. Apart from how she deals with alpha men, I only agreed with merkels politics once, when she opened the borders for migrants. I did not like her backpeddling at all though. It was her only good decision in 16 years. But, apart from repeatedly lying to voters (apparently her pastor dad didn't teach her all of the 10 commendments), she is one of the more honest politicians. She didn't cash in on her office. She was obviously not in it for personal gain and content with her salary, which allows for pretty decent living for the rest of her live. But that is where my praise ends. She has done nothing for women or people with low or no income. The damage she did, we will see in the year to come. And she protected one of the most corrupt politicians and allowed her to head the EU. Von der leyen is a disgrace to all Germans, but especially to women. Her career alone is testimony to Merkels incompetence. CW is not emotional, she is not grown up. She never received an education, nor has she been raised properly. I remember her eating spaghetti at the little games. Not a pretty sight. A child would have been reprimanded for lack of table manners, but her eating was gross. There is a difference between emotional and badly raised. CW was badly raised and remained immature. Behaving like a toddler as a 40 sth is not a good look. Since Albert has taken more responsibility for the kids, they seem to have learned to act less wild on public outings. CW was in every sense the wrong mother for his children. With her away, they are getting apparently more stability. The doctors treating her, need to first make her grow up. It is sad when your 7 year olds show more maturity then you. If she doesn't grow up fast the age gap between her and her kids will widen and eventually the kids will end up losing respect for her. Because not everything that happened since she turned up in MC was due to illness or snobbish family members etc. Most of it was due to her immatureness, lack of education, upbringing and simply not being qualified for the job at hand. And if you haven't been raised properly, chances are that you will not know how to raise your own children. Especially when you are raising them in constant public view. Albert may be fairly new to the task and has left it before to CW, probably thinking that since she isn't doing anything else, she would be great at motherhood. She has admitted herself, that she found it hard. Probably because she found out that parenting doesn't mean you get to play with your kids all the time. And she had plenty of help and still couldn't manage. As tough as it is not to have their mother, children are pretty resilient and having a stable environment, people who love them and can rely on is at their current age more important then having an unstable, drugged and immature mother around. If they had less money, this family would be monitored by social services. There are millions and millions of children out there that are growing up under far worse circumstances. I think these 2 will be just fine, regardless where their mother is. Things might be different in a few years, but since they seem to have developped a strong bond with their dad, for now there is no need to worry.
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Post by donna on Dec 3, 2021 15:44:58 GMT -5
Lol capricorn and emotional over here... And Caro is aquarius, she is born on January 23rd. As is her sister (aquarius I mean) and CW. All of them pigheaded. my kids are aquarius too as was my dad. stubborn to the core. ... Thank you Paca, of course you are right and I stand corrected. It explained why she sometimes wore Lagerfeld's odd dresses. Some were beautiful, but some were odd, however she pulled them off gracefully.
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Post by agentf on Dec 3, 2021 17:00:50 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Dec 3, 2021 18:31:38 GMT -5
looks like Seans wife and daughter went along as well. Not getting though why Roisin and her daughter got flowers, but not Gabriella. Someone got things wrong there.
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Post by agentf on Dec 3, 2021 19:38:08 GMT -5
Gabriella probably handed them over. I don't see her being the kind to hang on to flowers much. Her brother looks pensive. I like their little coats, and Gabriella's booties. Who has the panda hat? Cute too. Is that Charlotte's little guy? looks like Seans wife and daughter went along as well. Not getting though why Roisin and her daughter got flowers, but not Gabriella. Someone got things wrong there.
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Post by paca on Dec 3, 2021 21:35:07 GMT -5
nope pierres
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