The Royal Correspondent

After hearing about the infamous slapfest outside the Baoli club in Cannes, France on Friday, August 11, 2012, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden are allegedly concerned about their son, Prince Carl Philip.

According to the Swedish newspaper, Expressen, Their Majesties were informed about the incident whilst in London enjoying the Summer Olympic Games.  Upon hearing the news, well, let me just say Their Majesties were not exactly happy campers.  Chief Information Officer for the Swedish royal court, Mr. Bertil Ternert, states that the party loving prince and his tarty girlfriend, Sofia, are still at the Swedish royal family’s luxurious vacation home in the south of France “… and he’s doing fine.  There is no damage… he’s trying to move on…”

Apparently, Their Majesties will “… meet up with Prince Carl Philip and Sofia St. Tropez…” this week.  When they do I am sure little Prince Carl Philip will get an ear full from his parents.

And, finally, if you have seen the video and were wondering what Sofia and others were saying during the slapfest, well, here you go:

“(Carl Philip) Ugh! Ugh!!

(Sofia) No, no, no, no!!! 

(Somebody) Do not fight!

(Random French dude) Oh no, no!!!  We are going, please. We are going!

(Sofia) Stop it!  Stop this!!

(Carl Philip) Slap!

(Random person) Let go! 

(Sofia and some dude) No, no, no, no, no!!!

:CUT TO SECOND SCENE WITH A BROKEN TABLE:

(Random French dude and Sofia) No! No!! No!!! Stop! Stop!! Stop!! We are going! We are going… blah blah blah…

(Carl Philip as he tries to go back and fight some random French dude) What? What?! What?!!  Come on, come on!!! Ugh, ugh, ugh!!!

(Sofia and random dudes) No, no, no!! Stop, stop stop!!!  

(Sofia) No, no, no, no!!!

(Carl Philip) UGH! UGH!! UGH!!!

(Random French dude) Please!  We are going, please!

(Sofia) No, darling, for my sake, for my sake! 

(Somebody) No, no, no, no.

(Random French dude) Stop it, we are going! Please we are going. 

(Sofia) No, no, no!!!! Come with me, come with me. What happened?

(Carl Philip) No! NO!! NOOO!!!!

(a dude) Ouch.

(Random French dude) We are going!!

(Sofia and some lady)  Honey. Wait, just go. We are leaving now!”

(Random French dude) John!

On Monday, August 13, 2012, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Isle of Wight.

The 91-year-old duke began his day with a luncheon at the County Club in Newport with members of the Chamber of Commerce.  From there he visited a “… mobile health unit, run by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, Tourism and Industry at St. James’ Square.” Afterward, The Duke of Edinburgh visited the company, A.J. Wells and Sons.

Sources: Royal.gov.uk and IWCP

Here is the documentary entitled, Les Coulisses du Marriage du Prince de Monaco.  The program, in French, focuses on the run-up (if that is the right word to use) to last year’s princely wedding in Monaco.  Close friends of the prince and princess are interviewed in this program including Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, Duchess of Castro. Click the links below to watch.  Enjoy!  

Part One  Part Two  Part Three  Part Four Part Five  Part Six

On Friday, August 11, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was in Cannes, France with his controversial girlfriend, Sofia Hellqvist, for a well-deserved vacation.

The greasy-haired prince and his former nude model girlfriend were enjoying a night on the town when they decided to head on over to the club, Baoli, for dinner and drinks with friends. When the couple were leaving the club several overly tanned dudes “allegedly” decided to pimp slap the prince for no apparent reason according to the Swedish royal court’s Chief Information Officer, Mr. Bertil Ternert.

Yeah, right.  I don’t believe that.  Something must have happened in order for those dudes to slap Prince Carl Philip on the back of his neck.  Perhaps the prince was acting like an entitlement queen ala Prince Laurent of Belgium.  Or, perhaps he was harassing supermodels like Pierre Casiraghi allegedly did whilst in New York City last February.  As a result, poor Pierre was punched in the face.

Anyway, the Swedish magazine, Aftonbladet, recently spoke with Prince Carl Philip and Sofia to talk about their “…scary and dizzying experience…” last Friday night; moreover, the couple wanted to end the “horrific” speculation made by the media. Here is what they had to say:

“We had a pleasant evening with friends.  When we were leaving some strange men attacked Carl Philip!’ says Sofia. It was then Sofia decided to protect her meal ticket boyfriend by trying to break up the fight.  Sofia and her friends also received several socks [slaps]  before they managed to stop the brawl.  Finally, they were able to get out of the frightening situation.  ’It has been an emotional and disturbing experience.  We ask the media and others for peace and quiet…’ (not going to happen, hon, sorry).

For both the prince and his girlfriend the attention has been difficult, mainly because their friends are accused of being the ones who caused the fight in the first place.  As a result, Carl Philip was slapped.  ’We have in several parts have heard that our close friends were involved, and we want to stress that is not the case’ says the couple.  ’I want to emphasize that my good friends efforts helped stop the unfortunate situation…’ says Carl Philip.”

At this time the infamous slapfest is being investigated by authorities according to Aftonbladet via the Swedish royal court.  Chief Information Officer, Mr. Bertil Ternert, recently stated that there may be a possible lawsuit, “We are considering how we will proceed… a decision will be made by the end of the week.”

Really?  A lawsuit?!  Sure it sucks that the prince was in a fight, and sure Prince Carl Philip’s ego is slightly bruised; however, to file a lawsuit thereby clogging up the legal system in France is beyond lame.  It’s not like he was jumped by the V13 gang and beaten until he was black and blue.  He was slapped.  So, yeah… the prince needs to suck it up, move on and let it go.

Over the weekend Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco returned to her hometown of Benoni, South Africa for a special visit.

The purpose of the visit was to surprise her grandmother, Sylvia, on her 91st birthday on Sunday August 12.  According to journalist, Mr. Cylde Meela, Princess Charlene was “… accompanied by her parents, Mike and Lynette, as well as her two brothers Gareth and Sean…”  

Grandmother Sylvia, who lives in a retirement home in Benoni, was beyond thrilled to see her family,  “… This is the best day of my life…” she said in an interview with Mr. Meela.  “I am 91 years old and I feel great! ”  

To read more about Princess Charlene’s visit to South Africa as well as to view a personal photo please click here.