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Article: Prince Albert II of Monaco formally acknowledges illegitimate biracial son.(CELEBRITIES)
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- August 15, 2005
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In a recent statement Prince Albert II of Monaco officially recognized paternity of a boy born to a Black French-Togolese woman almost two years ago, automatically bestowing on the child the eventual rights as an heir to a billion-dollar fortune, but not to the throne, according to reports.
In the statement, the recently crowned prince said he "has and will continue to face up to his responsibilities" after having fathered the child with Nicole Coste, a former flight attendant whom he met in July 1997 on an Air France flight to Paris from the French Riviera, reports the New York Times.
When speaking of his son the prince told French television, "This ...