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A drop of royalty in SoCal
Does a girl get to be Princess if her father is a real life Prince who had a fling with her mom? That's what they're asking in Palm Springs, where 14-year-old Jazmin Grace Rotolo lives. Her mother dallied with Prince Albert during a trip to Monaco in 1991 and today the Prince, Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi, acknowledged that yes, the girl is his. She's the Prince's second out-of-wedlock child — that we know of. The guy obviously likes to ride bareback. (via LA Observed).
We're not sure that Jazmin is a princessly name. Then again, his parents named him (NSFW) Prince Albert.
photo of Prince Albert with champion barefoot waterskier Banana George and friend, who have no connection to Jazmin or her mom
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