LUIS FERNANDO ROMO
Updated Monday, January 29, 2024-21:29
Scandal The controversial lifestyle of Charlene from Monaco: illegal immigrants among her employees and expenses of 15 million euros in eight years
Monaco 'Dossiers du Rocher', the corruption case that affects Albert II
Without a doubt, Monaco is an inexhaustible source of
scandals
. The most powerful that has put
Albert II
of Monaco (65)
on the ropes is related to the
Dossiers du Roche
, an anonymous web portal that has revealed part of the
dark financial goings-on
of this tiny state on the Côte d'Azur. Through the publication of emails and official documents, the sovereign's four strongmen known as 4-G have been fired for
alleged illegal practices.
One of the victims was
Claude Palmero
(67), administrator of the Crown's assets and a large part of the Grimaldis' personal fortune, who in
response to his
sudden dismissal on June 6 after 22 years in the service of the palace , has decided
to uncover some dirty laundry
about Alberto II and Charlene (45). To do this, he has resorted to the annotations of four notebooks, the information of which he has been revealing to
Le Monde.
Charlene and Alberto de Monaco and their two children, Jacques and Gabriella.GTRES
Claude became the guardian of La Roca's
financial secrets
following the death of his father, André Palmero, in 2001, since Rainier III thought he was the ideal person due to the trust he had in the family. There was an unbreakable friendship between the prince's parents and the financial manager
.
Claude was born in Monaco 67 years ago and from his childhood he knew what
luxury was
in its maximum splendor due to his family's relationship with the Grimaldis. She was lucky enough to experience the
most glamorous era,
since during Grace Kelly's lifetime the best parties were held with
the international jet set
such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, David Niven, Frank Sinatra, the Onassis and the Marie-Hélenène barons. and Guy de Rothschild, among others.
Personally, Claude
is married to Josiane,
a literature professor at the Collège Charles III in Monaco and has a sister, Christiane, who practices as
a lawyer in the Principality.
His father, André, founded a consulting firm specialized in legal and tax issues in 1959 that allowed him
to manage the vast inheritance of Rainier
III since 1980. According to the Celebrity Net Worth portal, Alberto is estimated to have
a fortune of 1,000 million
dollars. , although other reports suggest that this figure could be
multiplied by ten.
According to his academic career, Claude
studied at the Albert Lyceum in Monaco,
at the School of Commercial Studies in Paris and at the Panthéon-Assas University where he graduated in Commercial Law. In 1980, just the year his father started working at the palace, he obtained his degree as a certified public accountant. Palmero Jr. specializes in
auditing, organization, mergers,
acquisitions and valuation. After working in Paris he returned to Monte Carlo in 1987 to join the family business. In 2010 it merged with PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has around 70 people on its payroll. Among its clientele is the Marzocco Group, one of the three main builders in Monaco that has apparently benefited for years from the secrets revealed in recent days.