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Nannies remain a staple of royal households to this day – even the usually hands-on Kate Middleton chose to have a nanny for her kiddos. It should come as no surprise that Prince Albert and his siblings grew up with a nanny. What is surprising, though, is just how much time they spent with her and the special parental-like bond they formed.
Albert’s older sister, Princess Caroline, revealed the extent of their relationship in a 2018 French book titled “Albert II de Monaco, l’homme et le prince” (“Albert II of Monaco, The Man and The Prince”). “For my brother and I, Maureen [Wood] was the key figure in our life,” she shared in an excerpt translated by People. “When we were little, we were probably closer to our nanny than to our parents.” They were so close, in fact, that Wood’s yearly summer vacation would cause plenty of tears. “Albert and I would yell ‘Don’t go, don’t go!’” Caroline shared. “Most often than not, our mother would end up calling her to ask her to come home earlier than planned.”
Indeed, Wood went above and beyond to make their childhood magical, even throwing them their own gala dinner when their parents were away at Greece’s royal wedding in 1964. “The chef cooked a special menu, Caroline wore one of her mother’s gown, Albert wore a uniform, and I wore a gown too,” Wood shared in the book. “Then we put on music and we danced.”
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