Inside Princess Caroline’s Complicated Relationship With Princess Charlene

At the end of the day, though, Princess Caroline appears way less interested in actually ruling Monaco than in shaping the country’s next ruler. Since her own son, Andrea Casiraghi, no longer has very good chances of sitting on the throne, Caroline has apparently grown increasingly involved with the new heir, Prince Jacques, and his sister, Princess Gabriella. As one royal insider told Now to Love’s Woman’s Day, “She’s determined to mold the twins, especially Jacques the heir apparent, to her idea of what a little prince should be.”

In practice, this means that Caroline has possibly gotten involved with Gabriella and Jacques’ schooling — despite Princess Charlene’s objections. According to the same royal insider, “Recently, Caroline took it upon herself to call the headmistress of their old school to discuss their socialization… the twins are currently educated at home at Charlene’s request.” This attempt to override Charlene’s parenting choices did not play too well with the twins’ protective mother. “Charlene is frantic to see that Caroline is taking over influence on her twins.”

Interestingly, it has been suggested that the ruling princess does not want to let her children grow up amid all the pressures of the palace. As the source told Woman’s Day, Charlene “worries about how [royal life] might affect her seven-year-old twins who are growing up with all kinds of pressures, tugged in all directions, far from the real world.”