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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 06:18 PM
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The origin of the "Grimaldi Curse"
The prince's illness revived the bizarre notion of a curse that is supposed to have hung over the Grimaldi dynasty during its seven centuries of rule in Monaco. Imposed in 1297 after the first Grimaldi, Francesco the Spiteful, tricked the principality's defenders by disguising himself as a monk seeking sanctuary, only to slaughter them, the curse is said to have decreed that the family would never have long and successful marriages.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=627917
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 06:21 PM
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1. Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
Edited on Sun Apr-10-05 06:28 PM by MrScorpio
Just asking

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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 06:22 PM
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2. you're not making any sense to me
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 06:25 PM
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3. Prince Albert - Current monarch of Monaco
Share's the same name as the Queen Victoria's royal consort...

Old joke
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Snap Donating Member (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 06:40 PM
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4. OK, how about this;
Do you have Prince Albert the Spiteful in a can?
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