Alexandra of Hannover and Ben-Sylvester Stautmann, romantic holidays in Saint Tropez: photos

Hugs, smiles and tenderness under the Saint Tropez sun. Thus began the holidays of Alexandra of Hanover and Ben-Sylvester Stautmann. The images captured by the paparazzi (see gallery below) portray the daughter of Caroline of Monaco and Ernst of Hanover and her boyfriend as they walk in the beautiful town of the Côte d’Azur, with the inseparable dachshund dog, happy and in love more than ever. Or at the port, while together with some friends they get on the tender of the Pacha IIIthe yacht that Stefano Casiraghi donated to Carolina in 1989. Alexandra, 22, and Ben, 23, were first photographed together in November 2016, at the No Finish Line Charity Race. How they met remains a mystery, however, because both are highly confidential.

Alexandra – whose full name is Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia – was born in Vöcklabruck, Austria, a few months after her parents’ wedding, which took place in great secrecy on January 23, 1999. Alexandra’s arrival , that July 20 22 years ago, was a breath of fresh air for Carolina, which was only nine years earlier she had lost her husband Stefano Casiraghi in a tragic catamaran accident. Between Carolina and the youngest, a special bondperhaps to the detriment of the relationship with the three eldest children, Andrew, Pierre And Charlotte. Grew up away from the press and the paparazzi, holder of the largest number of Grimaldi shares (she is Princess von Hannover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland) Alexandra lived her first ten years of life on the outskirts of Paris, in Le Mée-sur-Seine and only in the summer of 2009 did she moved to the Principality of Monaco, where she attended the François d’Assise Nicolas Barré Catholic Institute. She finished school, also to escape the pressure of the media, she moved to New Yorkin the footsteps of his cousin Pauline Ducretto study Political Science and Philosophy at Columbia University. Not much is known about his life in Manhattan. We know that loves to ride a bicycle, spend time with cousins ​​who like her are overseas and frequent fine restaurants and clubs. In the’only interview which he released to the magazine Telva a couple of years ago, he confessed that his dream is to devote himself to the world of art or fashion.

Ben-Sylvester Strautmannscion of a family of German millionaires who made his fortune by transporting agricultural machinery, is a basketball player and is part of the Munich national team, but also has a passion for music and has worked as a DJ. Since being linked to Alexandra, the 23-year-old has participated in various events of the Grimaldi family, such as the Charlotte’s wedding with Dimitri Rassam in the summer of 2019 at the Royal Palace. Ben and Alexandra have been together for six years now. And even if they are very young, their union appears so stable and happy that the French media have no doubts: in the Principality of Monaco, soon, a new royal wedding. To the delight of mother Carolina, who has always had a special bond with her youngest daughter.

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