Charlotte Casiraghi on the death of her father: “I went through very violent emotions”

C.harlotte Casiraghi he was only four years old when his father Stefano died, just thirty, while he was competing in the waters of the Principality of Monaco the offshore world championship of powerboating. It was October 3, 1990. After that tragic accident Caroline of Monaco, to escape the pain of a great love prematurely broken, he left Monaco and the sea. She took her children – plus Charlotte Pierreat the time 6 years, e Andrew3 – and took refuge in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, a medieval village in the interior.

In recent years, her father’s very reserved Charlotte has hardly ever spoken in public. But now she, in a rare interview, she admitted she didn’t never forgot the immeasurable pain that struck her when she was only four years old. Talking with Les Inrocks the second child du Carolina and Stefano admitted to having been “crossed by very violent emotions“. Emotions that since she was a child have prompted her to ask herself a thousand questions: “When you are faced with a brutal death in childhood, nothing is taken for granted. I was wondering: “Why am I in this body? Why do I exist?“”. From there his love for literature and poetry was born: «The road to overcome the loss was long. The books have helped me ». It is no coincidence that one of Charlotte’s great passions for years has been philosophy, in which she says she has found “the cure” for his restless soul.

In 2019 Charlotte, guest of Rai3 to present the book Archipelago of the Passions written jointly with the philosopher Robert Maggiore, he had paid another rare public homage to his father: «Loss condenses all passions and all emotions. Is my father a constant presence in my life? Yes sure. Loss causes us to draw on our courage to overcome the fear of loss itself. So maybe it’s my father who gave me this courage. He was a very brave person“.

Today Charlotte, sixth in line to the throne without being a princess, is 35, married to the film producer Dimitri Rassam and mother of two children: Raphael (had by the ex Gad Elmaleh) and Balthazar (had by her current husband). And she chose to live the life she likes: in the green of Barbizon, far from the Principality, leads a reserved and passionate existence with his family. Like music (in May 2021 on the occasion of the Chanel Cruise 2022 fashion show debuted as a singer) and horses (expert horsewoman, has distinguished itself in several international competitions). But dad Stefano, who died when he was just four years old, is always in his heart.