Ernst from Hanover expects his third child from Ekaterina Malysheva (whom his father never accepted)

The Hannover family is expanding again: the third child of is on the way Ernst August, eldest son of Prince Ernst of Hanover, husband of Caroline of Monaco (they never divorced, ed) ed Ekaterina Malysheva. The couple, married since 2017, already has two children, Elisabeth, 3 years, e August, 1.

The news, given exclusively by the magazine Colorful, brings to the fore one of the most contrasted real love stories of recent years. The fault of Ernst August’s father, who immediately opposed his son’s wedding to Ekaterina Malysheva, known to everyone as Katya, a Russian designer known in London six years ago.

The marriage proposal had arrived in Greece, during a holiday on the island of Spetses, but the decision of the two had soon aroused the ire of the prince. Fault, as in the most classic of fairy tales, of the non-noble origins of the beautiful Katya.

Born in Russia, raised in Prague, Malysheva studied at London College of Fashion and founded her own brand, Ekat; a successful, self-made woman, but the lack of blue blood has always weighed heavily on Ernst from Hanover.

“I keep hoping that my son will eventually consider our family’s best interests and give in. I am ready to discuss it and to reconcile with him », he had thundered on the eve of the wedding a Handelsblatt, adding that he would have been forced to protect the interests of the House of Hanover, so much so that he had asked his son for a series of goods received between 2004 and 2006 (and there were even threats to disinherit him).

Everything useless. Double ceremony, first civil and then religious (on that occasion the same tiara was placed on Ekaterina’s head, often worn by Caroline of Monaco) and a happy family built up early.

Despite the birth of two grandchildren and the imminent arrival of the third, Ernst from Hanover hasn’t changed his mind about his daughter-in-law and his relationship with his son continues to be very tense. He was not even present at the baptism of little August, celebrated in April 2019. As godparents, Olympia of Greece and Julio Santo Domingo, brother of Tatiana, wife of Andrea Casiraghi. After all, relations between the Hanoverians and the Principality of Monaco are solid, and over the years they have never deteriorated, just as Prince Ernst, who has always been over the top, remains unshakable: the management of the family assets , is a priority.

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