Prince Albert candidly opens up about his twins' future roles and ‘independent women’ in his family

Growing up as a young Prince in Monaco, Prince Albert sensed that his family was different from others. In the newly released book, Albert de Monaco: L’homme et le prince, Grace Kelly’s son confessed that there are things he wishes he could have experienced during his teenage years, but didn’t venture to try because of his title.

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Albert, who is the son of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, said, “Even though I have had the chance to do many things in my life — on limited time periods, I concede — I would have liked to try different experiences, explore the world even more, live others adventures. And have the opportunity to practice another profession.”

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One day, the 60-year-old royal and wife Princess Charlene’s son Prince Jacques, three, will ascend the throne — and Albert wants to make sure his heir is ready. The Monaco royal explained, “I will try to give [Jacques] good advice. What is important — and I am convinced that I should have done so much more diligently when I was young — is that he gets to know our institutions fairly early and how the government and the different administrations work. That he also gets to know the people in place, even if they will probably have been replaced by others when he is of age. It is essential that he gets to know Monaco from the inside."

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When asked if his family members have to formally ask for permission to marry like with other royal families, Princess Charlene’s husband revealed, “It’s a little more relaxed. I mean they did, the boys. They talked to me about it before. [Princess Caroline's daughter] Charlotte’s a little more independent. I’m used to independent women in our family, so it’s okay.”

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In the revealing book, Princess Caroline (left) said: “Until we were 14, we wouldn’t eat with our parents. […] But for my brother and I, Maureen was the key figure in our life. […] When we were little, we were probably closer to our nanny than to our parents.”