Royal scandals
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Prince Albert II of Monaco
Prince Albert II of Monaco, seen here with his wife, Princess Charlene, on Aug. 3, 2012, in Monte Carlo, made headlines as a long-time bachelor with his affairs and out-of wedlock children. He publicly acknowledged in 2005 having an illegitimate son with a former flight attendant from Togo. In 2006, he also admitted to fathering a daughter, born in 1992, out of wedlock. Days before his July 2011 wedding, rumors arose that the bride-to-be was stopped from fleeing home to South Africa because yet another illegitimate child had come to light. The palace vehemently denied there was any truth to the speculation.Special Section: Royal wedding in Monaco
Sarah Ferguson, Britain's Duchess of York
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, pictured here on Oct. 26, 2011, in New York, is another British royal who can't seem to stay out of trouble. The former wife of the queen's middle son, Prince Andrew, Ferguson was caught on tape in May 2010 accepting a bribe from an undercover tabloid reporter in exchange for access to Prince Andrew. The duchess has been a thorn in the palace's side ever since, shortly before her divorce from the prince, she was pictured in British tabloids with her paramour sucking on her toes during an island vacation.Pictures: The Duchess of York
King Juan Carlos of Spain
Outrage in Spain over what was seen as King Juan Carlos' extravagant hunting trip to Botswana was so extensive that the king had to issue an apology to the people of his debt-riddled nation. The palace confirmed such an apology was unprecedented in the history of Spain's monarchy. News of the April 2012 trip only surfaced after the king was injured in a fall in Botswana. Many Spaniards were dumbfounded that the king could make such an opulent journey - and, to boot, one to hunt elephants even though he is honorary president of the Spanish branch of the World Wildlife Fund - while everyday people brave a 23 percent unemployment rate.Pictures: The Spanish royal family
King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, pictured with Queen Silvia on July 16, 2011, in Vienna, had to plead for peace in 2010 after a tell-all biography claimed the 64-year-old king had visited seedy nightclubs and had an extramarital affair in the 1990s. The book by journalists Thomas Sjoeberg, Deanne Rauscher and Tove Meyer broke a long-standing tradition by Swedish media not to print intimate details about the king's private life. While not addressing the book's claims, the king said he understood from media headlines that the book dealt with events that happened "far back in time" and that his family had "turned the page" and asked that journalists leave the royal family in peace.Pictures: Sweden's king
Inaki Urdangarin, Spain's Duke of Palma de Mallorca
Inaki Urdangarin, the husband of Princess Cristina, is accused of misusing millions of euros of public funds, allocated to organize sports and tourism events, during his time as a chairman of a non-profit foundation from 2004 to 2006. The Duke of Palma de Mallorca, Urdangarin is the son-in-law of Spain's Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. The palace annouced in December of 2011 that the duke was not going to participate in any official royal family activity for the foreseeable future.Pictures: The Spanish royal family
King Albert II of Belgium
Revelations that King Albert II may have a 31-year-old illegitimate daughter created a stir in Belgium in 1999 - not because of the king's infidelity but because of the unusual intrusion of the media into the life of the royal family. The allegations, which arose in a biography of Queen Paola, were branded as "Malevolent gossip" by the palace. However, extensive TV and newspaper coverage was given to the story and to the 30-something London artist said to be the king's love child.Britain's Prince and Princess of Wales
The separation and divorce of Diana, the late Princess of Wales, and Prince Charles, heir to Britain's throne, provided any number of scandalous moments. In a famous 1995 BBC interview, the princess claimed there were three people in her marriage, naming Camilla Parker Bowles, (now Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles' second wife) as the third. Tapes also surfaced of romantic conversations between the prince and Camilla and between the princess and alleged lover James Gilbey who called her "Squidgy." Another affair was alleged between the princess and James Hewitt, her former riding instructor. Even the princess' 1997 death was scandalous, occurring in a Paris car crash, as a pack of paparazzi chased the car of the princess and her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed.Special section: Princess Diana