Princess Caroline (Monaco) husband "drinking himself to death"

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Source: Expressen (Swedish newspaper)
Date: May 31, 2005
Translated by: Cliss
http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=291901

"The Prince is guzzling himself to Death"

Princess Caroline is facing a new tragedy. These photos show that her drunken husband has had another remission.

Now, Prince Ernst August (of Hanover) is drinking himself to death. The photos show Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst August at Monaco sporting event recently, and it speaks very clearly. In spite of the doctors' strict restrictions on alcohol that it will lead to his death, the Prince has gone back to the bottle.

Caroline is devastated about the prospect that her husband, father to her fourth child, 5-year old Alexandra, has chosen alcohol over life.

Now we can only cross our fingers, says professor Christian Schenk to Ekstrabladet.

Ernst August has boozed away most things in his life.

Most recently, he missed his father in law's funeral, Prince Rainier. At that time, he was in the hospital for a spleen condition. He spent 12 days at the Princess Grace hospital in Monaco.

Promised to Quit Drinking

When he was released, he went to an alcoholim clinic in Austria. He was going to get a new start on his life.
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Unfortunately, Prince Ernst has found it very difficult to live in the spotlight with the Grimaldi family.
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Well, for the rest of us non-royals, it's quite clear that alcholism is the disease that knows knows no social boundaries, is no respecter of gender, age, intelligence, or accomplishment.

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1. Gee... A National Enquirer piece makes LBN.

besides, it looks like coffee the dude is drinking.