Princess Caroline, pictured above at Monaco's
International Flower Show recently, is set to buy a new
island retreat in Croatia
Caroline and husband Ernst have apparently fallen in
love with the area after spending a month cruising the
country’s coastline last summer
8 MAY 2002
Princess Caroline of Monaco and her husband Prince Ernst of
Hanover are about to shell out on a new island retreat in
Croatia. The couple apparently plan to buy property on one of
the Brijuni Islands, a national park and former holiday
getaway of Yugoslavia’s former ruler Marshal Tito.
Once popular with such Hollywood luminaries as Elizabeth
Taylor and Richard Burton, Croatia returned to favour with the
jet set following the end of the Balkans war. Caroline and
Ernst seem to have fallen in love with the area after spending
a month cruising the country’s coastline last summer.
Ivana Trump’s former husband Riccardo Mazzucchelli has already
converted one of the islands into an international resort and
the president of Istria, the county in which the pair are set
to invest, was ebullient about the effects of the royal
decision. “The islands are soon to become one of the world’s
most famous destinations. A concrete move by Princess Caroline
can be expected within the month,” he says.
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