A son of Monaco’s Princess Caroline is suing over a New York nightclub brawl that left him bloodied and led to another patron’s arrest and both camps blaming each other.

The Irish media’s right to report on celebrities has been supported by two potentially groundbreaking rulings at the European Court of Human Rights.

The media’s right to report on celebrities has been supported by two potentially ground-breaking rulings at the European Court of Human Rights.

IT cannot be permissible under the Constitution to photograph a mother and her young son and then use words suggesting she is a whore and the child a bastard, the High Court was told yesterday by counsel for the woman who claims she was defamed and her family’s privacy invaded by a newspaper.

PRINCE Albert of Monaco is engaged to marry Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer for South Africa, a union that will give the Mediterranean principality its first crown princess since the prince’s mother, American actress Grace Kelly, died in 1982.

Princess Caroline of Monaco took to the witness box today to defend her husband against claims he beat up a hotel manager in a row over a loud disco.

A fund manager who lost more than $1bn (€715m) of his clients’ money to Bernard Madoff committed suicide at his Manhattan office.

Italian designer Valentino, whose signature flaming red couture gowns have graced royalty, Hollywood stars and the international jet set for 45 years, announced today he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.

NEW laws granting greater privacy rights to household names, even in public places, were unveiled by Justice Minister Michael McDowell last night.

THE Government last night moved to deny that a delay in agreeing privacy legislation was due to a new Cabinet split on the issue.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell will present fresh proposals for legislation protecting privacy to Cabinet colleagues tomorrow in an effort to smooth the passage of his libel law reforms.

Prince Rainier III of Monaco is to be laid to rest today beside his late wife, the American film star Grace Kelly, in the cathedral where they were married a half century ago.

MONACO will mix royal pomp, solemn Roman Catholic ceremonies and tight security as it hosts VIPs from around the world for today’s funeral of Prince Rainier III.

The prince of Hanover, the sometimes rowdy husband of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, is in a “serious” condition in a hospital with an acute pancreas problem, his office at Monaco’s royal palace says.

PRINCESS Caroline of Monaco’s controversial third husband, a German prince, is reported to be in a coma in the intensive care unit of a hospital in the principality.

Princess Caroline of Monaco’s husband, the prince of Hanover, was in serious condition in a principality hospital today, a palace official said.

Monaco plunged into mourning, with its famed casino closing its doors upon news of the death of Prince Rainier III, the long-ruling monarch hailed for modernising the tiny principality once renowned as a “sunny place for shady people”.

PRINCE Rainier III, whose glittering marriage to Irish-American film star Grace Kelly endowed a reign that spanned more than a half-century with elegance and glamour, guided Monaco’s transformation from a sleepy retreat for the wealthy into a centre of finance and tourism.

The palace in Monaco has announced that Prince Rainier has died.

PRINCE Albert made his first official appearance since assuming Monaco’s royal powers from his critically ill father, attending mass for the late Pope John Paul yesterday.

Prince Albert made his first official appearance since assuming Monaco’s royal powers from his critically ill father, attending Mass for the late Pope John Paul today.

Prince Albert took over Monaco’s royal powers yesterday, assuming all but the throne in the tiny principality after a royal commission decided that his critically-ill father was too sick to perform his duties.

The people of Monaco gathered today for Easter Mass with a special prayer planned for Prince Rainier III, facing a life-and-death battle against kidney, lung and heart failure in a hospital’s intensive care unit.

MONACO'S ailing Prince Rainier clung to life today, breathing through a respirator in an intensive care unit, with doctors refusing to say whether he might recover and his subjects praying that he will.

HOOKED to a respirator, Prince Rainier of Monaco remained critically ill yesterday at a seaside clinic in the tiny Mediterranean enclave that he transformed into a glitzy resort for the rich.

Hooked to a respirator, Prince Rainier of Monaco remained critically ill today at a seaside clinic in the tiny Mediterranean enclave that he transformed into a glitzy resort for the rich.

PRINCE Rainier of Monaco was on a life support machine, suffering heart and kidney failure, in a hospital intensive care unit last night.

Princess Caroline of Monaco has left hospital after a skiing accident left her with torn knee ligaments.