Daniel Ducruet attended the University of Nice but dropped out after a year.
11 Facts About Daniel Ducruet
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Daniel Ducruet worked as a bodybuilder, pet shop clerk and a fishmonger before being accepted into Monaco's police force as a trainee officer in 1986.
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Daniel Ducruet's first son, Michael Ducruet, was born in February 1992.
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On 26 November 1992, ten months after the birth of his first child, Daniel Ducruet had a second son Louis Robert Paul with Princess Stephanie.
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Only after the birth of their second child, a daughter Pauline Grace Maguy Daniel Ducruet, born on 4 May 1994, and his own double-bypass surgery did Prince Rainier give his blessing.
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Louis and Pauline Daniel Ducruet were legitimated by their parents' marriage and are currently 15th and 16th in line of succession to the Monegasque throne.
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Daniel Ducruet has since launched a career as a singer releasing two albums, Pourquoi Pas and Jamais personne, with little success.
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Daniel Ducruet wrote a book about his life with the Grimaldi family.
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Daniel Ducruet came under fire in 2008 when a photo resurfaced, apparently taken the previous year, showing a nude woman in the nightclub.
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Daniel Ducruet claimed that Mol-Houteman had conspired with photographer Stephane de Lisiecki and his assistant Yves Hoogewys to breach his privacy for financial gain.
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Daniel Ducruet was awarded $27,930 in damages by the court for breaches of privacy.