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Prince Rainier once described himself as “a person determined to go forward, to seek the best for his country”, reflecting: “I think a lot has been achieved, although there is still a long way to go.” And now, the person charged with picking up where the longest reigning ruler in the world left off is his son, HSH Hereditary Prince Albert.
Though later in his life, Rainier was expected to vacate the throne in favour of Albert, he chose to remain at the helm until the very end. And though the bachelor is next in line to the throne, Monaco recently changed its inheritance law, enacting an amendment making the prince's other children – and his grandchildren – eligible to accede should Prince Albert remain childless.
Under Monaco’s previous constitution, should Albert die without heirs, the principality would have lost its independence and become a part of France, in line with a 1918 treaty between the two countries. However, since April 2002, in the case of Albert's death – or should he decide to step down – power would pass to his elder sister Princess Caroline, next in the order of succession, and then to her son, Andrea, third in line to the throne.
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