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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Princess Caroline, pictured above at Monaco's International Flower Show recently, is set to buy a new island retreat in Croatia
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Caroline and husband Ernst have apparently fallen in love with the area after spending a month cruising the country’s coastline last summer
