Daniel Ducruet

Daniel Ducruet (; born 27 November 1964) is a former husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, to whom he was married in 1995 and divorced from a year later in 1996.

Two of his children, Louis and Pauline, are 16th and 19th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne.

Early life Ducruet was born in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes to Henri Ducruet, a manual laborer and his wife Marguerite [Maguy] (née Barbero), a homemaker.

Ducruet attended the University of Nice but dropped out after a year. He worked as a bodybuilder, pet shop clerk and a fishmonger before being accepted into Monaco's police force as a trainee officer in 1986.

Ducruet's girlfriend Martine Malbouvier was six months pregnant with his first child when he went public with his relationship with Princess Stéphanie.

Stéphanie campaigned long and hard for her father to approve a marriage between her and Ducruet, since he was reluctant to sanction a marriage between the two. Only after the birth of their second child, a daughter Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet, born on 4 May 1994, and his own double-bypass surgery did Prince Rainier give his blessing.

Ducruet and Princess Stéphanie jointly invested in the Replay Store and Replay Cafe in Monaco. Ducruet said that he was set up.

Currently, Ducruet is married to Kelly Marie Carla Lancien. They have a daughter, Linoué.

Life after Princess Stéphanie

Ducruet has since launched a career as a singer releasing two albums, Pourquoi Pas and Jamais personne, with little success. He also wrote a book about his life with the Grimaldi family.

In 2004 he has taken part in the Italian reality TV show La Fattoria and the similar French reality TV show La Ferme Célébrités, where he finished second. Also in 2004 he hosted Real TV, the Italian version of Real TV, on Italia 1.

Ducruet owns a nightclub in Cannes called Le Caliente. He came under fire in 2008 when a photo resurfaced, apparently taken the previous year, showing a nude woman in the nightclub. Ducruet and Roméo were accused of having broadcast the photo on 31 August 2008 without the woman's consent.

Breach of privacy lawsuit After the publication of the compromising photographs and video footage of Ducruet and Muriel "Fili" Mol-Houteman, Ducruet took legal action.

He claimed that Mol-Houteman had conspired with photographer Stephane de Lisiecki and his assistant Yves Hoogewys to breach his privacy for financial gain. He also claimed that Mol-Houteman drugged his champagne.

Mol-Houteman received a six-month suspended sentence, while Lisiecki and Hoogewys were given one-year suspended sentences. Ducruet was awarded $27,930 in damages by the court for breaches of privacy.