Prince Ernst-august Of Hanover

REUTERS/Lionel Cironneau/Pool Monaco announced Tuesday that Princess Caroline likely won’t be able to testify as a witness in her husband’s trial. The Minister of State claims she has overseas commitments on Thursday, the date the Princess is scheduled to be on the witness stand. November 26th was the set date for the Princess’ appearance before Prince Ernst August of Hannover’s trial in Hildesheim, Germany began. The court refused to let the Princess testify through mutual legal assistance in Monaco. The court official is said to be surprised Caroline may not be appearing in court. 55 year-old Prince Ernst is on trial for attacking a ... Read Full Story

Prince Ernst August of Hannover, husband of Caroline of Monaco, was retried Monday on charges he assaulted a hotel owner in Kenya in a drunken rage. The 55-year-old — a distant relative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and great-grandson of the last German emperor, Wilhelm II — was convicted in 2004 of causing serious bodily harm in the incident and fined euro445,000. The court ruled he repeatedly hit Josef Brunlehner, owner of a hotel on Lamu Island, with a metal object in January 2000 after becoming irritated at the noise from a disco. During the trial, Brunlehner testified Ernst August punched him with a ... Read Full Story

A hotel owner testified Tuesday that Prince Ernst August of Hannover, husband of Caroline of Monaco, hit him with a "blow like an iron hammer" during a January 2000 altercation in Kenya. Josef Brunlehner, owner of the hotel on Lamu Island, said the prince punched him in the chest and abdomen, causing multiple bruises, and shouted abuse at him. The injuries required emergency-room treatment, Brunlehner testified, and suggested Ernst August had "possibly used a ring" to strike him. Ernst August has acknowledged that he hit Brunlehner, but denied using anything but his hands. He was being retried after being convicted in 2004 of causing ... Read Full Story

Princess Caroline of Monaco's husband Prince Ernst August of Hanover denied in court on Monday drunkenly beating up a hotel manager with a knuckle duster on the Kenyan island of Lamu in 2000. The German aristocrat, a distant relation of Britain's queen, said through his lawyer at his retrial in Germany that he gave Josef Brunlehner "two symbolic slaps" because he was annoyed about the noise and laser show at the hotel disco. "One for the music and one for the light," the 55-year-old said. But he said that accusations that he then assaulted the 60-year-old German under the influence of alcohol were "grotesque ... Read Full Story

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