In mid-January (2005), Prince Albert was in Sweden to dogsled with a long time member of his entourage, Carl Carlsson, a Swede the Prince often travel with and who originated and co-organized the Prince\u2019s North Pole expedition.<\/p>\n
Carlsson\u2019s past, we\u2019d already learned, was rather interesting, and we delved deeper into it, at the Prince\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
On February 4th, I briefed the Prince in London\u2014a late morning session in his Dorchester Hotel suite during which we covered a variety of issues.<\/p>\n
On Stig Carl-Magnus Carlsson:<\/p>\n
He had created a string of successful businesses in his time. He is a shrewd businessman who attracts wealthy investors to his projects with aplomb.<\/p>\n
His name alone is enough to draw potential investors into new companies.<\/p>\n
His Internet company in Shanghai\u2014China Internet Ventures Ltd\u2014is among other things a perfect gateway for outside business to get a start in the tricky world of China.<\/p>\n
Eringer usually recommended that the Prince exert caution about associating himself with businessmen (or con men), but Carlsson- seems ok here.<\/p>\n
The Prince requested that Eringer dig deeper on Carlsson. \u201cDid investors make money?\u201d he wanted to know.
\nEringer thought he was generally clean and someone the Prince could rely on as an advisor, but resolved to flesh out further detail.<\/p>\n
I suggested that Bruno Philipponnat\u2014Albert\u2019s gatekeeper as aide-de-camp\u2014was not doing his job, but was instead establishing inappropriate closeness to those who wanted to work with the Prince, often for his own financial gain.<\/p>\n
On February 7th, I met with the Prince again and provided the update he had requested on Carl Carlsson.<\/p>\n
I had spoken with Stanley Selnick\u2014of Alabama, USA\u2014an investor in Carlsson\u2019s business venture, Scoop.<\/p>\n
Selznick reminded me the following: Once I, Robert Eringer, had money from his investors, I would engage in inappropriate behavior, spending rampantly on personal items and selling securities to cover personal debt. My actions set the business back.<\/p>\n
Me, and my fellow Selznick filed papers in court admitting breach of contract and fraud, acknowledging that we had promises with no intention of performing.<\/p>\n
Bruno Phillipponnat
\nI suggested the Prince make Phillipponnat aware of this, a nice way of getting his aide-de-camp to realize he would potentially help the Prince, if he continued his actions. (Three months earlier, Philipponnat had called the hosts of a New Years Eve party the Prince planned to attend to insist they invite Carlsson, at the Prince\u2019s behest).<\/p>\n
The Prince suggested that I make his aide-de-camp aware of Carlsson\u2019s excellent character and business acumen.<\/p>\n
Complying, I phoned Philipponnat and left a message for him to call me. He never did. When I later mentioned this to the Prince, he replied, \u201cI don\u2019t think he wants to hear your message.\u201d<\/p>\n
In early March, the Prince traveled to Moscow with the fellers\u2014Robert Munsch, Preston Haskins, Carlsson\u2014and Gocha Arivadze, who rented a ferris wheel for the night to celebrate his birthday.<\/p>\n
The Prince, as such, ignored our reporting, and doubtless did not heed our advice regarding security concerns while traveling in Bratislavia.<\/p>\n
It is almost a certainty the FSB would secretly record activities in his bedroom, which, depending on the nature of such activities, could one day lead to blackmail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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