Fame and fortune. Those who have one tend to seek the other. The rich want to rub shoulders with, or even seek friendships with, movie stars and royalty. Royalty wants to be with the rich, who can help them to live in the style they were accustomed to before the world moved away from royal rule. In Monaco, the tiny principality nestled between France and Italy on the Mediterranean coast, every third person is a millionaire, and many of the rest have titles and pedigrees and genteel mannerisms. Marketing and public relations professionals, as well as journalists, love both types because of the headlines they generate.
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
Into this world came Stefano Cernetic, Prince of Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Voivodina and Hereditary Titular Emperor of Constantinople, Romania and Greece. He became known as the prince of Montenegro for simplicity’s sake. Cernetic claimed a familial relationship with Julius Caesar, Vlad the Impaler, and the British royal family. He dressed elegantly, threw lavish parties, and raised money for charity. Cernetic was very charming as well, and had hundreds of photographs with powerful and well-connected celebrities, including other royalty. Cernetic was welcomed wherever he went, and was generous in distributing titles and diplomatic passports. He even bestowed the title of countess on actress Pamela Anderson in 2015, which brought him worldwide publicity.
But those who worked with, or for, Cernetic started having doubts about the prince. They saw certain clues that he wasn’t exactly who he said he was. And he wasn’t. There is no law against telling people you are royalty, but Cernetic has to answer charges in Italy of impersonating a diplomat. The people he took advantage of will not file claims, because of embarrassment and because they still like the prince. And Cernetic still claims royal lineage. Read the story of Stefano Cernetic at Truly Adventurous.
(Image source: Emine Tepeören Pala)
Source: neatorama