A fairy tale that has lasted for 20 years already. On September 25, 2003, actress Clotilde Courau married her prince charming in front of 1,500 hand-picked guests and nearly 15,000 dazzled Italians. A royal wedding in every sense of the word, which many did not believe in. It must be said that the couple had met only a year earlier, and that the young bride was already pregnant. However, two decades later, the love has not faded in the slightest. This is what Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie proved during an interview with the magazine Point of view, in the issue on newsstands Wednesday October 4, 2023. With our colleagues, the Prince of Piedmont and Venice agreed to share some rare confidences about his life as a couple with Clotilde Courau, on the occasion of their porcelain wedding. “I would rather call it a miracle wedding“he first joked. “Because I feel happy and lucky to have met Clotilde. Our story is very beautiful and very rare.”
The beautiful declaration of Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy, in love like the first day
Grateful however “highs and lows”as for “all couples”Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie was full of praise for the mother of his two daughters, Vittoria and Luisa: “We love and respect each other. We have two wonderful daughters who we have tried to raise as best as possible and I must say that Clotilde has done an extraordinary job with them..” Moreover, the 51-year-old prince took the opportunity to praise the “patience” shown by his wife towards him. “I’m not a very easy person…”, he conceded. In love like the first day, Clotilde Courau and Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie have apparently found the key to happiness and longevity. Like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal, or David and Victoria Beckham, the princely couple does not live under the same roof. “Of course we live in two different places, she in Paris, me in Monaco, but we try to be together as often as possible”explained the heir to the House of Savoy.
The Prince of Savoy explains why he does not live with his wife
If he realizes that this mode of operation can be surprising, Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie has nothing to do with it. “I’ve always cared about what people think, it doesn’t matter to me. This is the way that seems right to us to face this life and travel this path together, even if we are not always together, with great respect and great complicity”, did he declare. Enough to silence evil tongues. Besides, the prince and the actress talk to each other “every day” without exception. “The important thing is that we are good among ourselves and that we are consistent in the education of our daughters”concluded Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy.