The French press is reporting that the prince is paying the princess R169m per year to stay in her miserable marriagePrincess Charlene of Monaco, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince Jacques of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco. File image.I'm almost certain that the moment the idea of marriage bubbled up in the minds of our early hominid ancestors, a contract came attached to any and all examples of prospective connubial bliss.
The marriage ceremony was centred on the contract as opposed to any oaths before the gods promising obeisance and such. And once the lawyered-up couple had signed on the dotted line they would seal the deal with a kiss. After which the groom would carry the bride over the threshold, lest she trip and fall over the brutally commercial nature of the agreement she'd just entered into.