Stone steps into Monaco’s royal drama

Sharon Stone says she’s long been good friends with Prince Albert, the roguish head of Monaco’s Princely House of Grimaldi. Perhaps that’s one reason the Hollywood star accompanied Albert to two gala events in late September — making herself the target of questions about the health of Albert’s marriage to his longabsent wife, Princess Charlene. Stone dressed up in designer gowns to accompany Albert to the Monte Carlo Gala for Planetary Health on Sept. 23and to the premiere for the new James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” on Sept. 27.