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Name Manuela Testolini

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB September 19, 1976. As of 2024, he is around 48 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Boyfriend / Dating Married to Eric Benet. was earlier married to Pop sensation Prince.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction : Family, Parents & Bio

Manuela Testolini is a noted charitable worker, who is best known for her first marriage to music icon Prince and her second marriage to Eric Benet.
Manuela was born on September 19, 1976, in Toronto, Canada.

She was a talented dancer from a young age, often performing for her family.
With the majority of her family living in Toronto, she still considers it to be home.

Marriage to Prince :

In 2001, Manuela married pop singer Prince on Christmas Day.
The two had met when Manuela was working at Love4One Another, a charity owned by Prince.
The wedding took place shortly after his divorce from his first wife, Mayte Garcia, and they lived together in Toronto to be closer to her family.

At the time of the wedding, she was 24, and the singer was 43.
For the length of the marriage, she took Prince’s last name, Nelson.
In 2007, the two filed for divorce, and Manuela restored her last name to Testolini. Both parties stated it was an amicable divorce, and they remained friends until Prince’s death from a painkiller overdose in 2016.

Manuela Testolini Net Worth & Spending Controversies :

It was long rumored that the Prince & Manuela were extremely lavish with money throughout the marriage, spending much of Prince’s fortune. Examples of this include:

Manuela hiring a $5000 / day stylist to do her hair and makeup whenever the two attended public events.

Frequently hosting parties for their friends, spending $50,000 minimum on food, beverages and entertainment.
The couple had open accounts with Gucci, Valentino and Versace, with Prince refusing to put a limit on what Manuela was allowed to spend.

Second Marriage to Eric Benet & Kids :

In 2009, Manuela began dating R&B and soul singer Eric Benet.
On July 31st 2011, the two were married, and Manuela became a stepmother to Eric’s daughter India (born in 1991) with Eric’s late girlfriend Tami Marie Stauff.
Manuela gave birth to the couples first child on 21st December 2011, a daughter named Lucia Bella Benét.

Lucia was followed by sister Amoura Lynn Benét in July 2014.

Career and Charity Work :

Manuela was famously working as a consultant with the charity organisation Love4OneAnother when she met first husband Prince.

She has continued to volunteer for the organisation since leaving it in a full-time capacity in 2004.
Started her own production company Gamillah, who mostly work on movies in her native Canada.
Through Gamilla, she has also released a line of designer scented candles.

She has said that she never particularly liked the spotlight that came with being Prince’s wife, but she was grateful for the attention it bought her business and charities.