Princess Charlène of Monaco has been causing a fuss lately. She failed to appear at her husband Prince Albert II's 65th birthday celebration as well as the most important Monegasque event of the year - the Rose Ball.
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This has led people to believe that Princess Charlène and Prince Albert have separated, but at this point, it is pure speculation and rumours. The rumours about their separation go as far back as Easter 2022.
Princess Charlène, 45 and Prince Albert, 65 - who has just made a radical decision on the line of succession- first met in 2000. Then in 2006, they went on their first public appearance as a couple for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The pair announced their engagement in June 2010 and married a year later.
Princess Charlène was seen at Prince Rainier's memorial
It is all the more surprising that she has now been seen in public, namely at the memorial service for the late Prince Rainier III on April 5, 2023, at the Cathedral of Monaco. Charlène was seen at her husband Albert's side.
Other members of the Monaco Royal Family that attended the memorial service included Albert's sisters Princess Stéphanie and Princess Caroline of Hanover. Princess Caroline's children Pierre, Andrea and Charlotte were also present.
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Charlène was seen at the funeral service in a black dress, black tights and pumps of the same colour. Over the dress she wore a grey coat, unlike the other family members, most of whom wore black and dark blue.
Prince Rainier died in 2005
The funeral service for Prince Rainier, whose full name is Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Rainier Grimaldi, is dedicated to the 18th anniversary of his death. The then 81-year-old died in April 2005. He had sat on the Monegasque throne since 1949, after which his son Albert II ascended the throne.
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It was about a year after his father's death that Prince Albert and Charlène (née Wittstock) made their first public appearance as a couple at the Winter Olympics in February 2006.
This article was translated from Ohmymag DE.
Sources used:
Gala: Sie zeigt sich überraschend bei Gedenkgottesdienst für Fürst Rainier (†)
Wikipedia: Rainier III
Wikipedia: Charlene, Princess of Monaco
