Princess Charlene of Monaco has marked the ten-year anniversary of her marriage to Albert with a loving video on Instagram. The video shows the early stages of their relationship and how it has blossomed into a loving marriage.
Thirteen years ago, across two wedding ceremonies that cost a combined £53million with accompanying celebrations, Prince Albert of Monaco tied the knot with the then Charlene Wittstock.
Days before the big day, rumours began to circulate that Charlene had tried to flee the country on three occasions with a one-way ticket to Johannesburg. Read More Glamorous Princess Charlene of Monaco joins Prince Albert at Monte Carlo Television Festival Three years later, Charlene gave birth to twins Jacques and Gabriell, who were the first legitimate heirs to the throne after Albert's children out of wedlock.
Charlene and Prince Albert beam as they walk arm in arm after the religious ceremony at their 2011 wedding Before he met Charlene, Albert seemed destined for life as a bachelor amid a soap opera of love child scandals. The similarities between their love story and that of his father, Prince Rainier III, and his Hollywood actress mother Grace Kelly did not go unnoticed.
The rumour mill in France went into overdrive. Charlene had, it was suggested, heard talk of another illegitimate child, allegedly conceived when she was dating Prince Albert in 2005. At the civil ceremony, Charlene wore a custom-made aquamarine Chanel suit that was matched to the colour of her eyes.Then finally there was the religious ceremony.
Under blue skies, the former Olympic swimmer transformed into a royal and became her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco. 'And then I burst into tears some more because I was thinking"Oh no, now the whole world has seen me cry''.' Despite the speculation, it was later claimed that the reason was simple enough: that the prince had remained in Durban because he had an early meeting the following morning and was worried about getting stuck in traffic had he travelled in from outside the city.
However, neither the source nor Mr Wittstock explained why Charlene did not simply stay at the Hilton with him. Charlene was also admitted to a European treatment facility in Switzerland for exhaustion, both 'emotional and physical' Rainier III ruled Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs in European history.
Stefano was killed in a speed boating accident in 1990, with Caroline going on to marry Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick in 1999, and have one daughter Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia of Hanover.Tragically, on 13 September 1982, while returning home from their farm in Rocagel, France, Stéphanie and her mother had a car accident. Grace died the next day, on September 14, while Stéphanie sustained a fracture of a neck vertebra.
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