Charlene of Monaco, Alberto consoling himself with his cousin
Charlene and Albert of Monaco They are now stated to be separated at home, in fact not even at home as she resides permanently at Roc Angel while he is at the Palazzo. Meanwhile, new details are emerging about the compromise the couple struck to salvage appearances.
Charlene and Albert of Monaco, separated at home
After months in South Africa and then Switzerland, Monaco’s Charlene has finally returned home, but not to resume her duties as a princess. Before returning, it seems to have reached an agreement with Alberto. On the one hand, she undertook to maintain her institutional role for the good of the Principality and to guarantee her children Jacques and Gabriella a future, on the other hand he promised her greater freedom by the limitations of the protocol.
Charlene famously never fully adjusted to life at court, and didn’t even try to hide it, so much so that she’s earned the nickname Sad Princess. Sadness that she once justified with a longing for Africa, where she was born, but which in reality hides a much deeper uneasiness, that is a certain aversion to the formalities of the palace and, above all, the feeling of not being well accepted by the Grimaldi family, especially by Carolina, for whom she has always felt a strong jealousy, to the point where she has her Husband to expel her from the most important events of the principality. Considering that it is thanks to Carolina that Alberto was able to attend to all his obligations while taking care of the twins during the months of Charlene’s absence.
Charlene of Monaco, a mask of suffering
After the compromise reached, Charlene and Albert of Monaco continued to live their lives apart. They just met to take the official Easter photos where all the coldness and embarrassment between them is evident. However, it was unthinkable that it could take a long time between them, as an anonymous source told Gala magazine.
The insider compares Charlene to Grace Kelly, pointing out that even the second struggled to adjust to palace life but had the tools to succeed. Alberto’s wife, on the other hand, didn’t: “Charlene has always had a distant charisma, hasn’t she a mask of suffering which nobody could explain. She’s not a woman to show off as a trophy.”
Albert of Monaco flies from ex Nicole Coste
Because of this, things didn’t work out between the prince and the former swimmer, to the point where they were brought to a separation that will never be formalized with a divorce, according to a historical friend of Alberto’s. The two struck the right compromise of keeping up appearances but living apart, so much so that not only would the prince have flown to Italy for the official tour in Puglia immediately after Easter, according to LC News, but they were also reportedly set to meet his ex Nicole Coste who was there with his son Alexander.
Meanwhile, according to the pacts, Charlene was due to return to the public eye for two charity contests in Monte Carlo between late May and early June.