On July 1, 2011, the 53-year-old Prince of Monaco married the 33-year-old Princess Charlene.
At the grand wedding, the bride was dressed in a gorgeous dress inlaid with 40,000 Swarovski crystals, which was incredibly beautiful.
The magnesium lights flickered, and in the blessings of the world, the bride, known as "the most beautiful princess in Europe", cried so much that the pear blossoms rained.
What flowed in her tears was not happiness, but grievance.
The curse that the Monaco royal family could not have a consummatory marriage for 700 years seemed to be fulfilled again at that moment.
Mermaids in South Africa
Charlene was born in Zibubawe in 1978 to an ordinary family and immigrated to South Africa with her family during her childhood. His father was a sales manager and his mother was a swimming instructor.
Before the age of 22, Charlene never imagined that she would have an intersection with a monarch.
Influenced by her mother, Charlene became a professional swimmer, winning the South African Championships and representing the South African swimming team at the Sydney Olympics. At that time, she was a rising star in South African swimming, known as the "South African mermaid".
If she hadn't met the Prince of Monaco, she would have been swimming freely and breaking through.
In 2000, Charlene met Albert II, who was still the crown prince, at an event.
Like Huo Qigang's love for Guo Jingjing, Albert fell in love with the slim Charlene at first sight, and immediately launched a fierce pursuit of her. And the moment Charlene met Albert, she also felt a strong sense of fate.
Monaco is one of the richest countries in Europe, and as heir to the throne, Albert II has wealth on his left hand and power on his right.
What's more, he is an avid sportsman and is proficient ......in swimming, javelin, handball, judo, tennis, sailing, skiing, squash and fencingHe has also represented the Monaco bobsled team at five Winter Olympics and is a member of the International Olympic Committee.
The shared hobbies and experiences brought Albert and Charlene closer at once.
Under Albert's unstoppable love offensive, Charlene falls hopelessly in love. This year, she was 22 years old and Albert was 42 years old.
The disparity in age did not hinder the love between the two, and they went hand in hand and spent a happy and sweet time.
However, this seemingly carefully woven bubble only lasted for 5 years before it was punctured by a needle.
FallRunning bride
In May 2005, less than two months before Albert ascended the throne, a former Air France flight attendant dropped a bombshell on the Monegasque royal family – she had given birth to Albert's illegitimate child two years earlier.
Not only that, but he was also hidden by the Albert Golden House, who also knew about the existence of his son.
As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.
Although Albert vehemently denied it and threatened to sue the rumor-mongers, he had to bow his head in front of the hammer of DNA paternity testing.
Perhaps inspired, it didn't take long for an American woman named Tamara to come forward and claim that she and Albert had a daughter in 1992.
Now a man with a 14-year-old child, living on a tight budget, asks Albert for child support.
Everyone thought it was a robbery while the fire was burning, but as soon as they did a paternity test, they were hammered again.
In fact, Albert, who is known as the "international ***", has always had a criminal record.
As early as 1987, a German model once broke the news that she and Albert had *** gave birth to a son, but Albert did not admit it. Coupled with the age, it is gone.
The news of illegitimate children was exposed one after another, which made Charlene, who was already deeply in tender love, feel a crisis. But perhaps because two of them happened before she and Albert met, she chose to forgive, but she didn't know that she would fall deeper and deeper into the quagmire of love in the future.
At that time, Charlene was still preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, eager to seek a little solace from her career, but unfortunately God was not beautiful, and in 2007, Charlene retired due to injury and completely became the woman behind the prince.
In 2010, Albert and Charlene, who had experienced a long-distance love run for ten years, announced their engagement.
Just when everyone thought that the prince had finally relented, the scandal of the illegitimate child was reported again.
This time, Charlene felt the panic of her faith collapsing. She wanted to run away while everything was still in time.
And she did, and on the eve of the wedding, she escaped three times.
The first time was when she tried on a wedding dress in Paris, when she sought asylum from the South African embassy in Paris. But the senior ** of the Royal Palace of Monaco arrived, took her passport, and persuaded her to go back.
The second time, she took the opportunity to escape during the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, but was stopped at the airport.
The third time was on the eve of the wedding, when she wanted to flee to South Africa, and was intercepted by Monaco** just before she was about to board the plane.
It's just one step away. But fate is so paradoxical, perhaps from the moment they met, the rope of her fate has been held in the hands of others.
According to foreign media reports, Charlene accepted the prenuptial agreement issued by the prince, and as long as the wedding is completed obediently, she can get a "generous" reward.
The wedding came as scheduled, but the bride looked solemn and shed tears on the scene.
Sad princess
After marriage, Charlene received the title of princess and must also fulfill the duties of a member of the royal family.
She is concerned about medical care, public safety, and children's education, and is actively involved in public welfare activities, and founded the Charlene Princess of Monaco Association to protect the rights and interests of women and children.
She accompanied the Prince to events and foreign visits, and behaved elegantly and appropriately.
It's just that people gradually find that this beautiful princess always seems to look gloomy and not very happy.
The outside world gave her a name - "Sad Princess".
In 2014, Charlene gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, and the boy became the heir to the throne.
The advent of two children also made this marriage a substantial bond.
Foreign media speculated that if Charlene ends this marriage, she will never get custody of her two children.
As for the rumors from the outside world, the royal family has always denied it, and Charlene has always kept silent.
Until 2019, Charlene rarely admitted to the outside world: "Sometimes I can't laugh, it's really painful." ”
What made Charlene even more painful was that not long after, Albert was "recognized as a father" again.
In 2020, a Brazilian woman took Prince Albert to court for a DNA test.
She claimed that she met Albert in 2004 in a Brazilian family***, and after a brief relationship, the two had a daughter.
While eating melons, people can't help but wonder, how should Princess Charlene deal with this world-loving husband?
Two weeks later, when Charlene showed up for the event, everyone was shocked.
The princess, who has always been dignified and dignified, wore smoky makeup, shaved off half of her hair, and turned into a punk girl.
She is silent about her husband's scandal, but her "out-of-line" style seems to be the best riposte.
After that, she wore a mask with "why so serious" printed on it and lived a "self-free" life.
In May 2021, she returned to her hometown in South Africa alone to participate in public welfare activities, and she was scheduled to travel for a few days, but she stayed in South Africa for half a year.
Everyone speculated that the "escaped princess" was really moved this time.
However, the Monegasque royal family's explanation for this is that Charlene suffered from an ear, nose and throat disease and then flew to Switzerland to receive **.
In March 2022, Charlene recovered her health and returned to the royal family.
The healed Charlene seems to be a different person, not only with a smile on her face, but also full of aura, and is nicknamed "Niu Hulu Charlene Returns to the Palace" by Chinese netizens.
Perhaps, Charlene who was sick figured out one thing, let go of what should be put down, and keep what should be kept.
Outsiders look like a family of four, smiling and happy. But under the calm on the surface, there is actually an undercurrent.
Gifts marked with **
Recently, Palmero, the former accountant of the Monaco royal family, revealed that Charlene lived a luxurious life, spent a lot of money, and seriously overspent all indicators.
At the end of 2019, Palmero calculated that in the 8 years since marrying into the royal family, Charlene's living expenses have been as high as 15 million euros (about 1 yuan).1.7 billion), far exceeding the budget of 7.5 million euros.
This money, in addition to being used for Charlene's own food and clothing, also has a part of the subsidy to her mother's family.
I can't control the Princess's expenses! Palmero used the word "crazy" to describe Charlene's consumption.
However, the reaction of netizens is very interesting.
No one accused Charlene of being extravagant, but she was not worth it, calling her "less spending".
Last year, the Prince of Monaco ranked eighth in the global royal wealth ranking with a net worth of 1 billion US dollars (about 7.2 billion yuan), and Charlene's expenditure was not worth mentioning at all.
And if Charlene doesn't spend it, the money will be spent on the prince's illegitimate children.
The prince openly admitted that he had two illegitimate children, a son Alexander, and a daughter Jasmin.
In recent years, the two have become more and more high-profile, frequently currying favor with their father and getting close to their younger siblings, and they have the potential to break into the royal family, and they don't take Charlene as the main room in their eyes at all.
Prince Albert and Alexander's mother and son.
According to Palmero, the prince secretly gives 34 to each of his two children every year40,000 euros (about 2.65 million yuan) of pocket money, and also bought a house worth 3 million euros (about 23.35 million yuan) for Jia Simin.
Charlene didn't know anything about it.
Prince Albert and his illegitimate daughter Jessamine.
Although most of the ** this time is inclined to Princess Charlene, the deep things behind the scandal are the ones that can hurt her the most.
Only this time, I don't know what Charlene will choose.
In another distant country, because she could not bear the dictatorship of the royal family and the ruthlessness of her husband, Princess Haya of Dubai took her two children and 31 million pounds (RMB 2.).600 million yuan) fled to the United Kingdom and fought a two-year divorce lawsuit with the husband of the Emirate of Dubai.
In order to escape her husband's control, she first sought help from Germany, obtained political asylum, and then fled to England.
Haya. In December 2021, after more than 2 years, the British court ruled that the custody of the two children belonged to Haya, and the ex-husband had to pay more than 5500 million pounds (about 4.6 billion yuan) alimony.
It's a delight. But the difference between Haya and Charlene is that before the princess, Haya was a Jordanian princess, and she had an absolute backer.
And apart from money, Charlene has nothing. Wen Yuting.