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Prince Albert attends Olympic Games

The Winter Olympics are taking place in China. Most royal families did not want to attend the Olympic Games. Some did not attend due to the global health situation, while others did not attend for diplomatic reasons, as many countries boycotted sending representatives to the games due to human rights violations. However, Prince Albert II of Monaco did make the trip, as a member of the…
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Royal Olympians: Princess Charlene

Before she became the Princess of Monaco, Princess Charlene was a swimming champion and Olympian in South Africa who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. As the Summer Olympics begin, let’s look at Princess Charlene’s Olympic career. Charlene…
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A look at Monaco's royal Olympians

With the Winter Olympic Games in full swing, let’s take a look at Monaco’s royal Olympians. The Monégasque delegation is always one of the smallest delegations because of the size of the country, but it also had one very famous member. Indeed, from 1988 – Monaco’s second appearance at the Winter Olympics – to 2002, Prince Albert of Monaco was a member of the…
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Before they were royal: The life of Princess Charlene of Monaco

Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco stepped into the shoes of one of the most legendary women in history, bearing her title and serving Monaco as their first lady just as she did. Nearly six years following the succession of Prince Albert II to his father’s throne, Charlene Lynette Wittstock married and became royalty. Thirty-three years before her wedding day…
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Princess Caroline and Princess Charlene: how many are too many first ladies?

Princess Caroline of Monaco turns 65 this year and does it while walking one of the toughest tightropes.  Princess Charlene has been a part of Prince Albert’s life for almost two decades now. The two met in 2000 at the Mare Nostrum swim meet in the principality and officially revealed their relationship to the world at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Turin, Italy.  Since…
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