She appeared as a drawing, alongside her husband and children, on the traditional Grimaldi Christmas card.
A choice that raised many questions on Tuesday, December 21: did we deliberately opt for an illustration of Charlene of Monaco, or is it a fallback solution, due to the prolonged absence of the princess and her estrangement?
Two days later, the Monegasque palace spoke in a statement sent to AFP.
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An "encouraging" convalescence
The recovery of the former professional swimmer, treated for a few weeks in a specialized establishment outside Monaco, should require a few months of additional care, officials said. "The recovery of Princess Charlene continues in a satisfactory and encouraging way, even if her recovery should still take a few months", can one read in the press release. The latter specifies that her husband, Prince Albert II, as well as their children, will visit him on the occasion of the end of the year celebrations.
"As soon as her health is restored, it will be with great pleasure that the princess will once again share moments of conviviality with the Monegasques", added the palace, asking that during this troubled period, the private life of the couple and their families. children is respected.
Princess Charlene returned to Monaco on November 8, after a long stay in South Africa, the country where she grew up and of which she is a national.
The 43-year-old wife of Prince Albert of Monaco had undergone surgery there under general anesthesia in early October, the latest in a series of operations decided upon following an ENT infection (otorhinol). laryngological).
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A "state of deep fatigue"
Absent on November 16 during a parcel delivery ceremony from the Monegasque Red Cross, in which she was to participate, the princess had also not attended the national rock festival three days later. The princely palace had then revealed his admission to a health establishment located abroad, due, as a source close to the palace told AFP, "of great fatigue linked to his weakness".
"A period of calm and rest is necessary for the good recovery of the health of the princess", so that the latter recovers "from a state of deep general fatigue" after a "medical course (...) very trying these latter months ”, had underlined the principality in a press release published on November 16.
Former high-level swimmer, Charlene Lynette Wittstock, born in 1978 in Zimbabwe, married Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2011. The duo could not celebrate their ten years of marriage together in July, on the Rock, due to the prolonged absence of the princess.
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