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Truth about Princess Charlene's marriage to Prince Albert: How she's seeking solace with Brigitte Macron after toxic photo rumour - as whispers of marital misery intensify
There are many reasons why Princess Charlene of Monaco and Brigitte Macron might get along... Let's be diplomatic - they both have difficult relationships with their husbands.
They have taken tea in the gardens of the royal palace in Monaco and then on Monday had a lunch at the fabled Colombe D'Or restaurant in France, amid a number of philanthropic and diplomatic duties connected to their husbands during the French state visit to the principality in Monte Carlo. Charlene, a troubled figure who appeared physically frail and spent some time in a clinic in Switzerland to recover from an unspecified complaint four years ago, is looking particularly beatific – very much living up to her official title of Her Serene Highness. For make no mistake: Charlene, a one-time champion swimmer in South Africa, where she grew up, with a photocopier salesman father and swimming coach mother, finds herself surrounded by sharks here in the Mediterranean, where her husband's Grimaldi family have ruled over the tiny, wealthy principality since 1160.
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