Charlene of Monaco

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Here She is really pretty but needs to leave her husband step away from the make up box. I'm assuming this was professorially done the lips are too red and too matte and it's too heavy for a day look.

She always looks so sad.

For years I assumed Albert was gay and in the closet but I guess not, now that all the illegitimate children have come out of the woodwork.

There seems to be a lot of positive stories at the moment, in the likes of Hello magazine, about Charlene and Albert. A cynic might say there is a concerted effort going on to portray them as a happy family ignorong all his illegit kids and the fact that she wanted to run away from her own wedding

My sister is a huge social climber lara. Her lovy French DH is pretty well to do (manages a restaurant on Casino Square) and very long suffering.

I live in a former pit village in Yorkshire and am very happy with my lot. As I said, we're very different.

I know way too much about this family - but in my defense, it's the longest-running daytime soap in Europe

My favorite character is the late Prince Rainier who would rather watch television and eat pizza in his underwear than go to parties

I'm just impressed by the thumb portrait.

frugal, me too,I know lots,European royals are really interesting, far more than the British ,

bike I'd choose Yorkshire over Monaco any day, I
AlWays feel cluster phobic there,and can't I,actually imagine living and working there, its all theses high rises, too close to each other, I'm very much interested in your Bil, , I've dined in virtually every restaurant worth mentioning in Monaco, is it in the hotels around the square?

Well, the only two restaurants on Casino Square are Café de Paris and Louis XV. And I know the manager of Café de Paris

Am AGOG at the Monaco gossip

Then you must know my BiL Cote.

How funny I didn't know that he has an English wife.

It's a small principality world.

I'm loving the insight from the locals - tell me more! I'm going again in April for the third time, and I love it there. We saw Albert last time, and maybe also your bil Bike as we ate at the Cafe De Paris.

My only comment on the original picture is that she would have looked much better if her coat was longer than her dress.
Monaco is indeed an odd place. Do quite like it though. Fabulous system of escalators!!

Just googled Monaco escalators. They have escalators outside I'm going to make it my business to find out as much as possible about Monaco

Not so much the escalators, but there are loads of lifts - quite essential because the whole tiny town is built on the side of a mountain.

Oh right I googled and got pictures of outside escalators, or so i thought? I'm just reading Wikipedia and realising I know almost nothing about Monaco!

marking my place in this juicy thread.

There used to be one in the Condamine but they replaced it recently with another lift. I can't think of another one now, except to come out of underground car parks.

Thanks Cote

This is turning into a royal gossip thread! Anyone got anything to dish on any other royals? There are some "interesting" stories out there about Mary of Denmark!

With Charlene, doesn't the story go that she tried to leave Monaco but they confiscated her passport?

In my kindest mind I wonder if she is in pain in the pictures from the vatican? Professional athlete nearing 40, there must be a world of over used joints that are starting to go wrong, her coat is so baggy it could be covering a multitude of heat packs and strapping, looks out of place on such a gorgeously slim woman.

I have driven the streets of Monaco in my Fiat Multipla, very much enjoyed parking it up in the worlds most expensive a multi-storey carpark alongside all the muscle cars and jags. The streets, at least in the tunnel parts of the road, glint with flecks of gold. Have to say I loved it .

The passport story sounds a bit off - I mean, Monaco is not exactly difficult to enter, had she really wanted to leave, she could have gone anywhere within Schengen Europe with no documents at all. You could even hop on a train with no money at all and disappear somewhere remote in France or Italy. I think she entered all this willingly, thinking she will be able to do it and that the perks will offset the unpleasant parts.

The story is not that her passport was taken but that she was taken out of the helicopter bound for the airport by the police and taken straight back to the palace. A story that was vehemently denied and which I am in no way spreading as true

Is anyone going to answer my questions - please?

Are Caroline and Ernst definitely over?

Don't you admire the way Caroline and Stephanie haven't succumbed to Botox or plastic surgery?

Why did Charlotte dump Gad?

I can't remember the last time I saw Caroline and Ernst together - was he even at Pierre and Beatrice's wedding? I'm guessing they'll never actually get divorced, just live apart.

As to your other questions - yes, I do think it's great that they haven't succumbed to surgery, but I have no idea why Charlotte dumped Gad. He was punching above his weight though!