"Days before the wedding, it was reported that the future bride had attempted to flee Monaco after discovering that Albert, already the father of two illegitimate children, had fathered a third love child during their five-year courtship. According to French weekly L’Express, Wittstock did not just make one attempt at escaping the principality, but three. Alleged attempt one: Wittstock, who is 20 years younger than her groom, is said to have sought “refuge in the South African Embassy in May, while in France for a bridal-gown fitting.” Alleged attempt two is said to have taken place that same month during Monaco’s Grand Prix. Alleged attempt three was reportedly the closest she came to escaping—when she booked a one-way ticket to South Africa and nearly made it to the nearby airport in Nice, France, before being intercepted and stripped of her passport so that, according to a senior detective in Monaco, “the prince’s entourage could persuade her to stay.”"
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/05/crazy-royal-wedding-stories |
She is a prisoner in the marriage and always has been. |
Yep. She didn't want to marry Albert in the first place. Tried to flee back to South Africa where she was born-and-raised. The palace took her passport and put her on house arrest before she walked down the aisle. Unclear if her family supported her or not, but after the wedding she was locked into the role. Her job was to provide legitimate heirs (Albert already had 3 bastards by at least 2 women) and look pretty doing it. Unfortunately she hated both of those jobs - refuses to do domestic engagements - shows up to international engagements drunk - mostly wears unsuitable clothes/pants (fine for modern women - not so much for the senior royal matriarch) - refuses to wear a tiara and its a fight to get her to dress up. The only people she smiles at are her twin children. Everyone else is on Charlene's shit list. I will say she loves swimming and helping with sporting programs. She's happiest in South Africa. |
Let's call this what it is: human trafficking. What the ever-loving f#ck. Where's this woman's #MeToo moment? Someone get Ronan Farrow and Jane Meyer to write a damn article. |
Maybe she was injured during the Battle of the Binary Stars. |
Looks like she is trying a non gendered thing. |
It’d be amazing if she came out and ditched Albert somehow. Monaco seems very creepy. |
She can't. Monaco literally is an absolute monarchy. One of the few in Europe. Albert seems...non-despotic but if came down to it she would lose everything - her homes, custody of her kids (who are heirs to the throne), and financial security. The fact that she is a foreigner to boot makes it tougher for her because she has nowhere to run that isn't outside of the country. Albert is also a billionaire. So yeah. Glass cage and all that - she'll die there. https://www.thedailybeast.com/princess-charlenes-monaco-nightmare |
She’s had plastic surgery since the wedding? |
Anyone know why she was picked? Albert doesn't seem to really love her, and she doesn't love him. Is it simply she is blonde/blue athletic and tall? |
How can they do this? How can they just strip her of her passport and make her stay? |
Yep. Genes. They wanted a pretty broodmare. Albert is short, balding in his 20s, and looks like Seinfeld. They hoped that a Olympic swimmer would even out the gene pool. Before he met her he was dating and had several children with women of diverse backgrounds and he still has numerous lovers. Albert has a 16-year-old with this woman + here he is with their son Alexander Grimaldi (the family name of Albert's house) ![]() ![]() ![]() This is his 28-year-old daughter who he is pictured with at red carpet events - Jasmin Grace Grimaldi and arms around her mother Tamara Rotoldo. ![]() |
wow, his son alexander looks just like princess grace. |
What's the problem? If she likes her hair like that who cares? |
She's the representative of an entire country - that's who cares. She can't meet heads of state and foreign leaders looking like that. |