A meeting that took place at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, a secret meeting that lasted five years, then a debut as a couple at the Turin Games in 2006, and finally a wedding. they’ve already passed July 2, 2011 marks 11 years since the wedding of Charlene and Albert Monaco. in the little church of Santa Devota and between the ups and downs, the couple managed to overcome many difficulties, juggling real or imagined marital crises, adultery on the part of the husband, two illegitimate children recognized by the prince but excluded from the axis of the Monegasque inheritance and the health problems of the wife. This, in particular, kept the Principality in suspense for the last year and a half, while the former champion was in South Africa to carry out some projects related to the protection of local fauna.

To finally put an end to the many pages of gossip published over the past 18 months about what most consider to be the saddest princely couple in Europe. – On the other hand, Wittstock has never hidden that she has an indefinable feeling of nostalgia for her land – a portrait photo of Alberto and Charlene was recently published on the official page of the Palais-Prince on Instagram, which – oddly enough – are held in their hands but not. Immortalized by photographer Eric Mathon in the garden of the palace, husband and wife finally appear smiling and relaxed in a picture that should convince the heroes of the strength of their union. “On the occasion of their 11th wedding anniversary, His Highness Prince Albert and Princess Charlene would like to share this photo taken in the garden of the Prince’s Palace,” the statement said.

If last year, on the occasion of the tenth wedding anniversary, the couple celebrated remotely by posting a mini-series on social networks about their love story in style Wanted Prince Charming, this time Alberto and Charlene chose to publish only one picture, in which there was a feeling of a strong and serene union, in spite of everything and everyone. To the rumors in the palace that spoke about the rapprochement between the prince and his former lover Nicole Coast and of Carolina Monaco’s hostility towards her daughter-in-law, Alberto and Charlene respond with a smile, holding hands and looking confidently into the future that awaits them.