Some say that sleeping in different rooms is a sign of courtesy for spouses. Here we can neither confirm nor deny, it is certainly a fact that, having spent a holiday away from Charlene and Alberto more united than ever. For at least a year and a half we did not see how the princely couple held hands, and perhaps it is true that time heals every wound. After a summer apart, Charlene returned to be photographed next to her husband, first on the occasion of the traditional Monegasque picnic U Cavagnëtu – in the local dialect “basket” – on September 3 last year, and now to lay the first stone of the future refuge of the Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA ) Monaco, review by our Enpa (National Agency for the Protection of Animals).

The shelter, located in the municipality of Pielle, will be ready in 2023 and will allow animals in difficult situations to receive them in the best conditions, care for them and reintegrate into the wild. Surprisingly, the princess herself will preside over the association of Monaco, a decision by her husband that must have filled Charlene with joy and satisfaction, already known through her foundation for the protection of the South African fauna and in particular the rhinos, but also through the Tanda Foundation and the Kevin Richardson Foundation .

In pictures posted during these hours on the family’s official profile, Alberto and Charlene are immortalized when they lay the first stone at the site where the animal center will be built. With gloves and a trowel, the prince attaches a sign with their two names and, after the usual photographs, kisses his wife romantically on the cheek. The gesture is restrained, but very sweet, and Charlene cannot help but smile. In the following images, the couple is holding hands, another intimate gesture that we have not been used to for a long time.. Since she gradually returned to legal obligations, Wittstock has not yet allowed herself a moment of tenderness in public with her husband, with the exception of a photo on the cover of their wedding anniversary. Seeing the couple get so involved again means it might be time for them to thaw too. And it is possible that this time Alberto will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth not alone, as happened at Philip’s election mass in April last year, but accompanied by his wife.