Prince Albert of Monaco has shared an update on his
wife Princess Charlene‘s health, as she
continues her recovery.
The 63-year-old royal
spoke to the local newspaper, Monaco-Matin, on Thursday,
saying: “Princess Charlene is doing much better and I hope she will
be back in the Principality very soon.”
The princess was admitted
to a treatment facility outside of Monaco in November, with her husband revealing in December that she
was “recuperating in a satisfactory and reassuring manner”.
Charlene, who turned 44 in January, has missed a
number of public engagements due to her health in recent months, including last
month’s Sainte Dévote celebrations. The Princely Palace said at the
time in a statement that the princess is
recovering well, but that she will still need to rest and receive dental
treatment for a few more weeks.
Charlene only returned to
Monaco in November after being grounded in South Africa for six months with an
ear-nose-throat (ENT) infection.
It’s understood that
Prince Albert and the couple’s seven-year-old twins, Prince Jacques and
Princess Gabriella, visited Princess Charlene at the treatment facility during
the Christmas holidays.
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Prince Albert and his children at the Sainte Dévote celebrations in January
Charlene has also been
active on her Instagram account, sharing an illustrated family Christmas card, a birthday video from her
foundation and a tribute to the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
who passed away in December.
Albert and Charlene marked
their tenth wedding anniversary last July but spent the day apart as the
princess was still in South Africa, where she underwent multiple procedures for
the ENT infection.
The former Olympic swimmer
told South Africa’s Channel24, that it had been a “trying time” and that it
was “extremely difficult” for her that she could not return home to
Monaco for her milestone anniversary.
