Princess Charlene promotes her children charity

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Princess Charlene joined the House of Grimaldi in 2011, following her wedding with Prince Albert II. In the wake of their nuptials, the former Olympic swimmer started being closely followed by the public eager to see her produce an heir for the principality, according to royal commentator Coryne Hall.

Ms Hall, author of ‘Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust’, told Express.co.uk: “She was under tremendous pressure to produce an heir.

“She went three and a half years before producing a child – then she luckily had two.

“Princess Grace gave birth to her first child nine months after the wedding.

“So straight away, after Charlene married, everybody was asking ‘Is she pregnant yet?’

“That’s more pressure, isn’t it?

“Luckily, as I said, she did manage to have two heirs, but it must have been a hell of a lot of pressure.”

Princess Grace, formerly known as Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, married Albert’s father Princess Ranier III In April 1956.

She gave birth to her first daughter, Princess Caroline, in January 1957.

Princess Grace gave Monaco a second heir, the current head of the principality, Albert on the following year.

Princess Stephanie, Ranier and Grace’s youngest child, was born a few years later, in 1965.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert welcomed their twin children Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella in December 2014.

Princess Charlene recently experienced health issues, which has forced her to stay far from her family.

Concern was first raised in May, when it emerged she had developed a severe ENT infection which temporarily barred her from returning to Monaco from South Africa, where she had flown to carry out conservation work with her foundation.

While in South Africa, the country where she grew up, Charlene spoke fondly about her family and how big of a support Albert was being.

She was also visited twice by her husband and children during the summer school holidays.

Following a number of medical visits and procedures, the royal’s doctors gave her the green light in early November to fly back to Monaco and be reunited with her family.

Charlene publicly marked her arrival at the Monaco palace by posing for a picture with Albert, Jacques and Gabriella.

As her return took place before the principality’s most important holiday, National Day, the First Lady was widely expected to be at her husband’s side during the celebrations on November 19.

However, the palace informed the public in the run-up to the day the princess would not mark National Day in person, which would have allowed her “time to recover from a state of profound general fatigue”.

Prince Albert later revealed his wife had left Monaco once again to focus on her health.

Speaking a few days after Charlene’s fly back to the principality, the prince said the princess decided to be admitted to a treatment facility outside of Monaco after it became clear she “was overwhelmed and couldn’t face official duties, life in general or even family life”. 

The palace of Monaco last issued an update on Charlene’s health in the run-up to Christmas. 

While informing the public the princess would soon be visited by her close relatives, the statement said Charlene was “recuperating in a satisfactory and reassuring manner, although it may take a few more months before her health has reached a full recovery.”

Coryne Hall’s ‘Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust’ is now available in hardback and ebook and will be available in paperback from February 15. 

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