Princess Charlene celebrates 10th wedding anniversary in July

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Princess Charlene recently underwent surgeries due to an ear, nose, and throat infection that forced her to extend her 10-day stay in South Africa. She then left Monaco again in November to “rest” resulting in the principality’s Royal Family stepping up in support of its leader. Prince Albert has been seen attending royal engagements with his “supportive” sisters who have also been helping with his twins, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, in the absence of Princess Charlene.

Lydia Starbuck, an associate editor of the Royal Central, said: “I don’t often necessarily think of Monaco’s Royal Family as a Royal Family.

“You’ve kind of got the figureheads but it’s not one of those ones that you think come as a great big group but there’s obviously a lot of support for each other there because they’ve just sprung into action.”

Senior Royal reporter Jess Isles said: “Yeah, I can’t say that I ever thought that they were a particularly close family.

“I mean I know the death of Princess Grace brought Caroline, Albert, and Stephanie close together but I don’t know that I necessarily thought of them being the kind of family where the aunts would step up to help out with the kids or they would go to engagements with Albert so that’s been eye-opening.

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Last week, Prince Albert took his twins out to Christmas Village in Monaco accompanied by his sister, Princess Caroline, as well as her son Pierre Casiraghi and his wife, Beatrice Borromeo.

Expert in European Monarchy Maddalena Mastrostefano spoke about Princess Caroline’s unexpected gesture as sister-in-law and how her stepping into the First Lady role in Charlene’s stead is going to affect the family.

She said: “I don’t think it’s gonna create tensions between the family.

“I mean Princess Caroline has done an amazing job throughout the years at being a substitute First Lady, she has done this for her father.

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“She was the eldest child so she has been acted as First Lady for her father following the passing of Princess Grace.

“And she has acted as First Lady for her brother because he wasn’t married yet when he became sovereign.

“So she is comfortable in her role, but I do fear that her prolonged absence and her missing out on all this in these important engagements for the Monegasque population is going to create a strain and her relationship with the people of Monaco.”

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Ms Mastrostefano also warned Prince Albert might face backlash from the people of Monaco in the long-term for Princess Charlene’s role.

She added: “And I do think that those a lot of those interviews that Prince Albert has given up because the people of Monaco are starting to sort of say hey, we are paying her a salary, we expect something in return.

“Which in the case of royals is representation, the image of the country being projected elsewhere.”

Princess Charlene has been in a “vulnerable” condition as she has gone through various medical treatments.

She also missed her twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella’s seventh birthday in Monaco.

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