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Prince Albert II of Monaco is today a guest of Serbia. He is known for his extramarital affairs and children, and his wife, Princess Charlene, a former South African swimming champion, also attracts a lot of attention. They called her the saddest princess in the world and few people know that her coach was a Serb with whom she still has good relations.
Charlene Whitstock is of German, English and Irish descent. She was born Charlene Lynette Whitstock on January 25, 1978 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
In 2000, Charlene participated in the Sydney Summer Olympics. Along with three other South African competitors, she ranked fifth in the 4 × 100 meter relay discipline.
That same year she met Prince Albert II, then heir to the throne of Monaco, two decades older than her.
Two years later, he won sixth place in the World Championships for swimming in small pools, in the discipline of two hundred meters breaststroke. That same year, 2002, Charlene moved from Durban to Pretoria for more intense training. After a lack of good results, she returned to Durban in 2005 and began working with Serbian manager Branislav Ivkovic.
In 2007, Charlene was once again champion of the Republic of South Africa in the discipline of fifty meters backstroke. She planned to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and then say goodbye to her professional career, but did not qualify. She had not competed for eighteen months prior due to injury and shoulder surgery.
Three escape attempts
She and Albert likely began a relationship in 2006, when they were first seen together, and the engagement was announced on June 23, 2010.
Although she was raised a Protestant, Charlene had to convert to the Catholic faith due to her marriage. She mastered the French language and dialect of Monaco and learned the rules and protocols of life at court.
However, in the days leading up to the wedding, rumors began to circulate that she was trying to escape Monaco on three occasions, according to the French “L’Express.”
As a reason to think about the wedding, the media claimed that Albert, who already had two illegitimate children before her, cheated on her and that he became the father of a third illegitimate child.
The first attempted escape was when she allegedly “sought refuge at the South African embassy in May, while in France, where she was trying on a wedding dress.” The second attempt is said to have taken place the same month during the Formula 1 race of the Monaco Grand Prix. The alleged third attempt was when she booked a one-way ticket to South Africa and nearly made it to a nearby airport in Nice, France, before her passport was intercepted and confiscated, so that, according to an elderly detective in Monaco, “the.
The happiest (un) days of life
Although Charlene was the bride at the $ 55 million three-day royal wedding, journalists and wedding guests noted the obvious sadness on her face.
Charlene was “crying throughout the wedding ceremony” according to ABC, which added that the bride allegedly backed off when the groom tried to kiss her. The Guardian noticed that her upper lip was trembling and a tear was rolling down her cheek.
While wiping his tears with a handkerchief, Prince Albert allegedly whispered to him: “Don’t cry, don’t cry.”
On the first night of their honeymoon to South Africa, the couple stayed at various hotels, which immediately sparked rumors of a marital disagreement. Charlene’s father, Michael, explained that Albert stayed at another hotel because he had to attend a meeting of the International Olympic Committee, of which he is a member, the next morning.
The royal family stated that the stories about their escape attempt were just hearsay. Charlene herself rejected those stories, calling them “disgusting lies.”
Charlene Whitstock won a total of 138 titles by marrying Prince Albert.
However, even after the wedding, the gossip did not stop, because her first obligation as the wife of the ruler of the principality was to accompany him for paternity tests.
Although it turned out that Albert was not the father of the third illegitimate child, the media continued to write about the “unfortunate princess”.
A year after the wedding, the media wrote that he was unhappy that he could not get a divorce.
According to the French “Voici”, Charlene and the prince made an agreement according to which she will get freedom if she gives birth to her son.
Meanwhile, the couple had twins Jacques and Gabriel in 2014, and all allegations of marital crisis were flatly denied.
Cooperation and friendship with the Serbs
Branislav Ivković was his coach and partner, but also a friend that he is happy to see even now.
– The public may not know it, but the princess, who is from the Republic of South Africa, is a great swimmer and I trained her. She insisted that I be her personal trainer, so we spent two years together at Richard Bay. He wanted to go to the Olympics, but that wish did not come true due to injury. Meanwhile, she met Prince Albert and at one point, as a fiancée, moved to Monaco. She also invited me and I spent several years in Monaco as part of her office. As part of the team, I also participated in the organization of the wedding, but especially in its reruns in South Africa. At the same time, he swam under my professional supervision, Ivković told Zrenjaninski.com.
Ivković currently lives and works in Serbia, but goes to Monaco several times a year, and probably twice: for the princess’s birthday and the statehood day of this small but famous European country.
– We remain partners, but also friends. The princess has not changed much, and is raising her little ones, Jacques and Gabriel, as if they were ordinary children, not heirs to the throne – he said.
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