Princess Charlene may be preparing for an awkward encounter with her husband’s ex-lover today at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The royal, 46, cut a glamorous figure in an oversized navy jacket as she joined her husband Prince Albert, 66, at the annual event in Monte Carlo this afternoon.
Earlier in the day, Nicole Coste, who secretly dated Albert for seven years and shares a son with the royal, posted on Instagram about attending the event.
The fashion designer, who met the royal while working as a flight attendant in 1997, shared a photo of herself dressed in a white trench coat and admiring the view from the venue.
Aligning herself with the Ferrari team, Nicole gushed: ‘We are waiting for the victory of Charles Leclerc, the son of the country. I love this jacket!’
Pictured: Princess Charlene joined her husband Prince Albert at the Monaco Grand Prix this afternoon.
The fashion designer (pictured), who met the royal while working as a flight attendant in 1997, shared a photo of herself dressed in a white trench coat for the event.
Albert and Nicole’s relationship became the best kept secret in Monegasque society. Although they both attended red carpet events and mingled with socialites and celebrities, most of Albert’s subjects knew nothing of the relationship.
Before her wedding to Prince Albert in 2011, Charlene allegedly fell out with Nicole after she put her stepson Alexandre in the staff wing of the Palace.
While she had also previously had a frosty relationship with Alberto, claiming that he “doesn’t want to see his son,” she has recently praised the monarch, sharing a photo with him on his birthday with the caption: “Happy birthday, Alberto.” .The world will recognize you as The Loyal, the Dignity, the KING.’
In November 2022, she shared another photo of Albert with Alexandre and Jazmin in New York, New York, with the cheeky caption: ‘Paternally king.’
Earlier today, Princess Charlene shared a sweet photo with her twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, to mark Monaco Mother’s Day.
The royal, 46, opted for a double-breasted suit jacket and slicked her hair back as she hugged her two children.
“Happy Mother’s Day,” he wrote.
Opting for a natural look, the mother of two looked like a doppelganger of her daughter, who also wore a white jacket.
Princess Charlene has shared a sweet photo with her twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, to mark Monaco Mother’s Day, while Prince Albert attends the Monaco Grand Prix alone.
Meanwhile, Charlene’s husband Prince Albert, 66, traveled alone to the Monaco Grand Prix.
While she had also previously had a frosty relationship with Alberto, claiming that he “doesn’t want to see his son,” she has recently lavished praise on the monarch, sharing a photo with him on his birthday with the caption: “Happy birthday, Alberto.” .The world will recognize you as The Loyal, the Dignity, the KING
Continuing with the elegant theme, Prince Jacques wore a navy suit and tie.
Meanwhile, Charlene opted for natural makeup, wearing soft eyeliner and a light coat of foundation as she posed in the Monaco sun.
Meanwhile, Charlene’s husband Prince Albert, 66, traveled alone to the Monaco Grand Prix.
The monarch opted for cream-colored chinos, a navy blue checkered jacket and a baseball cap.
Charlene and Albert took their children to the opening of ‘Monaco World’ in Hamburg last month.
The family of four celebrated Monaco being added to the list of countries to appear in Miniature Wonderland, one of Germany’s most popular tourist attractions.
Charlene put her best fashion foot forward and donned a chic cream coat which she paired with a black top.
The former Olympic swimmer wrapped himself up in an onyx-colored scarf, as temperatures in the German city hovered around nine degrees.
Earlier this year, Albert was branded a “weak” leader who “uses money to buy family peace,” according to reports.
Prince Albert poses with his son, Prince Jacques, at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo this afternoon.
The monarch opted for cream-colored chinos and a navy blue checkered jacket and a baseball cap.
After questions were raised about the Monegasque royal family’s finances, journalists in the principality commented on the character of the 65-year-old prime minister.
A file exposing the “secret notebooks” of Claude Palmero, who was in charge of Palace finances for more than two decades and a confidant of Prince Albert until he was overthrown last summer, revealed surprising claims about the palace’s finances. royal family, particularly those of the Princess. Charlene, 45 years old.
The entries, which were shared with Le Monde newspaper in France, detailed the exorbitant costs spent by the Princess on things such as the baptisms of her twins Jacques and Gabriella at around £600,000 and an overhead allowance of more than £1 million. by year.
speaking to tatlerone of the journalists who broke the story revealed that Charlene has a “crazy desire to spend money” that her husband grants her to keep the peace.
They speculated that the Prince’s disposition was because he experienced “a lot” of confrontation when his late father, Prince Rainier III, was alive.
Elsewhere in the interview, Davet reveals that files he and fellow reporter Fabrice Lhomme uncovered suggested that Princess Charlene and her sister-in-law, Princess Caroline, “are not friends.”
FEMAIL has contacted the Monegasque Palace for comment.
Among the explosive claims uncovered in the file were allegations that Princess Charlene hired illegal immigrants on less than £90 a day to work for her, despite her personal expenses allowance soaring to £1 million a year.
Mr. Palmero’s records suggested that “illegal immigrants” made up much of Charlene’s eight-person full-time staff, something the accountant expressed concern about.
“Her Serene Highness the Princess makes non-compliant people work for her,” Palmero warned Prince Albert, also referring to “a moonlighting Filipino woman who ties up dogs in the shower.”
Prince Albert of Monaco is alleged to spend money to ‘keep peace’ within the royal family
In a letter written in January 2017, he said another employee from the Philippines had been “illegal for five years,” despite only having a one-month tourist visa.
“He is paid 100 euros a day (£85), which is off the scale,” Palmero wrote.
In December 2014, Charlene gave birth to Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, and immediately placed them in the care of illegal immigrant nannies.
‘Update on hiring babysitters… We are completely illegal (even her tourist visa expired on January 7),’ Palmero wrote on January 15 of that year.
“Not only are they in an illegal situation, but they also entered with a false passport,” added Mr. Palmero.
Despite this, Palmero released almost £600,000 to celebrate the birth and baptism of the children.
Just one day in April 2016, Charlene asked for the equivalent of £66,000, and this was “definitely too much”, Palmero said, especially as she was also planning to rent a second villa in Corsica.
‘It’s not much?’ the accountant asked, concerned that the princess was taking money from funds that were not declared in terms of taxes.
“These practices are dangerous,” warned Palmero.
“Not only are they in an illegal situation, but they also entered with a false passport,” added Mr. Palmero.
The former head of royal wealth management in the Mediterranean tax haven claims he desperately tried to control Charlene’s “dangerous” spending and at one point prevented the 45-year-old South African from hiring new staff.
The books also allege that Albert spends millions each year from a secret account in a French bank to pay his former lovers and love his children; Jazmin Grimaldi, 31, and Alexandre Coste-Grimaldi, 20, receive allowances of £344,000 a year each.
This was while Charlene was spending £826,000 redecorating her holiday villa in Calvi on the island of Corsica, along with £860,000 to decorate her office in Monte Carlo.
Charlene paid her personal chef the equivalent of £250 a day from petty cash, Palmero said, while her South African family also received hundreds of thousands of pounds.
In February 2017, the accountant also released the equivalent of more than half a million pounds to pay off the Princess’ overdraft.
In December 2019, an alarmed Palmero noted that Charlene had spent “around €15m (£13m)” over eight years, despite her allowance being “€7.5m” ( £6.4 million).
This was while Charlene was also investing a combined sum of almost £2million into the holiday villa in Calvi and redecorating her office.
‘It’s crazy!’ Mr. Palmero wrote. “I have no control over the princess’s expenses.”