Albert of Monaco reportedly paid Charlene £10million to make sure she fulfils her Royal duties
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Prince Albert of Monaco agreed to pay his troubled wife Charlene £10million a YEAR to make sure she fulfils her consort role after a year away from royal duties, French media claims
French media claim Prince Albert has handed £10million to Princess Charlene Lump sum meant to encourage Princess, 44, to attend public events with himIt comes as she spent nearly a year away from public eye recovering from illness
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Prince Albert of Monaco has signed an ‘ultra-confidential contract’ to pay his troubled wife Charlene more than £10m a year to fulfil her Royal duties, it was claimed today.
Leading French media reported that the 64-year-old ruler of the tax haven Mediterranean principality was doing everything possible to keep Princess Charlene, 44, ‘at his side at public events’.
It follows her return following a long period of illness that included almost a year away in her native South Africa and then months of treatment in Switzerland.
Major French outlets that specialise in celebrity news said Charlene’s sudden re-appearance at the weekend was welcomed by all Royal watchers.
‘But the Princess did not return at any price,’ magazine Voici reported. ‘She would have had her husband sign an ultra-confidential contract.’
Conditions include Albert paying Charlene ‘12 million euros [£10.2m] per year’, the outlet claims.
Leading French media reported that the 64-year-old Prince Albert of Monaco is doing everything possible to keep Princess Charlene, 44, ‘at his side at public events,’ including paying her £10million (pictured at
The revelations were followed up by rival publication Paris Match Belgium, which writes: ‘Prince Albert would himself pay a tidy sum to the princess so that she appears at his side at public events.’
Events that Charlene could now be contractually obliged to attend include the F1 Grand Prix and the Rose charity ball.
The Royal Palace in Monte Carlo refuses to discuss specific financial arrangements, but the principality pays out some £40m a year to cover the institution’s running costs.
Royals are not salaried officials, however, meaning that Charlene would be reliant on Albert – a billionaire in his own right – for her own spending money.
In late April, Charlene made her first appearance in months with her Family at the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
A Royal insider based in Monte Carlo told Mail Online: ‘Of course the Princess enjoys huge perks, but ready cash is not guaranteed.
‘She’s been through a very difficult time, so it would make sense for Charlene to try and secure her own guaranteed income.’
Charlene and her husband appeared with their seven-year-old twins, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, at the Sainte Dévote Rugby Tournament last Saturday.
And last week, Charlene also joined the rest of her family at the Monaco E-Prix 2022.
Before this, Zimbabwe-born Charlene and Albert were rarely seen together since she spent some 10 months in South Africa last year.
Princess Charlene looked solemn on Saturday as she appeared at an official engagement with her husband Prince Albert of Monaco for the second consecutive week
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The former Olympic swimmer had contracted a sinus infection during a solo charity trip, and the illness left her hospitalised.
Charlene finally returned to Monaco last November, but then left for Switzerland to receive treatment for what the Palace called ‘profound general fatigue’.
There have been reports of a rift between the Prince and Princess ever since their high-profile marriage in 2011.
At the time, Charlene was dubbed the ‘Runaway Bride’ by the French media after allegedly trying to flee before the wedding, but the reports were always denied.
Distinguished Royal expert Stephane Bern is among those who have speculated that Charlene’s health is often used to try and disguise relationship problems.
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene pictured together during her time in South Africa
Princess Charlene returned to Monaco in November, following a 10-month absence in her native South Africa, before being admitted to a treatment centre abroad. This photo was released to mark the reunion
‘The Palace has had to invoke a suffering princess so often that the Monegasques today find it hard to believe,’ he wrote in Paris Match last year. ‘By crying wolf, the mother of Jacques and Gabriella has discredited and isolated herself.’
Albert was hit with a legal claim for cash by an alleged illegitimate child in December 2020, and soon afterwards Charlene shaved half her head in the style of a punk rocker.
There were allegations that Albert had fathered a love-child with an unnamed Brazilian woman during the time when he and Charlene were already in a relationship.
The woman said she met the Prince in a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro in 2004, and that their daughter, who is now a 16-year-old Brazilian schoolgirl, sent a handwritten note to Albert.
In turn, Albert’s legal team branded the allegations ‘a hoax, and they never went to court – prompting speculation that the case was settled privately.
The Prince has admitted fathering two other children out of wedlock – Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, who is now 30 and the result of Albert’s affair with an American estate agent, and Alexandre Coste, 18, whose mother is a former Togolese air hostess.
Both children were struck off Monaco’s line of succession in return for financial settlements.
Charlene told France’s Point de Vue magazine last January: ‘When my husband has problems, he tells me about it. I often tell him, “No matter what, I’m a thousand percent behind you. I’ll stand by you whatever you do, in good times or in bad”.’
