Monaco Royal Family Christmas card 2021.Photo: Princess Charlene/Instagram
The Monaco royals took a different approach to this year’s Christmas card.
On Tuesday,Princess Charleneshared her family’s Christmas portrait on her personalInstagrampage. The illustration shows Charlene in a yellow gown posing with her husband,Prince Albert, in front of a Christmas tree. Standing with them are their 7-year-old twins,Prince Jacques(who holds a silver bell) andPrincess Gabriella(holding a gold ornament).
“Wishing everyone a beautiful and safe festive season all my love ❤,” Princess Charlene, 43, captioned the post.
The Monaco royals have been known forglamorous Christmas photosin years past, dressing in their best formalwear with elegant decorations all around. (Although Prince Albert, 63,showed off his silly sideon Christmas Day last year, sporting a head-to-toe red getup for the holiday, including reindeer glasses and a Santa hat.)
Monaco royal family’s Christmas card 2020.Monaco Royals
Last month, Prince Albert said his wife wasreceiving treatment outside of Monacoafter suffering profound “exhaustion, both emotional and physical.”
Princess Charlenereturned to Monaco in mid-Novemberafter being “grounded” in South Africa for six months over medical issues and several surgeries.
Just days after, however, a joint statement from the palace announced the princess wasexperiencing “profound general fatigue"that forced her to withdraw from public activities, including Monaco’s traditional National Day ceremonies.
Princess Charlene broke her silence on social media earlier this month tocelebrate her children’s birthday.
The photo showed a “countdown party” at midnight (a birthday tradition for the family of four) in Monaco’s palace. The royal twins wore matching pajamas with a mille-feuilles (“a thousand pastry leaves”) cake shaped like the number 7 with “Joyeux Anniversaire (Happy Birthday) Prince Jacques Princess Gabriella” written in icing.
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“Happy birthday my babies,” she wrote on Instagram. “Thank you God for blessing me with such wonderful children. I’m truly blessed. Love mom.❤️”
source: people.com
