Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Charlene, Princess of Monaco^[1] (born 25 January 1978), is the wife of Prince Albert II. She is a former Olympic swimmer.

Charlene was born at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, She is eldest child of Michael Wittstock and Lynette Wittstock, Wittstock family also from Germany. She have two brothers is calling as Gareth and Sean her family, Her brother is a coffee house businessman in Monaco, Another brother as a promotions and events businessman in South Africa. Her great-great-grandparents is a emigrated to South Africa from the Pomeranian village of Zerrenthin in northern Germany in 1861 to escape hardship. In South Africa, the Wittstocks worked as handyworkers and unsuccessfully prospected for diamonds.

She studied at Tom Newby Primary school in Benoni, South Africa.

Titles and Styles

25 January 1978-1 July 2011

1 July 2011 Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco

National Honours

Monaco: Knight Grand Cross of Order of Saint-Charles (16 November 2012)

Monaco: Recipient of the Medal for Physical Education and Sports, First Class (1 July 2011)

Foreign Honours

France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (6 June 2025)

Italy: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Italy (28 July 2014)

Malta: Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Saint John (22 April 2025)

Poland: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (28 September 2012)