Prince Albert and Princess Charlene's Relationship - Part 2

[LadyMacAlpine]

Originally Posted by amad1108

thank you i was looking for that even he said they talk on the phone befor.

Yes, he did right in the press along with her family talking to them all the time. I don't understand it myself that Albert has stayed with her all this time because he's always claimed his private life is his private life and doesn't like to talk about it but she is allowed to. Due to protocol she isn't supposed to be talking to the press so your guess is as good as mine as to why she being allowed to get away with it since day one in 2001 then it beginning again in Turin when she said it was a great place for lovers. You wouldn't catch me saying that to the press. I've seen it in a press that she says she can't talk about her relationship to them but that's proof she does. Her trainer also did some talking.

[stellam]

I like Pr Albert but by heaven I wish he woukld make a decision one way or another, marry Charlene or send her packing. There is no way Charlene will leave on her own, she will hang in there and milk the situation for all she's worth until he makes a decision. His sisters won't put any pressure on him because they don't have rosy pasts either. I cannot believe that a Sovreign Head of a Principality can have such loose morals. Stringing women along, having children out of wedlock, boggles my mind. Andy, Andy, come on make a decision be a man!

Stellad

[Moonmaiden23]

Originally Posted by LadyMacAlpine

I had the link saved on my pc I'll look for it unless some beats me to it I know I did a translation of the article as I do with any I post that aren't in English. I think it was on the old thread. It was during some ski event then they went bob sledding if I remember correctly.

My meeting with Charlene

LMAO..oh my!! Thank you LadyM! This reporter just sounds smitten, going into raptures about Ms Wittock's "strong handshake" versus that of Letizia of Spain. And CW gushed that it was "nice to meet him in person" so either she has been chatty with him or she is following his articles about her in Bunte. Can she read German??

I am going to go on record right here and now...IF CW becomes Princess she will want this guy and all the other journalistic hacks out of her life pronto! Remember Diana Spencer and how she charmed the Press before her marriage so that they nearly bullied Prince Charles into marrying her? Then after the wedding they "made my life REAL HELL" until she wanted to manipulate them again.This all feels like deja vu somehow. We'll see!!

[olga101]

Originally Posted by stellad

I like Pr Albert but by heaven I wish he woukld make a decision one way or another, marry Charlene or send her packing. There is no way Charlene will leave on her own, she will hang in there and milk the situation for all she's worth until he makes a decision. His sisters won't put any pressure on him because they don't have rosy pasts either. I cannot believe that a Sovreign Head of a Principality can have such loose morals. Stringing women along, having children out of wedlock, boggles my mind. Andy, Andy, come on make a decision be a man!

Stellad

I think we just have to accept that PA has no qualms (maybe not regrets) about how he leads or has led his lovelife. There must have been other personalities similar. Up until the wedding bells chime he has treated them equally.

What I think is most admirable is that he recently made a rather proud-sounding statement that he has children. Of course he also said he was just having fun at the present.Who knows? According to developmental experts t children is the epitome of adulthood. A culmination of our existentialism.Some of us downplay the children in search of hypeing a relationship. It all remains to be seen.

[rominet09]

"That he was just having fun at present" He is 50 Please !

[Lozange]

What if the odds are so against CW in a way, that resorting to the media is the only leverage she has facing a man who gives her no clear signals? She has no family in Monaco, no friends of any influence who can call PA to task on this. Unlike Diana, she is not remotely in that sphere of influence. Who does CW really have, on her side?

[hibou]

Originally Posted by Lozange

What if the odds are so against CW in a way, that resorting to the media is the only leverage she has facing a man who gives her no clear signals? She has no family in Monaco, no friends of any influence who can call PA to task on this. Unlike Diana, she is not remotely in that sphere of influence. Who does CW really have, on her side?

She should not have put herself in the position she has by basically moving in with him. She has no job and thus really is at his beck and call. If I were her I would have left for SA. If he loves her he will do what Prince Harry did and go after her. If he doesn't then she knows where she stands. Most women at this point either agree to the relationship the way it is or they leave. As for PA even his own advisers and friends have not been able to influence him over the years. She has spoken to the press from the very first date and then at Turin, and it has continued through out this relationship. Really when you look at it she is her own worst enemy in that sense. Trying to make Albert look like a cad doesn't seem to have worked either. Let's face it, if she had never spoken to the press, we would only be discussing her hair, make up and clothes because the magazines would have nothing else to write on from "leaks" either. JMO

[Bahamagirl]

Hi everyone, someone mentioned that if Prince Albert was really in love with Charlene and his protocol was not as stringent he might have been married to her now and Rainier would have met his Grand children by Albert. She also mentioned that Albert would not have met Nicole and I guess end up with Alex. Just for information Albert was currently dating Nicole when he met Charlene. I think that Alexander is one of the best things that he has ever done in his life. He needs to be a mature man and raise Alex properly and find himself a suitable wife, and stop looking like a joke who happens to be a Head of State.

[Lakshmi]

Originally Posted by olga101

What I think is most admirable is that he recently made a rather proud-sounding statement that he has children. Of course he also said he was just having fun at the present.Who knows? According to developmental experts t children is the epitome of adulthood. A culmination of our existentialism.Some of us downplay the children in search of hypeing a relationship. It all remains to be seen.

Do you refer to that interview that Albert gave a few weeks ago in Germany, while he was skiing. Journalist asked some questions about prince's life. Then, this journalist asked him something like:"with all the respect but 50 y.o bachelor after wife and children" and PA answered:"I'm father already; it was'nt the way I wanted, but yes I'll be father again". I doesn't sound for me like a proud father rather regreting something and hoping to have more kinds, probably the way he wants. Oh and nosy reporter asked in next quesion something like:""will be charlene a mother of those children?" and Albert:"stop; I will not talk anymore"
Any remark Albert makes about Charlene makes reporters more and more curious about this weird relationship.

[goody7058]

What relationship he don't have one with Charlene she just a woman who go with Albert when he need her. It funny about the fact he wanted a another child but didn't say anything about marry. I don't think he regrets having kids out of wedlock it how they came out.

[rominet09]

It is not a weird relationship... why "weird" ? He is not obliged to say openly what he thinks

[rosalee]

She has said she wants to have children? When? Where?
And it does not take a map to look friendly to children from time to time. And there is no real broken protocol if she is friendly with them at events. Yet, I don't think I have seen a photo of her even smiling at one or bending down to say hello to one all this time? Nothing like Princess Grace was. Does anyone have any articles which show where the HEART of this women is?
ANYTHING?

Thank you!

[rosalee]

I checked that Bunte translation. She is called "fiancee" in Bunte often?

Looking at the pictures. It is said that people try and marry people who mirror them in appearance. They have very similar facial features. It's like recognizing one's self, I guess? Their lips, chin, nose, eyes ...

[olga101]

Originally Posted by Lakshmi

Do you refer to that interview that Albert gave a few weeks ago in Germany, while he was skiing. Journalist asked some questions about prince's life. Then, this journalist asked him something like:"with all the respect but 50 y.o bachelor after wife and children" and PA answered:"I'm father already; it was'nt the way I wanted, but yes I'll be father again". I doesn't sound for me like a proud father rather regreting something and hoping to have more kinds, probably the way he wants. Oh and nosy reporter asked in next quesion something like:""will be charlene a mother of those children?" and Albert:"stop; I will not talk anymore"
Any remark Albert makes about Charlene makes reporters more and more curious about this weird relationship.

Yeah, you got a very good point. And thats exactly how I took it to be at first. (But then here we are as per usual, caught up in his reluctance and double talk about letting people as well as his women feel sure ab out his thoughts)

Perhaps its my long journey since May 2005 of hoping. Seeing how that whole year the denials, blames, the "private" legal paper, sounding like he would never consider seeing Alex--that he is rumored to be seeing him. A certain grapevine.

And in that comment in Germany, he definitely is saying that he does not prefer the out of wedlock situation (like who forced him) and plans to have an heir to his throne.

But I guess the difference I saw was that he was not hedging,hemming and hawing, "blame those women,etc " but said I do have children.

[rosalee]

Well, I guess if they are happy right now. This is life and they are living it.
I am happy for anyone who does that.

[Lozange]

There's nothing like that perfect state.

How it will change the public perception of Monaco as a lightweight nation, get PA and his policies to be taken seriously, deter the slippery slope back into that "place in the sun for shady people" where a certain laissez-faire (et prenez mon throne tant qu'a y etre) reigns supreme is simply... irrelevent! Because they are happy, oblivious and taking the high road... to where?

[rosalee]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lozange
.. PA must definitely have a blindspot for his women's fashion statements, let alone his girlfriend's many other statements in the media. Why does he set such a low bar for the Principality's image? Is it self-sabotage?

I know a couple with about the same age difference. He is VERY wealthy and successful and high profile. She was just someone around town. A nice woman, someone he found very pretty and bright! She has her flaws, but he really doesn't see/focus on any of them.

Money is no issue with him either. He would rather spend ALL his money on her than be alone without her. He would rather have her babbling to people about their private life (I am surprised how much personal detail she shares and with whom and how liberally!!?) than be without her. And she usually ends up fighting by herself because his nature is SO sweet that he just sits and listens while she vents. He loves being with her and being seen with her and having her around during his lows and highs. They have been married for over ten years now, he is 68 and she is 48, and seem very happy together. He has made most of the compromises, but he never saw them that way. He just really loves her and wants her to be happy and accepts her the way she is. He also did not want to be alone or "looking".

Maybe PA really just loves Charlene? This would not be a fatal flaw. But his heart's desire? And maybe he loves how he feels with her around and how he feels his immediate colleagues and family respond to her. She seems a LOT better than some of the people he has brought home and less into her career, so less for her to lose should they marry. She has little limelight of her own and no real past to discuss.


I am thinking, like the rest of us, he might not always have made the best decisions, but I think he really is following his heart and head with this girl. She is still around and he seems to REALLY be taking care of her. This has to mean something. Whether for the short term or long term. I would like to give PA credit for being true to himself. And he waited until both his parents were gone to at least have this chance.

And his father married an actress, the granddaughter of a potato farmer. Still Monaco rose upwards! Maybe Albert is not so different from his father? Into simple women who can help what he foresees for his country? I am not sure any of us really know what his vision is? And maybe she really fits into it so much so that he went and reconnected with her after his father died?

[Lozange]

I think I replied to this in pointing out that it points to a relationship of convenience though PA is neither too old to really stop believeing in true love. Though I worship PG like everyone else, though it may have worked for this generation, it might be a good idea to take a break from intermarriage with non-royals, IMO.

Originally Posted by rosalee

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lozange
.. PA must definitely have a blindspot for his women's fashion statements, let alone his girlfriend's many other statements in the media. Why does he set such a low bar for the Principality's image? Is it self-sabotage?

I know a couple with about the same age difference. He is VERY wealthy and successful and high profile. She was just someone around town. A nice woman, someone he found very pretty and bright! She has her flaws, but he really doesn't see/focus on any of them.

Money is no issue with him either. He would rather spend ALL his money on her than be alone without her. He would rather have her babbling to people about their private life (I am surprised how much personal detail she shares and with whom and how liberally!!?) than be without her. And she usually ends up fighting by herself because his nature is SO sweet that he just sits and listens while she vents. He loves being with her and being seen with her and having her around during his lows and highs. They have been married for over ten years now, he is 68 and she is 48, and seem very happy together. He has made most of the compromises, but he never saw them that way. He just really loves her and wants her to be happy and accepts her the way she is. He also did not want to be alone or "looking".

Maybe PA really just loves Charlene? This would not be a fatal flaw. But his heart's desire? And maybe he loves how he feels with her around and how he feels his immediate colleagues and family respond to her. She seems a LOT better than some of the people he has brought home and less into her career, so less for her to lose should they marry. She has little limelight of her own and no real past to discuss.


I am thinking, like the rest of us, he might not always have made the best decisions, but I think he really is following his heart and head with this girl. She is still around and he seems to REALLY be taking care of her. This has to mean something. Whether for the short term or long term. I would like to give PA credit for being true to himself. And he waited until both his parents were gone to at least have this chance.

And his father married an actress, the granddaughter of a potato farmer. Still Monaco rose upwards! Maybe Albert is not so different from his father? Into simple women who can help what he foresees for his country? I am not sure any of us really know what his vision is? And maybe she really fits into it so much so that he went and reconnected with her after his father died?

[rosalee]

Lozange, I see your point. But then who would he marry? Is there someone who is single who would make a good partner? Did PG ever suggest anyone for him while she was alive? I know she did with Caroline.

R.

[Lozange]

It is a mark of some degree of laziness when a man falls back on women rather than seek one that suits him. At least that's the impression he gives. I don't imagine him having to have given great chase for any mother of his children or for Charlene either. I'm not sure what PG might have suggested but there are no shortage of female royals. If he is as much an idealist as he would have us believe, his choice of mate contradicts that.

Originally Posted by rosalee

Lozange, I see your point. But then who would he marry? Is there someone who is single who would make a good partner? Did PG ever suggest anyone for him while she was alive? I know she did with Caroline.

R.