- Gave birth to twins (her 1st & 2nd children) at age 36, a daughter Princess Gabriella Thérèse Marie, Countess of Carladès & a son Jacques Honoré Rainier, Hereditary Prince of Monaco on December 10, 2014 at Monaco's Princess Grace Hospital via C-section. They have 2 minutes difference in birth and 2nd & 1st in line to the Monegasque throne. Children's father is her husband, Prince Albert of Monaco.
- Moved to South Africa aged 12.
- Upon her marriage, she will gain two sisters-in-law: Princess Caroline of Monaco and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco and four nieces and three nephews: Andrea, Charlotte, and Pierre Casiraghi, and Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Louis and Pauline Ducruet, and Camille Gottlieb.
- Her father, Mr. Michael Wittstock, was born in 1946 and is a sales manager. Her mother, Mrs. Lynette Wittstock (1959), is a retired swimming instructor. Charlene has two brothers: Gareth (1982), a computer technician and Sean (1983), a sales rep.
- In 2000, her team came in fifth at the Sydney Olympic Games. That same year, she won the gold medal for the 200m backstroke event at the "Marenostrum" international swimming meeting in Monaco. This is when she met Prince Albert for the first time; he was presiding over the international competition.
- In 1996, at 18, she won the South African Championship.
- Upon her marriage, she will gain two step-children: Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Alexandre Coste.
- Moved to Monaco 2007 and lived first in an apartment.
- Engaged to Prince Albert of Monaco on 23 June 2010.
- Civil marriage ceremony conducted on 1 July at 5pm in the Throne Room of the Palace of Monaco. Religious marriage ceremony conducted on 2 July at 5pm in the Main Courtyard of the Palace of Monaco. The wedding dinner took place on 2 July at the Opera Garnier and on the Terraces of the Casino.
- Her wedding ring is an 18 carat white gold platinum by Cartier. During the civil ceremony, the bride wore a light blue jacket and pants by Chanel. During the religious ceremony, her wedding dress was by Armani. The wedding dress took 2,500 hours of work.
- After the wedding, the couple went to South Africa for a meeting in IOC, Prince Albert is a member of IOC. After that, the couple went to Vamizi Island in Mozambique for their honeymoon.
- Her title in German is Fürstin von Monaco and in Swedish is Furstinna av Monaco.
- Her brother Gareth and his wife Roisin live in Monaco.
- Prince Albert is one year older than her mother Lynette.
- In 2013, she became the first Princess of Monaco to be granted 'le privilège du blanc' (privilege of the white) by the Vatican prior to her audience with Pope Benedict XVI. Women are typically required to wear a black dress and veil when meeting the pope, but the Vatican occasionally permits royal women from Catholic-majority countries to wear white.
- Upon her marriage, she became the first Princess of Monaco since Grace Kelly, who died in 1982.
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