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
Princess Charlene at the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden in June 2013
Princess consort of Monaco
Tenure	1 July 2011 – present
Born	Charlene Lynette Wittstock (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 47) Bulawayo, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe)
Spouse	Albert II, Prince of Monaco ​ ​ (m. 2011)​
Issue	Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco
Father	Michael Kenneth Wittstock
Mother	Lynette Humberstone
Occupation	Swimmer
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Early life

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.