LONDON: Princess Charlene of Monaco tried to flee home to South Africa three times before her “arranged marriage” to Prince Albert at the weekend, it was alleged yesterday.
The former Charlene Wittstock, 33, reportedly made her first escape attempt when she travelled to Paris in May to try on her wedding dress.
During the visit, she “took refuge” in her country’s embassy in the French capital, sources in Monaco said.
The French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche went on to report that later in May, Charlene made a second apparent attempt to escape, during the Monaco Grand Prix.
Then, last week, royal officials are said to have confiscated her passport en route to Nice airport. She was then persuaded to go on with the marriage.
Sources said the Monaco palace had hoped the glitzy wedding would “overshadow” new claims about secret children fathered by Albert, her new husband. – Daily Mail