A wind of complicity blows on the rock of Monte-Carlo. This Monday, January 22, Charlene and Stéphanie of Monaco were seen particularly closewhile they participated in the fourth edition of the Fight Aids Cup. Indeed, at the start of the week, the Grimaldi clan went to the Louis-II stadium to follow an organized football match in favor of the association created by Stéphanie de Monaco. For twenty years, this association works against the financial and psychological distress and isolation of people with HIV. Four years ago, Louis Ducruet, son of the princess, decided to join the association and put his passion for football at its service.
This is how the first charity football match saw the light of day in 2020. On January 22, 2024, Prince Albert’s team, the Barbagiuans, therefore faced that of its sister, Cirque FC, in the presence of certain AS Monaco players and Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc. Alongside her husband and her sister-in-law, Charlene was present for provide support. This gesture did not fail to move Stéphanie of Monaco, who, just before kick-off, made a point of greeting her brother’s wife hugging him warmly. A rare moment of complicity between the two women.
The princess’s team, crowned big winner
The south of France also felt the drop in temperatures, forcing Charlene and Stéphanie to dress warmly. The mother of Jacques and Gabriella, who remained in the stands, wore a long black down jacket reaching down to her feet. Her sister-in-law, for her part, was dressed in a thick red sweatshirt and a black turtleneck. Together, they attended the victory of Cirque FC, arousing the great joy of Stéphanie de Monaco. The day concluded with a charity gala dinner in the hotel Fairmont of Monte Carlo. For the occasion, the captain of the Cirque FC team, who is none other than the son of Princess Stéphanie, swapped his football jersey for an elegant tuxedo decorated with a bow tie, as revealed our colleagues from the magazine She.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias.
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