The Monaco Grand Prix was held on Sunday, all part of the late-May society and event schedule centered around the South of France and Monaco. Rich people and celebrities go to the Cannes Film Festival and then they stick around for the Monaco Grand Prix. Then they spend the rest of the summer on their yacht, hopping from port city to port city on the Mediterranean. But I digress. These are some photos from the Monaco Grand Prix, hosted (as always) by the principality and Prince Albert.
This is one of the few events on Princess Charlene’s calendar which she just cannot miss. Her absence at the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time Prince Albert’s office admitted that she was in South Africa and had been there for some time. At last year’s Grand Prix, Charlene debuted her choppy pixie cut, which was then dyed platinum blonde. I didn’t mind the cut and I still believe she’s used her hair as a way to get under Albert’s skin, because he clearly prefers her with long, blonde hair. Well, this might be worse – she’s keeping the pixie cut but now it’s dyed… brown. GASP.
I actually think Charlene looks fine as a brunette. She looks fine as a blonde too, but she stands out more as a blonde. Brown hair suits her, but it also makes her look more “normal,” if you know what I mean? I also wonder if this color is closer to her natural color. Her dress at the Grand Prix was Akris and it was a good look. She changed into a black-and-white one-sleeved Valentino look for the reception after the Grand Prix.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- NO TABLOID – TT.SS.HH. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, King of Malaysia Abdullah Shah, Andrea Casiraghi, President of FIA Mohammed Ben Sulayem, attend the prizes ceremony of the 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco won by Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso finished 2nd and Esteban Ocon is 3rd.,Image: 779904563, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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- NO TABLOID. 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco Gala. TT. SS. HH. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco Gala.,Image: 780011295, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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- NO TABLOID. 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco Gala. TT. SS. HH. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco Gala.,Image: 780011577, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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- NO TABLOID. 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco National Anthem Ceremony. TT.SS.HH. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco National Anthem Ceremony with Andrea Casiraghi, King Abdullah Shah of Malaysia and all the drivers before the start of the race.,Image: 780012115, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO TABLOID, Model Release: no, Credit line: David Niviere / Avalon
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- NO TABLOID. 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco National Anthem Ceremony. TT.SS.HH. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco National Anthem Ceremony with Andrea Casiraghi, King Abdullah Shah of Malaysia and all the drivers before the start of the race.,Image: 780012263, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO TABLOID, Model Release: no, Credit line: POOL / Avalon
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- NO TABLOID. 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco National Anthem Ceremony. TT.SS.HH. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the 80th Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco National Anthem Ceremony with Andrea Casiraghi, King Abdullah Shah of Malaysia and all the drivers before the start of the race.,Image: 780012310, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO TABLOID, Model Release: no, Credit line: POOL / Avalon
Both dresses are beautiful.
LOVE them 😍
Me too, they are both lovely!
Me three!!
Any time I see Charlene, my heart breaks a little more for her. She is obviously unhappy and is simply staying so that she can be in her children’s lives. Albert is an awful human being with what he has done to her since before their wedding! I’m still pissed that the French authorities allowed Alberts bullies to take her back to Monaco against her will. Charlene is stuck to living with Albert until the children become of age. Instead her soul is being destroyed a little more each day.
I really like her hair color. Her clothing, however, is hideous.
Same. The hair is very flattering. The dresses are awful.
I’ve often wondered if her “poor” fashion choices were a way to get back at that troll she’s married to.
Love the brunette pixie – and her outfits! She looks healthier and happier than she has in years. And I love seeing a European royal who takes risks with her hair and outfits.
+1
I love the black manicure!
This is honestly the healthiest i’ve seen her look. I really like the brown on her it seems to give her face a bit of colour.
I hope she’s also actually feeling better
Gorgeous! I think the brunette looks so much better than the blonde.
Shout out to her wearing the rainbow dress on the podium to stand next to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem who has been pushing for stricter and stricter regulations around athletes and teams being “political” (aka wearing rainbow flag helmets or adding rainbow decals to cars in Saudi Arabia). Love her.
Yes, wearing a rainbow dress on a F1 podium, where it will be broadcast around the world🔥 Excellent!
That said, I prefer the cut of her other dress. Charlene looks much healthier and the brown hair suits her.
Love the rainbow message so much!
I agree on the hair and ooh yes on the dress! I hadn’t made the connection, go Charlene.
Overall she looks so much healthier, it’s great to see.
I was thinking of her pride dress, as well, but I was afraid to be vocal about it. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who saw it as a pride statement and her brilliance at using the event to showcase her support!! Go Charlene!!
As an F1 fan: YES to this. Mohammed Ben Sulayem also has issues with women, so I hope her rainbow dress really stuck in his craw.
Thanks for pointing that out! It’s one way she can make a statement without saying a word. I got distracted by the (gasp) black nailpolish. The brown hair suits her and she looks healthier than we’ve seen her in a long time.
Did you see the side eye she gave Mohammed Ben Sulayem?! Also how he stood far away from her to avoid being photographed next to her rainbow dress.
Yes, agree on the great hair color, and I want to believe the choice of dress was a deliberate message. Good for her.
i really like her as a brunette. I think it complements her skin tone very well. i like the daytime dress but not the Valentino.
She looks healthy and I think the color is nice on her. She’s controlling what she can and that’s her look right? Both dresses are a little too drapy but I like what’s she’s going for. He looks rumpled per usual.
Princess Charlene seemed so overwhelmingly unhappy.
She does look better as a brunette. And she does look like she’s put on some much needed weight. I feel so bad for her. She always looks so unhappy. I hope at least her children bring her joy.
She looks utterly miserable. Like she wants to hurl when antywhere near Albert.
That man destroyed her. She looks better but she still has an aura of sadness.
The salon and dress store still can’t get the stench of trapped woman off of her.
I hope karma actually helps that woman out some day in a spectacular way.
Also, my god. If how she looks is the only thing she can control….. someone has some seriously small dick energy.
I think she looks great, and that the hair color really suits her. Love the rainbow dress the most!
Agree with all above who say she looks better than she has in a long time. I prefer blonde, but she’s gorgeous no matter what. The dresses are both beautiful and thanks for the tip above about the rainbow dress event! 🌈
The color suits her better. Really makes her look younger.
Her brown hair is so beautiful! I think the blond is nice but the brown doesn’t wash her out. I am so relieved to see her looking healthier.
Thought I’d be the only one that loves her hair color. She looks good to me. Healthy. I liked the evening dress more than the daytime one, though both look super comfy.
She always looks sad and depressed.
I noticed the rainbow dress as support right away. 👍
I like her short hair style, color looks good on her.
I hope she is doing better.
Albert looks like he has lost some weight in these photos.
You are right he does look a bit leaner. He seems less intense as well. I am probably being silly but maybe his constant strain was due to some degree of concern for his children’s mother’s health. Not a normal amount maybe, but just a touch of concern
@WHYFORTHELOVEL – “not the normal amount…. Just a touch…”
Oh. That was a sic burn. Thank you for that. It gave me a good chuckle.
She is a beauty and has that wonderful swimmer’s body. I quite like her brown hair a lot, but I suspect she can pull off just about any look she cares to.
Don’t like the hair or the dresses, but appreciate the rainbow colors. She looks fine overall. Albert looks like he lost a little weight and looks a bit more pulled together than he usually does. Everyone always says she looks so sad but think that’s how her face settles.
I don’t like the brunette. It makes her look pale and washed out, and it adds to the impression that Albert and his cabal of Monegasque grey men succeeded in subduing her.
(Also, Albert is a similar unattractive man like Prince William. Grace Kelly took her looks back too.)
I agree, I think she looks kind of gray-ish. Although, she looked worse in the photos I saw on DM, than in the photos posted on this site. She looked very disconnected on those other pics.
I watched the race and the ceremony, and she looked absolutely miserable. She only had small, small smiles and just looked so sad. I felt so bad for her, and I wish her the best.
The new hair is lovely though.
I love it all. She looks comfortable, confident, and powerful.
I still do not understand why Albert insisted/forced her to go thru with the wedding.
This woman tried to run 3x, Albert had her stopped and took her passport. She openly wept at their wedding ceremony.
How was this ever a good idea?
Why not simply issue a statement, calling off the wedding?
Albert was young enough to find another woman willing to marry and have legit heirs.
Now 2 children and decades later she constantly appears deeply unhappy at every public event.
They both must be truly miserable. And their kids do not look happy in public either.
Prince Albert could have his nieces or nephews attend the PR events, if Charlene does not want to be in public.
Let this woman move into a separate home, see her children daily, and have some peace in her life. Geez.
Is Charlene dealing with chronic depression or something difficult to treat? Before their marriage are there photos of her and Albert in which she looks happier? I know they were together for a few years, and he had a love child with someone else during those years.
Monaco is a tax dodge and vacation country for the wealthy.
It is a tiny municipality, not even a country.
W&K might dislike each other these days but compared to A&C, they are lovebirds in public.
100%
“ W&K might dislike each other these days but compared to A&C, they are lovebirds in public.”
I do not care for the cut of either gown on her. The gowns themselves are fine, but the necklines on both are unflattering shapes with her broad shoulders.
I kind of liked her blonde hair, but the brown is flattering. She doesn’t look miserable, but she does look uncomfortable.
Albert has a personal wealth of $1B+.
I just read a book about Grace and Ranier. Wow. That is some family history Monaco has going.
“The Grimaldi curse” I had no idea about how Ranier and his sister fought. The sister was jealous that she was first born but Ranier would rule bc Male.
Grace Kelly really “saved” Monaco. Her marrying into that family brought Monaco a lot of wealth, popularity, etc.
Monaco rulers in line of succession would be Albert, his legit son, his legit daughter (the twins) then their offspring, if they have none, then Caroline’s children and the line would go down thru their offspring.
Caroline and Stephanie were both hunted by the paps for years. The N’tl Enquirer tracked them weekly.
Their grown children seem to be much less in the public eye.
Interesting to me that the Grimaldi family and the Kennedy family no longer seem to be top level celebs.
It’s true. Charlotte C was at the Met gala and it got practically no attention. A beautiful daughter of one of the most photographed princesses of her time and granddaughter of a legendary American actress.
She is looking healthier. She was so thin a year ago, now her weight seems normal. I like the brown hair but don’t like the dresses. I just feel badly for her.
She looks really good as a brunette.