Princess Charlene of Monaco says her twins are “inexhaustible”
Alison Bough
Alison Bough
Mum, sportswoman and philanthropist, Princess Charlene of Monaco, has opened up about raising her twins who she says are “adorable and inexhaustible.”
The 39-year-old royal mum told Paris Match that her two-year old twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabrielle, are at a demanding age and sometimes leave her exhausted,
“They are at an incredible age where they make demands on you without stop. They want to know everything, understand everything, they ask me thousands of questions.
They’re at an age when what they live and learn prepares them for the rest of life.”
Princess Charlene, a former Olympic swimmer for South Africa, is currently training for an upcoming charity swimming challenge. The Monaco-to-Nice paddle board and waterbike event will take place across open seas, and Charlene says her training schedule frequently involves her son and daughter because “being away from them is unimaginable.”
“At two years of age, they already know all the swimming pools in the principality where they train with me regularly.”
The stunning princess, who retired from competitive swimming in 2007, admitted that raising twins is both a joy and a challenge,
“They want to try everything and bump into things all the time. One day, Gabriella had a huge bump. And while I was caring for her, I saw Jacques banging away with tight little fists on the desk where she’d hit her head, shouting, ‘bad table!’
He’s very protective of his sister. And nothing is ever either one’s fault. They support and comfort one another.
I can spend hours watching them play. They’re adorable and inexhaustible, which sometimes leaves me exhausted.”
