Princess Charlene undergoes successful surgery for an infection

Princess Charlene of Monaco has had surgery to deal with an ear, nose and throat (ENT) infection she contracted in May, with a palace source telling AFP Saturday the operation “went very well.”

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PRINCESS CHARLENE’S SURGERY IN SOUTH AFRICA

The operation in South Africa on Friday was performed under general anaesthetic, and “is the last she had to undergo following her ENT infection. She will be under observation for 48 hours,” the source said.

Zimbabwean-born Charlene, 43, has been living in her home country of South Africa for much of this year and was joined there by Prince Albert and the couple’s children following a previous operation in August.

But in early September she was rushed from the lodge where she had been staying to hospital, after collapsing due to complications linked to her serious ENT infection, her foundation said at the time.

She was treated then under a pseudonym at a hospital in Durban.

PRINCESS CHARLENE’S EXTENDED STAY IN SOUTH AFRICAN

The former South African Olympic swimmer married Prince Albert II in 2011, but her extended stay in South Africa this year has stoked speculation the pair may be headed for divorce.

Albert, 63, is the son of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, an American film star who died in a car accident in 1982.

On Friday October 8 Prince Albert II and Princess Caoline attended the change of command of the Monaco Fire Brigade which took place in the Cour d'Honneur of the Prince's Palace in attendance also HE the Minister of State, high Monegasque authorities and military families. pic.twitter.com/iWVQomB3Sv

— Queen Maxima and Royal Ladies (@vaninaswchindt) October 8, 2021

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