The Prince and Princess of Monaco celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary last week, and in their honor, we’ve got a look at a recent pearly appearance to celebrate sea preservation—and some of Charlene’s interesting ocean-themed wedding jewels.
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco headed to the entrance hall of the Ministry of State for the official opening of “Preserving the Mediterranean,” a new exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the RAMOGE Agreement. They were joined by representatives of the Monegasque, French, and Italian governments at the event, including Monaco’s Minister of State, Christophe Mirmand.
The exhibition commemorates the signing of the agreement, which is a shared commitment to protect the region’s marine and coastal environment, in the throne room at the Prince’s Palace in 1976. The agreement takes its name from the three names of the initial area of protected waters, which spanned from Saint-Raphaël in France, through Monaco, and east to Genoa in Italy. Later, the protected area was expanded, encompassing waters from west of Marseilles all the way to La Spezia in Liguria. The agreement was one of Prince Rainier III’s signature achievements.
Prince Albert shares his father’s passion for preserving the world’s oceans and seas, and Princess Charlene, an Olympic swimmer, is dedicated to educating the public about water safety.
For the couple’s visit to the exhibition, Charlene wore a red, white, and blue tweed dress from Beulah London, paired with classic pearl stud earrings.
As usual, her only other jewelry accessory was her pear-shaped diamond engagement ring, made by Repossi, worn on her left hand.
On July 2, Albert and Charlene celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary. When Albert was planning a suite of bejeweled gifts for his new wife, their mutual love for water was certainly on his mind. For their wedding reception, she wore a new diamond aigrette from the wedding gift collection, made for her by Lorenz Bäumer. The tiara is meant to resemble the foamy spray rising off the crest of an ocean wave.
We saw Charlene make another rare appearance in the diamond aigrette recently, when she wore it for the National Day gala last November.
Albert also commissioned a second tiara for his new wife. The convertible jewel, which can also be worn as a necklace, was made by Van Cleef & Arpels. It also features ocean wave designs, rendered in diamonds and bright blue sapphires. Charlene’s only prominent appearance so far in the tiara setting of the jewel came in 2014, when she wore it for a photoshoot for Hola!.
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