The Qatar World Cup is in full swing, and the Qatari royal family who are watching the match has also attracted everyone's attention. Among the royal families of various countries, there is a swimmer who married into the royal family and became a famous commoner princess.
The current Princess Charlene of Monaco, known as the South African mermaid, is a former swimmer and participated in the Sydney Olympics.
Born in Zimbabwe, Charlene Vestok began practicing swimming at the age of 3 to a swimming and diving instructor.
He moved to South Africa at the age of 12 and won the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke at national competitions.
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Charlene represented South Africa and finished fifth in the women's 4X100m medley relay. He finished sixth in the 200m breaststroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships and won several gold medals in the Swimming World Cup.
Also at the Commonwealth Games. He and his teammates won a silver medal in the relay.
Charlene officially retired in 2007 as she prepared for the Beijing Olympics.
During a swimming competition in Monaco in 2000, Charlene met Prince Albert of Monaco.
Monaco is located in southwestern Europe, and the mother of Prince Albert II is the famous Hollywood actress Grace Kelly. Albert II is a sports enthusiast who served as president of the Monaco Swimming Federation and attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Charlene and Albert II announced their relationship in 2006, officially married in 2011, and Charlene gave birth to twins in 2015.
Princess Charlene has a beautiful appearance, and the various changes in her hairstyle are also eye-catching, which is very personal.
When he was an athlete, he was enthusiastic about public welfare, worked as a coach, and taught poor children to swim.
There will be no fairy tale of eternal happiness in reality, and there has been a lot of news about Charlene's marriage from before marriage until now.
But Charlene has always kept beauty and grace in the arena and in public.