Monaco’s Prince Albert to marry girlfriend Charlene Wittstock

If she takes up swimming again, she won’t be able to wear her engagement ring in the pool – she’d surely sink.

Prince Albert of Monaco has proposed to South African former swimmer Charlene Wittstock – giving her a ring that more than makes up for his reputation as an eternal playboy.

The royal palace said in a statement that the engagement was announced today between the 52-year-old prince and 32-year-old Wittstock.

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