Prince Albert confesses Princess Charlene royal wedding was 'not an easy' journey

The couple tied the knot over three days, including a concert by the Eagles, a civil ceremony in the palace's Throne Room, and a religious ceremony. The reception at the latter saw Prince Albert make a heartfelt speech to his new bride in which he acknowledged their relationship was "not an easy" journey.

Grace Kelly's son began dating the former Olympic swimmer in 2005 after first crossing paths at the Mare Nostrum swimming meet in Monaco in 2000. However, Charlene had to relocate her life from South Africa to Monaco and Albert had to deal with multiple paternity claims before they tied the knot.First, former flight attendant Nicole Coste claimed she shared her son Alexandre with Albert, which was confirmed by a paternity test in 2005.

"Not having had that figure around, I missed that. It's wonderful that it happened when it did, and we've been enjoying a great relationship ever since." Charlene said in an interview with The Times: "Everything was just so overwhelming and there were all the mixed emotions because of the rumours, and obviously the tension built up and I burst into tears ."And then I burst into tears some more because I was thinking "Oh no, now the whole world has seen me cry"'.

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