On Monday, August 7, 2012, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco was at the Olympic Stadium in London to present medals to the winners of the Women’s Pole Vault Final.

Ms. Jennifer Suhr of Team USA won the gold while Ms. Silvia Yarisley of Team Cuba won the silver.  Ms. Yelena Isinbayeva of Team Russian Federation won the bronze.

In other news, the sovereign prince attended the Men’s Triathlon yesterday morning to cheer on Mr. Herve Banti of Team Monaco.  Mr. Banti came in 49th place with a time of 1:52.42.

And, finally, tonight the sovereign prince may attend the highly anticipated Women’s Gold Match in Beach Volleyball.  Why?  Well, according to the sovereign prince he is a big fan of Beach Volleyball and has been to several matches during these Summer Olympic Games.

Anyway, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings will compete against April Ross and Jen Kessy.  If you haven’t figured it out by now the match is Team USA vs Team USA.  Or, as many have been referring to the upcoming match “The SoCal Showdown”.

Good luck to both teams!   🙂

On the evening of August 3, 2012, Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco attended the Bal de la Croix-Rouge Monégasque held at inside the Salle Des Etoiles at the Sporting de Monte-Carlo. Also, in attendance were dozens of Monégasque government officials, Mr. Gareth Wittstock and his beautiful girlfriend, Roisin, the sovereign prince’s cousin, Mr. Chris Le Vine and his lovely wife, Baroness Elizabeth-Anne de Massy and her daughter, Melanie-Antoinette, Camilla of Bourban-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro and her husband Charles as well as hundreds of heavily tanned billionaires and millionaires with incredibly white teeth.

Guests paid up to 1,000 Euros to attend this famous gala ball which raises money for the Red Cross.  The theme this year is “technological contemporary” (what ever that means) with the Salle des Etoiles decorated in “… black, red and white tones.”  Apparently, over 8,000 black roses as well as white orchids filled the entire room.  Amazing!   🙂

This years musicals guests include former drug addict and now sober, Boy George, and an acoustic set by the aging rock band The Scorpions to name a few.  Also, during tonight’s ball there was a “…tombola… the top prize a diamond encrusted brooch by Repossi…” according to the Monaco Times.

Enjoy watching Prince Albert boogie on the dance floor whilst lip syncing to Hues Corporation’s “Rock the Boat”   🙂 

On Wednesday evening Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco visited Deutsches Haus in London along with former Olympic swimmer and close friend, Ms. Franziska van Almsick.

The two friends visited Deutsches Haus to celebrate the accomplishments of Team Germany so far in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games… if that makes any sense.

Other guests who attended last night’s party included German government officials, Tennis star Boris Becker, and Team Germany gymnast Marcel Nguyen who just won the silver medal in the Men’s Individual All-Around to name a few.

Click here to watch a news clip. 

Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco were back at the Aquatic Center in London on August 1, 2012, to enjoy eight swimming heats.  

The princely couple watched with much interest as South African swimmer, Ms. Suzaan van Biljon, competed in the Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semi-Finals.  She finished 3rd with a time of 2:23.21.  

Thereafter the Men’s 200m Individual Medley began with South African swimmer Chad Le Clos participating.  He finished 5th with a time of 1:58.49.

On July 31, 2012, Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco was at the Aquatic Center in London to watch various swimming competitions.  The one event that everyone was anticipating, including the princess, was the Men’s 200m Butterfly Final.

The best of the best competed:  Michael Phelps of Team USA, Takeshi Matsuda of Team Japan, Yin Chen of Team China, Pawl Korzeniowski of Team Poland, Tyler Clary of Team USA, Dinko Jukic of Team Austria, and Chad Le Clos of Team South Africa.

Anyway, before the race began many believed one of the greatest athletes ever, Michael Phelps, would win.  He didn’t.  The winner was Chad Le Clos of Team South Africa with a time of 1:52.96.  Mr. Phelps came in at 1:53.01.

So yeah… Princess Charlene was there to cheer on Chad’s amazing swim along his family, friends, and dozens of Team South Africa fans.  Oh and Prince Albert was there as well as members of the Grand Ducal family of Luxembourg including Comtesse Stéphanie de Lannoy.   🙂  

Congrats to Chad!   🙂

Interview with Chad whilst in Monaco. Begins at the 6:09 mark

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