Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco.Photo: PLS Pool/Getty Images
Princess Charlenewill be back in Monaco “very shortly,” according to her husband.
Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE,Prince Albertsays he anticipates doctors in South Africa will clear his wife to travel within days. Current plans, he says, call for her return in the coming weeks.
“She’s in good form and much better spirits,” he shares. “She will be here way before [Monaco’s] National Day, November 19.”
“Way before,” he emphasizes.
The prince, 63, says he hopes his wife, 43, will be able to accompany him earlier on a planned November 13 trip to Dubai’s World Expo, but he cautions, “we’ll make that decision at the last minute.”
Princess Charlene of Monaco.SC Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty
Monaco’s princess, who shares 6-year-old twinsPrince JacquesandPrincess Gabriellawith Albert, has been medically “grounded” in her homeland of South Africa since mid-May after experiencing a severe ENT (ear, nose and throat) infection that she said made her unable to equalize pressure and prevented her from flying above 20,000 feet.
“Obviously she misses the children,” her husband tells PEOPLE of his and Charlene’s private conversations. “And they miss her. We all miss her.”
According to Albert, a sign-off from her medical team, expected in the next few days, is all that is required to allow her return to the palace home she shares with her husband and their children.
Prince Albert, Princess Charlene and twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella.SC Pool - Corbis/Getty Images
On Tuesday, Charlene shared an update of her own, revealing onInstagramthat she was mourning the death of one of her beloved chihuahuas.
“My little Angel died last night, she was run over. I will miss you so much, Rest In Peace,” she wrote, adding a broken heart emoji next to a photo in which she is giving the dog an affectionate kiss.
The princess’s prolonged absence from Monaco led to numerous tabloidreports concerning the state of the royal couple’s marriage. Both parties have consistently denounced these allegations as false.
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Hopes for an earlier return were delayed when the princess collapsed in early September after surgery and wasbriefly re-hospitalized. Just a day before that news broke, Albert told PEOPLE his wife was"eager" to return home.
She has subsequently recovered and earlier this month publicly repeatedher intention to return to Monacoas soon as she is able.
source: people.com
