シャルレーヌ公妃、モナコ国外で治療中か　極度の疲労で

【ニースＡＦＰ＝時事】モナコのアルベール２世公（６３）の妻、シャルレーヌ公妃（４３）が、極度の疲労により国外の非公開の場所で専門治療を受けていると、公室筋が２３日、ＡＦＰに明らかにした。（写真はモナコで、建国記念日のミサに参加するアルベール２世公とシャルレーヌ公妃）
　匿名を条件に取材に応じた同筋によると、シャルレーヌ公妃は母国の南アフリカに数か月間滞在した後、今月モナコの家族の元に戻っていたが、再び同国を離れたという。
　公妃が先週、公室最大の年中行事である建国記念日の式典に欠席したことで、夫妻の結婚生活や公妃の健康状態をめぐり、新たな臆測が広がっている。
　アルベール２世公自身も、ピープル誌に対し、シャルレーヌ公妃がモナコ外での治療を必要としていると明かしていたが、同妃の健康問題の詳細には言及していなかった。
　アルベール２世公が同誌に語ったところによると、公妃は「肉体的にも精神的にも明らかに疲弊していた。ストレスを受けて公務や生活全般、家族との生活にさえも向き合えなくなった」という。
　公妃のモナコへの帰国については、最初の数時間は「かなり順調」だったが、その後、不調が見て取れるようになったと明かした。
　さらに、「これはわれわれの関係とは何の関わりもない」と夫婦関係をめぐるうわさを否定し、問題は「別の性質のもの」だとした。
　また、がんや新型コロナウイルス感染症、あるいは美容整形に関連しているのではないかとする懸念は退け、公妃は「信じ難いほどの疲労感」にさいなまれ、食事も十分に取れず「体重が激減した」と説明した。
　南アフリカ代表の水泳選手として五輪出場経験を持つシャルレーヌ公妃は、２０１１年にアルベール２世公と結婚。今年の南ア滞在中に耳鼻咽喉科の感染症による合併症で倒れ、９月に現地で手術を受けていた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/11/24-13:15）

Princess Charlene of Monaco, the wife of Prince Albert II, is receiving specialised treatment for extreme fatigue at a confidential location outside the principality, a source close to the palace told AFP on Tuesday.
The source, who asked not to be named, confirmed that Charlene was no longer in Monaco after returning to her family earlier in November following months away in South Africa.
Her absence from Monaco's annual national day last week, the biggest annual event in the palace calendar, had fuelled new speculation about the state of the couple's marriage and also new concern over her health.
Princess Charlene has been away from Monaco for a little while. She has been admitted to a specialised establishment following great fatigue linked to her weakness, the source said, without giving further details.
Prince Albert had himself told People magazine that Charlene, 43, had needed treatment outside of Monaco but did not go into details about the nature of her health problems.
She was clearly exhausted, physically and emotionally. She was overwhelmed and couldn't face official duties, life in general or even family life, he told the magazine.
He added that Charlene's return to Monaco went pretty well in the first few hours, but then it became pretty evident that she was unwell.
- 'We miss you Mommy' -
Albert, 63, also dismissed rumours about their marriage, saying this has nothing to do with our relationship and the problem was of a different nature.
He rejected concerns that her problems were linked to cancer, Covid or even cosmetic surgery, saying she was suffering incredible fatigue and had also lost a lot of weight after not eating well.
Charlene needed surgery in South Africa in September after collapsing as the result of complications stemming from an ear, nose and throat infection
Albert presided over the national day this weekend without Charlene but with their six-year-old twins Gabriella and Jacques both present.
The pair held handwritten messages reading We miss you Mommy and We love you Mommy that were clearly visible to cameras as they stood in front of a waving Albert from the palace balcony.
The former South African Olympic swimmer married Prince Albert in 2011, after first appearing with him at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Initially hailed as a fairytale match for a prince long described as the world's most eligible bachelor, rumours have dogged the couple ever since they married.
There were claims, denied by the royal palace, that Charlene had tried to vanish on the eve of the wedding.
Albert is the son of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, an American film star who died in a car accident in 1982.