King Charles joked with Prince Albert of Monaco about their days as bachelors, the prince revealed. Albert opened up about the royal’s long friendship during an interview with Monaco Matin and recounted one of their conversations from the Coronation weekend. Charles hosted foreign royals and dignitaries at a reception at Buckingham Palace following the Coronation ceremony earlier this month.
Prince Albert, who is married to Princess Charlene, revealed what the two spoke about at the celebrations, joking about their days as bachelors and “travelling companions”.
He said: “I congratulated him and he reminded, especially Princess Charlene, that we are old travelling companions, funerals and weddings since most often to attend these ceremonies, you have to enter two per to and we were single. So we were often put side by side”.
The royal also said the pair spoke about the environment and climate change, a cause they are both passionate about.
“Even if he can no longer express himself as often as he used to, these subjects are close to his heart,” Albert added.
Prince Albert was the first European royal to confirm his attendance at the King’s Coronation, reflecting the close relationship the two have shared over the years.
Ahead of the celebrations, he said the King was a “very educated man and someone with a great sense of humour” .
He told People: “I’m certain that it’s going to be an incredible ceremony and a very moving one.
“I’m certain His Majesty will add his own “personal touches” to the ceremonies, but what those will be, I’m sure I don’t know.’
Albert was also in attendance at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September last year.
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The attendance of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene was the first time in history a Monegasque Prince has attended the coronation of a British Monarch.
It was Pierre de Polignac, the father of Prince Rainier III, who represented Monaco at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953,
Albert and Charlene joined around 2,000 other guests in Westminster Abbey for the officially crowning of the new King and Queen.
Royal families and politicians from around the world joined the congregation alongside members of the British Royal Family.
