{"id":418000,"date":"2026-01-17T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418000\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:28:07","slug":"palace-issues-update-as-prince-undergoes-medical-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418000\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace issues update as Prince undergoes medical procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/645570_6440731_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Palace issues update as Prince undergoes medical procedure\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Palace issues update as Prince undergoes medical procedure<\/p>\n<p>The Princely Palace of Monaco has shared an update about Prince Albert&#8217;s health as the royal underwent medical procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The palace announced that the Prince experienced &#8220;a scheduled, short medical procedure on his scalp and face to treat a benign condition.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Jan. 16, the palace said that the 67-year-old sovereign prince underwent a scheduled dermatological procedure on his scalp and face to treat a benign condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Princely Palace reports that, as part of a routine dermatological follow-up, H.S.H. Prince Albert II underwent a scheduled, short medical procedure on his scalp and face to treat a benign condition,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The procedure required a few stitches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They added: &#8220;The Sovereign Prince\u2019s schedule of activities continues as normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albert has reigned as Monaco\u2019s head of state since April 2005, when he took the throne following the death of his father Prince Rainier III.<\/p>\n<p>The prince marked the 20th anniversary of his accession in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Albert and his wife, Princess Charlene, share twin children Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, 11.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Jacques is the heir to the throne and follows his father in the direct line of succession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Palace issues update as Prince undergoes medical procedure The Princely Palace of Monaco has shared an update about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-418000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}