{"id":544173,"date":"2026-03-16T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/544173\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:09:10","slug":"prince-albert-ii-and-princess-charlene-back-charity-for-struggling-rugby-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/544173\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene back charity for struggling rugby players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 13 March 2026, the ballrooms of the Four Seasons Hotel George V hosted the second edition of the Provale Solidarit\u00e9 Charity Gala.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Albert II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2026\/03\/in-pictures-prince-albert-ii-turns-68-amid-a-historic-year-for-monaco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the eve of his 68th birthday<\/a>, and Princess Charl\u00e8ne attended this event for the second consecutive year, organised by Provale, the national rugby players\u2019 union. Established to address the difficulties faced by rugby players (injuries, financial problems, sudden career changes), the Provale Solidarit\u00e9 endowment fund has now established itself as a pillar of solidarity in French sport.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ss-second-gala-provale-charite-25-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Second gala Provale Charit\u00c8 - 2026Second gala Provale Charit\u00c8 - 2026\" class=\"wp-image-342676\"  \/>\u00a9 Sara Steck\/Palais princier<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ss-second-gala-provale-charite-52-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342690\"  \/>\u00a9 Sara Steck\/Palais princier<\/p>\n<p>Over 300 guests, record-breaking auction<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the Prince and Princess, over 300 guests attended the event, including Princess Charlene\u2019s brother, Gareth Wittstock, as well as numerous rugby personalities such as \u00c9mile Ntamack and Philippe Saint-Andr\u00e9. The highlight of the evening was the charity auction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ss-second-gala-provale-charite-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Second gala Provale Charit\u00c8 - 2026\" class=\"wp-image-342671\"  \/>\u00a9 Sara Steck\/Palais princier<\/p>\n<p>Among the most sought-after lots were tickets for the 2027 Rugby World Cup final in Australia, donated by the Prince and Princess, VIP invitations to the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, a pair of Mike Tyson\u2019s gloves and a helmet belonging to racing driver Fernando Alonso. A total of \u20ac123,500 was raised, according to Provale\u2019s president, Malik Hamadache, all of which will be dedicated to supporting players in need.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ss-second-gala-provale-charite-24-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342680\"  \/>\u00a9 Sara Steck\/Palais princier<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2026\/03\/in-pictures-prince-albert-ii-attends-commonwealth-day-celebrations-in-london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In pictures: Prince Albert II attends Commonwealth Day celebrations in London<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since 2025, Princess Charl\u00e8ne has been the patron of Provale Solidarit\u00e9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2024\/11\/princess-charlene-appointed-head-of-monegasque-rugby-federation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President of the Monegasque Rugby Federation<\/a>, she spoke during the evening to highlight the importance of athletes\u2019 mental and physical wellbeing after their careers. At her side, Philippe Sella, ambassador for this year\u2019s event and a former international with 111 caps, emphasised how the sudden end to a rugby career can have a lasting destabilising effect on those who have dedicated their lives to the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On 13 March 2026, the ballrooms of the Four Seasons Hotel George V hosted the second edition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,116584,760,85],"class_list":["post-544173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-prince-albert-ii","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544173","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=544173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}