On the evening of December 5, 2025, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, accompanied by Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, officially inaugurated the 2025 Christmas Village on the Port of Monaco. The Christmas Village will remain open until January 4, 2026. This year’s theme is ‘To the Land of Teddy Bears’. The event has been organised by the Monaco Town Hall’s Entertainment Department since 1999.
Monaco’s Princely Family Inaugurates 2025 Christmas Village (VIDEO)
Chloe Kids Leopard Print Jacket
Maybe it's only me, but even if it is fake fur (it is), I don't know if it is the best of ideas for a child to wear this kind of animal pattern. It has just so many ungood repercussions. At first I thought it must be one of Charlene's jackets on Gabriella, but it is is meant for children. - Jacques is getting more and more attractive - I admit I never found him overly good looking, I mean: just a normal child, but his face changed so much lately, as if everything cleared up and found its final place in his face, he looks very nice now an friendly looking too. Charlene is her ever elegant self with a beautiful scarf - a pity that less and less women seem to wear silk scarfs - though they make you feel cosy and warm in the cold season too, it does not have to be a tent wrapped around one's neck.
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حذفI knew the moment I saw Gabriella's jacket that there would be someone that thought a child shouldn't wear it. Here we are, the first comment. No one would be confused as to whether this is real or faux fur. The print has an exaggerated look and the color is atypical, not to mention that almost all the royal families have stopped wearing real fur. I don't understand the problem. Catherine wore a faux fur collar to Together At Christmas and no one had a problem with it. Charlene's coat has a faux fur collar, Jacque's jacket has faux fur trim around the hood, and there is a woman in a full fur faux coat visible in photos 6 and 9. You make no mention of any of that fur. Is it because Gabriella is a child, because it is an animal print, both or neither? There are a lot of brands that have similar faux leopard jackets for girls. I could put link after link to show you. I see a little girl that is wearing trendy yet age appropriate clothes. She has coordinated the collar of her jacket and her boots. I suspect she has a say in what she wears and she is a budding fashionista. I look forward to watching her style develop as she gets older.
Now the most disturbing part of your comment--you are discussing the physical appearance of A CHILD! It is so, so bad when the physical appearance of an adult is judged, but a CHILD? Regarding Jacques, you "never found him overly good looking" but now it is "as if everything cleared up and found its final place in his face". So glad you think "he looks very nice now and friendly looking too". I'm afraid to know what you decided his personality was up until today. These are children, thrust into a very public role. They have no control over their birthright or their physical appearance. No one could ever expect children to love having to appear in public, interact with crowds of people and pose for photographs that will be published worldwide. That is an enormous amount of pressure for anyone, but especially a child. Now throw in comments like yours. Can you not imagine the harm remarks like yours can cause? Even if Jacques and Gabriella don't read this themselves, they could have friends at school whose parents see it and mention it (this blog is seen internationally) and it could actually get back to the children. How do you think a child will handle criticisms when it is difficult for adults to develop a thick skin? Try to imagine a stranger making similar remarks about your child, grandchild, niece or nephew. It would cut like a knife. Now imagine how your child would feel to hear what people were thinking about their perceived unattractiveness. Absolutely shocking and unacceptable remarks!
Lastly and most unimportantly, you lament that less and less women wear silk scarves because "they make you feel cosy and warm in the cold season." May I remind you that that is the exact reason faux fur is worn? Faux fur is nothing more than a type of fabric, just like silk.
This winter the boutiques are full of fake fur made of polyester. One can find these coats and jackets as well for adults as for kids. It is normal when kids see these clothes they want to have a jacket or coat like this. They know it is not made of the skin of real animals, because it is a subject of which they heard at school and if you are a caring parent you have to tell your kids that wearing real fur is not done anymore, just like it is not done to damage nature in other ways.
حذفI don’t like it when commenters go after each other for their opinions about outfits, but to say that you didn’t find a young boy “overly good looking” is quite disturbing. I’d suggest that you keep comments on adults only.
حذف@15:34 Oh come on - you must have had a bad day if you act out your woke outrage at this length.
حذفIt seems the child has a special fondness for a certain little creature and longs for a jacket that reflects it. In wearing it, they are able to bring their joy to life, to share a piece of their imagination with the world, and to carry a touch of wonder with them throughout their day.
حذفBeautiful princely Family.
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22:35 your comment is unnecessary. Referring to a stranger’s thoughts here as “woke outrage” is disrespectful.
حذفa young boy “overly good looking” is disturbing.
حذف@ Anonymous 15:34
حذفYour comment is so true and well articulated but I do not think it will resonate with someone for what it really means.
Fathoming/ elaborating meanings seems to be an inaccessible practice to someone's mind.
That's why I decided not to comment on posts anymore because it would be like talking to deaf walls in most cases.
It is just an enormous waste of time.
Disturbing and toxic remarks are produced by disturbed minds and that's all.
Unfortunately, nothing can change them and deeply rooted old age schemata make it all so much worse in some cases.
Some people really overreact. Personally not at all bothered by fake fur jacket (or even real fur if it's old like the jackets worn by some of the Scandinavian royals). Nor does it bother me to see Jacques referred to as a good looking child. He is, as is his sister. I'm sure she has been described as a lovely little girl. Much more concentring is the reaction of people like Anon 15 34.
حذفLa semaine dernière 2 petites filles ont offert un bouquet à Charlène, c'est petites filles portaient des vestes léopard et personne n a relevé.
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حذفJ'ai vu aussi ces enfants. C'était probablement aussi des vestes en polyester. Tout ce qu'on peut faire à l'heure actuelle. On dirait de la vraie fourrure. La vraie fourrure léopard vient d'un animal protégé. Il faut déjà être très décadent pour habiller ses enfants dans du vrai léopard, même si c'est fait à partir de vieilles fourrures.
C'est pourquoi personne n'a réagit car tout le monde sait que cela ne peut être qu'une imitation.
But that’s ok Froufrou. Different people may read here on different days, or notice certain characters here in photos more than others. If a princess wears something it’s more likely to be seen and commented on.
حذفToute la famille princière est vêtue chaudement pour cette inauguration - Très mignonne
ردحذفGabriella dans cette veste à l’imprimé léopard dont je remarque l’originalité de son col !
Très beau blouson polaire porté par Gabriella.
ردحذفJe vais vous rassurer :Ce blouson est 100% polyester.
Jacques est effectivement très beau:Il a un doux visage.
Il me fait penser à un petit ange.
Belles images de famille chaudement vêtue.
Je ne crois pas que la petite princesse Gabriella porte grande attention à son manteau imprimé motif d’animaux. Lorsque j’étais enfant je portais un chapeau et manteau de vraie fourrure tout comme ma mère d’ailleurs, et il ne m’est jamais venu à l’esprit que je portais de la fourrure d’un animal, pour moi il s'agissait tout simplement d' un manteau. Autre temps autre mœurs.
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Moi je portais un manteau en laine avec un col en renard que ma maman avait fait faire à partir d'une étole qui avait appartenu à ma grand-mère. Je me réalisait très bien qu'il s'agissait de la peau d'un animal mort, car je me rapellait qu'à l'étole de ma grand-mère il y a avait aussi les pattes du renard.
حذفAnon 1641, my grandma had a fox stole as well with the little feet. She lived in a very cold climate and in those days animal skins were worn to keep warm, this was well before synthetic fabrics existed. Perhaps it was the fox that got into the hen house. For me patterned animal skins never appealed to me, perhaps because it is exotic.
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حذفIn my country synthetic fabrics were slowly available just after WWII. I suppose you ment "well before synthetic fibres were used to make coats and jackets in faux fur". As a child I had my first coat in faux fur (it was called teddy in those days) when I was 6 or 7 years old, but it was not warm. It was originally made to use as lining in woolen coats for children. I was wearing it over a thick sweater and trousers. Some mothers made also blankets of that material to cover the other woolen blankets of the children's bed during winter.
Sans doute que le style de leurs tenues est lié au thème décoratif indiqué au début du texte "Au pays des ours en peluche", ce qui explique les encolures des manteaux de Charlène et de son fils, et l'aspect "jouet en peluche" pour la veste de Gabriella. Le choix n'est sûrement pas un hasard.
ردحذفCela dit je ne partage pas leurs goûts.
La coiffure et le maquillage de Charlène sont parfaits, son sourire est charmant. Paloma.
Nicely dressed, for me I do not see the allure of wearing faux fur animal print. It’s okay but not for me. Love the scarf that Charlene is wearing.
ردحذفpersonalmente non mi interessa che a Lei non piace indossare della finta pelliccia, altre Persone la pensano diversamente a me va bene cosi.
حذفLe mouton retourné de la Princesse Charlène est bien chaud. J'ai eue également un manteau brun chocolat en mouton retourné pendant des années. A la fin la couleur était devenue rousse et je l'ai donné dans un magasin de vêtements de récyclage. Par contre la veste de la Princesse Gabriella en polyester n'est pas très chaude. Il faut porter en dessous un gros pull bien chaud et des sous-vêtements thermiques, sinon on crève de froid. Le seul avantage des fourrures artificielles c'est qu'elles sont très légères à porter. Mon vieux mouton retourné par contr était très lourd à porter. Quand on veillit on ne supporte plus les vêtements lourds.
ردحذف@Anonymous6/12/25 11:22
ردحذفGanz ruhig und ausatmen!!!!
Das sind noch KINDER!!!
Kinder sollen ihre eigene Identität und ihren Raum in dieser Welt finden UND sich entwickeln dürfen!!!
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Keep cool!!!!
Both are still CHILDREN!!!
Children should be allowed to find AND develop their own identity and place in this world!!!
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Restez calme!!!!
Ce sont encore des ENFANTS !!!
Les enfants devraient avoir le droit de trouver ET de développer leur propre identité et leur place dans ce monde !!!
Oui, à condition qu'ils sont bien guidés à l'école et à la maison.
حذفJa, op voorwaarde dat ze goed begeleid worden op school en thuis.
I agree; it would be wonderful if more women here in the U.S. became interested in wearing lovely scarves (scarves seem to be much more of a wardrobe staple in Europe). There are so many gorgeous colors and patterns, in all fabrics and price ranges — one doesn’t have to be a princess to afford one (although I imagine that Charlene’s is probably of the finest quality and priced accordingly). With regard to animal print faux fur, I hope that, as we who remember the days when real fur was worn routinely leave the scene, and as the killing of animals for their fur becomes (hopefully) more and more a thing of the past, animal prints and faux fur will gradually cease to be associated in people’s minds with cruelty, but like botanical prints, will be seen as simply celebrating the beauty of nature. — Jane
ردحذفIm glad that someone else other than myself that has stood up to the targeted negative opinions of the few. Well done to her. Think kindness before commenting
ردحذفCharlene and Jacques are wearing real fur. And even when it was fake fur, can people for once please understand that it does not matter when you wear real fur or not, because most people do not know whether it is real or not, you just should not promote it, is it that difficult to understand?
ردحذفDo you think that most people are stupid ? People can see the difference between real fur or not and those who can't are usually not interested in clothes and garments.
حذفThe coat of Princess Charlene is sheepskin (mouton retourné). Sheep like cows are killed for food. Their skin is used to make all kind of goods or do you prefer to destroy these materials ?
حذف@Anonymous7/12/25 07:25 I prefer to not eat animals at all, like I do.
حذفAnd yes, i had a problem with Catherine wearing a fur collar yesterday!
ردحذفMaybe you should be interested in how faux fur is made. There are different qualities in this material just like there are different qualities in wool and cotton. If you are interested in everything that is made of recycled material, maybe the polyester we find everywhere can be recycled in the production of faux fur. A challenge for young industrial companies.
حذفI love the chocolate brown coat, combined with the brown colored silk scarf, lovely. The children look lovely.
ردحذفWhat a lovely and magical evening they spent at the Christmas Fair/Market. It has to be said,that Monaco has gone all in. I’m sure HP Jacques and Princess Gabriella were enchanted by it all. It must have been a chilly night in Monaco, the family are wrapped up looking cosy and warm. I for one am not irked by faux fur. It adds a layer of warmth on a chilly Winter evening.
ردحذفPrincess Charlene looks lovely. Her hair and makeup is perfect. The brown highlights her hair coloring. Prince Albert looks a very proud husband and Dad.
Lowri.
What lovely look, the children must have had a growth spurt. Love both of their outfits. So nice to see the family together. I wish them the very best, for Christmas and the New Year.
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OMG they have grown so much this last year 😱
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