2023-08-23 22:02:27
Charlene of Monaco mourns the loss of Derek Watts, a longtime family friend.
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Princess Charlène doesn’t have it easy at the moment. Now her boyfriend Derek Watts has died at the age of 74.
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Charlene is mourning the loss of Derek Watts, a longtime family friend. The well-known investigative journalist and presenter died of lung cancer at the age of 74. It was Derek Watts who announced Charlene’s pregnancy via Twitter and revealed that she was expecting twins.
While the palace has been making headlines in recent days and rumors have been circulating about the princess moving to Switzerland, Charlène now has to accept a loss: her boyfriend Derek Watts died on August 22nd. He was a well-known investigative journalist and presenter of “Carte Blanche”.
She publicly honored him on the Princess Charlène Foundation SA Instagram page, where posts are carefully selected. “His legacy in the world of broadcasting and his contributions to various causes will always be remembered. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this time. Rest in peace, Derek,” one reads next to a photo of Derek Watts.
Albert’s wife trusted Derek Watts. So it was he who was allowed to announce her pregnancy with twins on Twitter. The information did not come from Charlène herself, but from her father Michael Kenneth Wittstock, with whom Watts had been friends since school.
After a skin cancer diagnosis announced in June 2022, the 74-year-old stated in June 2023 that the cancer had spread to his lungs.
Watts leaves behind his wife and two children.
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