Princess Charlene of Monaco will mark her 43rd birthday with quiet celebrations
Prince Albert, 62, said they will enjoy an intimate family affair for big day today
Comes amid claims Prince Albert is facing a paternity suit over a third love child
Days ago Princess Charlene made her first comments since allegations arose
The mother-of-two said she has the greatest respect for her loyal husband
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Sources in the Mediterranean principality say Charlene has had a terrible year as lawyers for the billionaire couple brace themselves for the court case that opens in Milan in February.
Albert, who already supports two illegitimate children, is alleged to have had a relationship with a 34-year-old Brazilian woman which resulted in a daughter in on July 4, 2005.
The claim, which his lawyers dismissed as a hoax , is particularly painful as he was dating Charlene at the time, having met the former Olympic swimmer in 2000.
Albert received a handwritten letter from the child, who is now 15, in September this year reading: ‘I don t understand why I grew up without a father, and now that I have found you, you don t want to see me.’