Monaco’s Princess Charlene and Prince Albert make first civic appearance since pregnancy announcement, couple attends annual CGI meeting and other events

By Staff Writer

Sep 24 2014, 04:53 AM EDT

Prince Albert and wife Princess Charlene are in New York City as they attend a series of important events this week, making their first public and overseas appearance since announcing the princess' pregnancy.

Princess Charlene socialized with various personalities from business, government, civil society and philanthropy as they attended the 8^th Annual Clinton Global Citizens Awards, hosted by former US president, William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, former first lady and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton, on September 21, 2014, Sunday, at the Sheraton Times Square in New York City, reports Vogue.

According to an article by Hello, the Monegasque royals attended Monday the plenary session of the 10^th annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Focusing on the theme "Reimaging Impact", the three-day conference (from September 22 to September 24) convenes world leaders to develop and implement pioneering solutions to the world's most pressing problems.

On September 23, Prince Albert met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other global leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit 2014.The Summit, according to the United Nations, serves as a public platform for leaders at the highest level - all UN Member States, as well as finance, business, civil society and local leaders from public and private sectors - to catalyze ambitious action on the ground to reduce emissions and strengthen climate resilience and mobilize political will for an ambitious global agreement by 2015 that limits the world to a less than 2-degree Celsius rise in global temperature.

Princess Charlene will take the opportunity of her stay in New York to attend the 7th Annual World Focus on Autism on Thursday, September 25, according to official news released by the Prince's Palace of Monaco. The event will be co-hosted by by Suzanne and Bob Wright of Autism Speaks, a partner of CGI and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the spouse of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Princess Charlene, a South African former Olympian, and Prince Albert II of the House of Grimaldi are expecting their first child by the end of the year.