Princess Charlene debuted a new pixie haircut this week: flattering or fug?

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A few days ago, Princess Charlene debuted a whole new look during a visit to the Red Cross station in Monaco. Charlene had longish hair (like, shoulder length) when she married Prince Albert back in 2011. Then about a year into her marriage, she went dramatically short, with a haircut, style and color that I always thought looked a lot like Princess Diana’s circa 1996. Then Charlene had her twin babies last year, and it seemed like she was growing her hair out to a sleek bob. But no more. Now she’s got a Mia Farrow-circa-Rosemary’s-Baby haircut.

What are we calling this? Is it just a classic pixie cut? I think so. Charlene went from Princess Diana’s hair to Mom Hair and now she’s got Audrey Hepburn’s haircut. Or Mia Farrow’s in Rosemary’s Baby, whatever you want to call it. While I’m really not a lover of pixie cuts on most women, I kind of think Charlene is pulling it off. But what does her husband think?

As sovereign of Monaco, Prince Albert has lots of experience with diplomacy. So when it comes to his stylish wife Princess Charlene and her super-short new haircut, his views are perfectly calibrated. Asked whether she sought his advice before making the chop, he replies, “I knew that she wanted to do that, and I think she looks great with short hair,” he told PEOPLE in an exclusive new interview just before Monaco’s National Day on Thursday.

“It was the end of summer and she was doing a lot of activities with the kids,” he explains. “It’s more like she walked into the room and said, ‘What do you think?’”

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I kind of love that Charlene doesn’t consult him. My theory is that their marriage is SO much stronger now that they have the babies. I think the pressure is off for them, and now Charlene just does whatever she wants and it doesn’t seem like she and Albert even live in the same place all that often. The haircut might not even be that recent, it’s just that Albert hadn’t seen her in weeks and Charlene doesn’t come out to many events, so she can go months without being photographed. Anyway… yeah, I doubt Albert cares that much about her hair. But I do think it looks cute-ish.

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