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Grace of Monaco

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by Robinson, Jeffrey


  Browning, Elizabeth Barrett,

  318

  Bunte magazine, 284

  Café de Paris, Monaco, 1, 109, 172, 314

  Callas, Maria, 104, 110–111

  Cannes Film Festival

  America and, 32–33

  Grace (1955), 33–34, 35–36,

  47

  Capital punishment, 231

  Caroline, Princess

  accident/mother’s death and, 239, 268, 269–270, 271, 272, 280, 324

  birth/title, 119–120

  childhood, 7–8, 14, 114, 121, 122, 123, 125–126, 127, 200–201, 213–214

  children and, 235, 236–237, 239–240, 283

  children’s births, 207, 283

  Connaught Hotel incident, 199–200

  education, 121, 201

  father’s death and, 312

  on friends/friendship, 206–207

  hair loss, 241

  interests, 237–238, 239

  Junot, Philippe/wedding and marriage, 201–205, 304

  languages and, 7–8, 128–129

  magic show and, 179–180

  official duties, 188, 235–236, 239, 283

  personality, 121, 201, 213,

  236

  press/paparazzi, 141, 143, 146, 202–203, 205–206, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241, 243, 284, 287

  Stephanie/accident and, 274, 324

  title with Ernst marriage, 243

  writing and, 237–238

  See also Casiraghi, Stefano; Ernst Augustus, Prince/King of Hanover

  Carroll, John, 166, 167–168, 169

  Casiraghi, Andrea, 207, 208, 247

  Casiraghi, Charlotte, 207

  Casiraghi, Pierre, 207

  Casiraghi, Stefano

  background, 207

  death, 208, 209, 235, 251, 283, 304

  his family and Caroline, 236–237

  marriage to Caroline/children, 207–209, 283, 304

  Cassini, Oleg, 33, 161

  Charles III, Prince of Monaco, 56, 85, 226

  Charles, Prince of England, 64, 168

  Charlotte, Princess of Monaco (mother of Rainier)

  grandchildren and, 120

  as heir to throne and, 87, 93, 96, 97

  marriage/divorce, 50, 56, 87, 88, 89, 91

  work of, 87, 120, 133

  Chatelin, Charles, 269–270

  Christian Dior fashions, 218–219

  Christian (Princess Antoinette’s son), 301

  Christina, The (yacht), 102, 110

  Churchill, Randolph, 133

  Churchill, Winston, 66, 184–185

  Circus Festival, Monaco, 184, 194, 243, 256, 262, 312

  Clark, Petula, 169

  Coki, 27

  Connaught Hotel, London, 139, 199–200

  Connery, Sean, 8, 162

  Cooper, Gary, 5, 21

  Cosby, Bill, 189

  Coste, Éric Alexandre Stéphane, 322, 323

  Country Girl, The (movie), 23, 34, 161, 227

  Cousteau, Jacques, 97–98

  Coward, Noel, 164

  Crosby, Bing, 23, 161, 251

  “Curse of the Grimaldis,” 56

  Da Silva, Howard, 20

  Dahan, Olivier, ix

  Daily Nation, 285

  Daly, Tyne, 251

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 188–189

  de Gaulle, Charles and Rainier

  actions on tax conflict, 114, 115–116

  American bases/NATO and, 117

  description/personality, 99, 114–115

  taxes and Monaco, 8, 112–114, 115–117, 163

  taxes compromise, 116–117

  de Havilland, Olivia, 34, 39

  de La Fressange, Inès, 208

  de la Renta, Oscar, 72

  De Laurentiis, Dino, 105

  de Segonzac, Gladys, 34, 37

  Delon, Alain, 219

  Delon, Anthony, 219

  Deo Juvante II (yacht), 62, 63, 120–121

  Designing Woman (movie), 158

  Dial M for Murder (movie), 6, 22, 318

  Diana, Princess (Spencer, Diana), 54, 64, 168–169

  Domingo, Placido, 169

  Donat, Robert, 40, 44, 45, 50, 53–54

  Douglas, Paul, 20

  Dr. No (movie), 8

  Ducruet, Daniel

  background, 257

  Stephanie marriage/divorce, 257–258

  stripper/photos and, 258–260

  Ducruet, Louis, 257

  Ducruet, Pauline Grace, 257

  Duplay, Jean, 269

  Earl, Phyllis, 265

  See also Blum, Phyllis

  East African Standard, 285

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 95, 119, 296

  El Khoury, Khalil, 28, 182–183, 297

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 31, 65, 66, 242, 243

  Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England, 66, 167

  Ernst Augustus, Prince/King of Hanover

  Alexandra (daughter with Caroline), 283, 284

  background/description, 242

  Caroline before wedding, 240–241, 242

  Caroline marriage/children, 283–285

  Caroline/wedding, 243

  Chantal marriage/children, 241, 242

  divorce from Chantal, 242

  paparazzi and, 243, 284, 285

  split with Caroline, 323

  temper, 243, 284–285

  Evocations (Carroll), 167–168

  Farah, Empress of Iran, 178, 300

  Farouk, King/son, 297–299

  Father, The (play), 19–20

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 187

  Florestan, Prince of Monaco, 78, 191

  Foch, Nina, 223

  Fontvieille, Monaco, 194, 291

  Ford, Godfrey (Fordie), 15–16

  Ford, John, 5, 22

  Fourteen Hours (movie), 20

  France

  American culture and, 113

  Monaco’s history and, 50, 82–83, 85, 86

  See also specific individuals

  Franco-Monegasque treaty (1918), 50, 85, 114

  Francois “Le Malizia” (Frank the Spiteful), 82

  French Revolution, 83, 122

  Furstenberg, Ira von, 286,

  287–288

  Gable, Clark, 5, 22, 32, 200

  Gaither, Grant, 21

  Galante, Pierre, 34–35, 38, 39

  Garden Club of Monaco, 7, 154, 168

  Garden of Flowers, A (Princess Grace, co-author), 168

  Gardner, Ava, 5, 22, 31–32, 70–71, 160

  Ghibellines, 81–82

  Ghislaine, Princess, 95, 96

  Gottlieb, Jean-Raymond, 261

  Grace Kelly Film Festival, 169

  Grace, Princess of Monaco

  on acting career, 317–320

  adjustment to role, viii, 7, 123, 151–152, 159

  American furniture/reading material, 119, 157

  beatification and, 295

  car accident (late 1970s), 263–264

  clothing/best-dressed women lists, 155–156

  crafts interests (summary), 156

  description/personality, viii, 7, 150–151, 152–154, 153, 177, 179

  holidays (1981), 315–317

  hosting television series, 169

  languages and, 7–8, 137–138, 151, 156, 167

  letters/correspondence, 155,

  319

  MGM and film copies, 157–158

  miscarriages, 8, 131

  Grace, Princess of Monaco (continued)

  nonprofit artisan boutiques/

  organization and, 154

  office of, 4

  poetry readings, readings, narrations, 164, 165–168, 169–170, 265

  pregnancies/children’s births, 119, 120, 121, 136

  public recognition and, 159–160

  as regent, 120

  remembrance and, 309

  stamps honoring, 227

  Twentieth Century Fox board and, 164

  vision and, 152

  See also Kelly, Grace; Rainier and Grace

  Grace, Princess of Monaco c
ar accident (1982)

  accident description, 268, 274–277

  drive description, 267–268

  funeral/burial, v, 271–272, 273, 324

  gardener and, 276, 278

  Grace’s exhaustion and, 274–275

  Grace’s injuries/strokes, 268–270, 277

  investigation, 277–278

  morning of, 265–267

  press/rumors on, 276, 278–280, 281

  public response, 270–271, 273–274

  Stephanie on, 274–277

  Stephanie’s injuries/

  hospitalization, 268, 269, 272, 274, 276

  Stephanie’s reaction/impact, 214, 218, 223, 279–280, 304

  Grand Prix, Monaco, 185–186, 309

  Granger, Stewart, 23

  Grant, Cary, 6, 8, 23, 66, 184, 203, 213, 309

  Green Fire (movie), 23

  Grimaldi, Camille Marie, 261, 282

  Grimaldi, George, 302

  Grimaldi, Jazmin Grace, 323

  Grimaldis

  “Curse of the Grimaldis,” 56

  history overview, 81–83, 86

  royal relationships, 65–66

  See also specific individuals

  Guelphs, 81–82

  Guilaroff, Sydney, 69

  Guinness, Alec, 40

  Hamilton, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas, 65, 87

  Heiress, The (play), 19

  Henley Regatta, 12, 13, 15

  Henry VII, King of England, 65

  Hermitage Hotel, 2, 106

  High Noon (movie), v, 21, 22, 31, 316

  High Society, 9–10, 58, 59, 66, 251

  Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 83

  Hitchcock, Alfred

  background/description, 6, 317–318

  Grace Kelly and, ix, 4–6, 8–9, 10, 22, 23, 317–318

  Marnie/Grace and, ix, 4–6, 8–9, 10, 162–164

  See also specific movies

  Holden, William, 23, 161

  Hool, Lance, 212

  Hopper, Hedda, 161

  Hotel de Paris, 1, 2, 38, 94, 103, 105, 106, 108, 132, 133, 172, 178, 184, 185

  Hughes, Charles Evans, 85

  Hunter, Jeffrey, 20

  Identity cards, Monaco, 231–232

  Innocenti, Patrice, 208

  International Herald Tribune, 237

  Jeune J’ecoute, 239

  John Paul I, Pope, 294

  John Paul II, Pope, 294–295

  John XXIII, Pope, 294

  Jourdan, Louis, 40

  Journal-American newspaper, 55

  Junot, Philippe, 201–205, 304

  Kazan, Elia, 319

  Kelly, George, 16, 17, 19, 20–21

  Kelly, Grace

  childhood/education, 13–17, 46

  grandparents, 12

  modeling, 18–19, 20

  personality, 36, 46

  See also Acting/Grace Kelly; Grace, Princess

  Kelly, Grace (aunt), 17

  Kelly, John Brendon (Jack)

  background/as parent, 12–13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 125

  death, 131

  Rainier/wedding and, 44–45, 51–52, 52–53, 56–57, 72, 228–229

  Kelly John, Jr. (Kell), 13, 14, 277

  Kelly, Lizanne, 14

  Kelly, Margaret (Majer)

  background/as parent, 13–14, 15, 16

  Rainier/wedding and, 44, 52–53

  Kelly, Peggy, 14, 161

  Kelly, Walter, 17

  Kennedy, John, 141, 296

  Kentucky Derby, 228

  Khomeini, 299

  Kidman, Nicole

  film on Grace, vii–viii, ix

  on Grace, vii–ix

  King, Maureen, 130–131,

  174–175

  Kissinger, Henry, 183–184

  Knie, Franco, 282

  Kramer, Stanley, 21

  Lacoste, Nadia

  Grace acting and, 163, 165

  Grace’s charities and, 154

  Lacoste, Nadia (continued)

  on Grimaldi family, 121, 181, 236

  as press secretary, 133–134, 136–138, 139, 141, 144–145, 147, 236, 265

  Lawrence, Mary Wells, 152–153, 170

  Lawrence of Arabia (movie), 185

  Le Fur, Jean-Yves, 256–257

  Le Monde newspaper, 259

  Le Rocher, 1, 2, 3, 38, 77, 81–82, 123, 230, 264, 313

  Le Rosey boarding school, 93

  Lehman, John, 182

  Letter to Stephanie (Ducruet), 258–259

  Levy-Soussan, Louisette, 153–154, 155

  Lifeboat (movie), 6

  Lindon, Vincent, 237, 241, 283

  Livanos, Tina, 101, 102, 103, 104

  Look magazine, 31, 32, 40, 45

  Louis II, Prince of Monaco (Rainier’s grandfather)

  background/Monaco and, 56, 84, 87, 89, 90, 95

  death, 96

  Ghislaine Marie Dommanget and, 95

  grandson and, 92–93, 95, 192–193

  Louvet, Marie Juliette, 87

  Lowe, Rob, 224

  M/Y Grace (yacht), 121

  Majer, Margaret. See Kelly, Margaret (Majers)

  March, Fredric, 23

  Marchais estate, 76

  Marnie (movie), ix, 8, 162–164, 165

  Marriage contracts, 52–53

  Massey, Raymond, 19–20

  McCarthy and anti-communism, 33

  Mermoz cruise, 179–180, 275

  Michael, George, 223

  Milland, Ray, 6, 22–23, 161

  Minnelli, Liza, 188, 189

  Mississippi and Monaco law suit, 84–85

  Mitchum, Robert, 32–33

  Mogambo (movie), 5, 22, 23, 31, 200–201, 316

  Monaco Arts Festival, 239

  Monaco Banking and Precious Metals Society, 97

  Monaco, Principality

  adopting-an-heir option and, 54–55, 86

  ballet/opera and, 137, 183, 239, 291

  Constitution (1962), 98

  conventions/festivals, 194–195

  economy/marketing Monaco, 182, 183–187, 193–195, 211

  government, 86, 98–99

  history overview, 81–83

  holding cells/prisoners and, 230–231

  marriage ceremonies/banns law, 68, 69

  marriage contracts, 52–53

  National Council, 26, 67, 68, 86, 89, 96–99, 107, 112, 113, 231–232

  overview, 80–81

  population/residents description, 80–81, 291

  Rainier’s improvements (summary), 291–292, 309–310

  recognition as independent state, 83, 230

  religion and, 247, 293

  Russians/Cold War and, 228

  security/crime and, 291–293

  700th anniversary, 248, 249, 250, 306

  size advantages, 229–230

  size/location, 81

  space and industry, 194

  suit against Mississippi, 84–85

  as “tax haven,” 194, 195–196, 197

  taxes/French government and, 99, 112, 113–117, 163

  tourism, 192, 193, 211

  union strikes, 36, 108

  World War II and, 94–95

  See also specific individuals; specific places

  Monaco’s Rose Ball (1998), 260–261

  Monroe, Marilyn, 27–28

  Monte Carlo

  Beach Club, 106, 171–172, 184, 313

  clientele/tourists and, 104, 105–106

  dawn, 1–3

  dusk, 313–314

  gambling and, 86, 94, 104, 105–106, 109, 192

  midday, 171–173

  Nazis and, 94

  Rainier on, 109

  real estate fever/construction, 195–197, 290–291

  See also SBM

  Moorehead, Agnes, 20

  Moss, Stirling, 185

  Napoleon III, 87

  Napoleonic Codes, 52

  NATO, 117

  Neiman Marcus, 58–59

  New York Times, 5, 20, 85

  New Yorker cartoons, 157
/>   Newman, Paul, 319–320

  Niarchos, Stavros, 102, 105

  Niven, David, 203

  Notorious (movie), 6

  O’Brian, Jack, 55

  Oceanographic Institute, 97–98

  Old Beach Hotel, 2, 106, 144

  Olympics, 12, 13, 232, 250, 251–253

  On the Waterfront (movie), 6

  Onassis, Aristotle

  background/businesses, 100–102

  Callas, Maria and, 104,

  110–111

  Onassis, Aristotle (continued)

  Livanos, Tina and, 101, 102, 103, 104

  as Rainier’s friend, 27–28, 62, 110–111, 184, 298

  SBM and, 102–105, 106–108, 109–110

  One Man’s Hero (movie), 212

  Paget, Debra, 20

  Palace

  description, 1, 3, 7, 66, 75, 77, 122, 123–124

  history, 122

  projection room/showing films, 124, 157–158, 184–185

  protection/building permits and, 123

  restoration/changes, 7, 122–123, 124

  Pantomime show, Nairobi, 31–32

  Paris Match magazine, 34–35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 49, 284

  Pascal, Gisele, 26, 28

  Paul VI, Pope, 294

  Peck, Gregory, 6, 203, 213

  Peeping Toms, 139

  See also Rainier and Grace/press and photographers

  Pelletier, Emile, 113–114, 117

  Peres, Adans Lopez, 282

  Philadelphia Story, The (movie), 58

  Pierre, Prince of Monaco, Count de Polignac (Rainier’s father), 50, 87, 88, 89, 91, 131

  Pigeon shooting, Monaco, 181

  Pinocchio and Grace’s Italian language class, 156

  Pirates, 191

  Pius XII, Pope, 294

  Pollution regulation/prevention, 194, 230, 321

  Popes and Rainier/Grace, 294–295

  Porter, Cole, 58

  Powell, Jane, 190

  Presidential security, US, 297

  Press/paparazzi

  methods/goals, 141–142, 144, 147, 149

  See also Rainier and Grace/press and photographers; specific individuals

  Princess Grace Dance Academy, 239

  Princess Grace Foundation, 137, 154, 239, 251

  Rabagas (play), 78

  Radio Caroline (pirate station), 113

  Radio Monte Carlo, 49, 112, 113

  Railroad of Monaco, 97, 98

  Raimondi, Ruggero, 238

  Rainier and Grace

  political differences and, 296

  public recognition and, 11, 30

  religion and, 42–43, 46, 169, 205, 293–295

  separation of responsibilities, 181

  as team, 117–118, 121, 181–183, 211

  White House visit (1956), 119

  White House visit (1981), 296

  Rainier and Grace/family

  children learning to drive, 266, 279

  humor and, 130, 174–176, 179–180

  music, dance, opera and, 77–78, 128, 167

  parenting, 120, 121–122, 124–129, 131, 158, 266, 303–305

 

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