On January 6, 1956, the long leading story on page one of the New York Times read: PRINCE OF MONACO TO WED GRACE KELLY Prince Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly of Philadelphia announce their engagement on January 5, 1956. The fairytale romance was front page news! It had captured the public imagination “to the […]
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Grace Kelly’s Prenups
Posted in Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged biographies of actresses, biographies of royalty, Grace Kelly, Grace of Monaco, Hollywood, Monaco, Monaco royal family, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Princess Grace, royal wedding on January 8, 2011| 9 Comments »
Grace Kelly and the Bust Inspector
Posted in Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), STAGE & SCREEN, tagged Alfred Hitchcock, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, bust inspector, Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Grace of Monaco, Hollywood, Motion Pictures Production Code, Princess Grace, Rear Window on October 13, 2010| 6 Comments »
American movie actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) had an encounter with a “Bust Inspector” during the production of the 1954 film Rear Window. However, this “BI” was not a censor dispatched by the Motion Pictures Production Code crew (See “Elizabeth Taylor and the Bust Inspector.”) The person attempting to meddle with Grace’s bust was none other than the film’s director: Alfred […]
Bling-Bling! Bang-Bang! Liz Taylor Attends Grace Kelly’s Scorpio Ball
Posted in Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), tagged biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Cartier, David Niven, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton picture, famous jewelry, Grace Kelly, Grace Kelly's wedding picture, Grace of Monaco, Liz Taylor, Monaco, pictures of Elizabeth Taylor, pictures of Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), Princess Grace's fortieth birthday party, Princess Grace's Scorpio party, Richard Burton, Rock Hudson, Scorpio Ball, the Grimaldis, the Krupp Diamond, the Taylor-Burton Diamond on May 2, 2010| 13 Comments »
Since they began their affair on the movie set of “Cleopatra” in January, 1962, Richard Burton delighted in giving bride Elizabeth Taylor extravagant jewels. One of the most famous pieces Burton gave Taylor is the pear-shaped, 69.42 carat Taylor-Burton Diamond. Fifth husband Richard Burton bought the diamond from Cartier in 1969 after a Sotheby’s auction, paying over […]
Grace Kelly: Floating on Chiffon
Posted in Edith Head, Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), tagged Alfred Hitchcock, biographies of actresses, biographies of royalty, biographies of women, Edith Head, Grace Kelly, Grace Kelly fashion, Grace Kelly in Rear Window, Grace Kelly Paris dress, Grace Kelly pictures, Grace of Monaco, London, Monaco, Rear Window, Victoria & Albert Museum on April 27, 2010| 8 Comments »
I was so excited to read in Vanity Fair that London’s Victoria & Albert Museum was featuring an exhibition of Grace Kelly‘s clothes. What a treat! I thought. Imagine all those beautiful 1950s dresses designed for actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) together in one place. Of course I couldn’t get to London, I knew; I was recovering from […]
Prince Albert II of Monaco: Baby Shots
Posted in Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged biographies of royals, Grace Kelly, Grace of Monaco, Monaco, Monaco royal family, pictures of Grace Kelly, pictures of Prince Albert and sisters, pictures of Prince Albert as a baby, pictures of Prince Albert as a boy, pictures of Prince Albert as a child, pictures of Princess Grace, pictures of Princess Grace and Albert, Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene, Prince Albert family pictures, Prince Albert of Monaco, Prince Albert's wedding, Princess Grace, the Grimaldis in pictures on July 2, 2011| 7 Comments »
Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi, born March 14, 1958, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco, is the second child born to Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace.On April 6, 2005, Prince Rainier III died and Hereditary Prince Albert became Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco. READERS: For more on the Grimaldis of Monaco and […]
Prince Albert of Monaco: A THIRD Love Child? Really?
Posted in Carla Bruni & Nicolas Sarkozy, Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged biographies of royals, Carla Bruni, Carla Bruni pregnant photo, Charlene Wittstock, Charlene Wittstock pictures, Elle magazine, Grace Kelly, Karl Lagerfeld, Monaco, Monaco royal family, Monaco wedding, Naomi Campbell, Nicolas Sarkozy, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, Prince Albert marries, Prince Albert with the Eagles, prince albert's love child, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), Princess Grace pictures, the Eagles, the Grimaldis on July 1, 2011| 2 Comments »
Prince Albert of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock of South Africa are scheduled to wed today in Monte Carlo despite revelations in the French Press earlier in the week that the never-before-married Prince Albert, 53, may have fathered a third love child. Upon learning of the Le Monde article, Miss Wittstock, 20 years Albert’s junior, reportedly tried to flee the tiny Riviera […]
Finally! Prince Albert of Monaco is Engaged!
Posted in Grace Kelly, PEOPLE, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), tagged biographies of royalty, Grace Kelly, Monaco, Monaco royal family, Prince Albert of Monaco engaged, Princess Grace on June 23, 2010| 9 Comments »
Prince Albert of Monaco is engaged to Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer from South Africa. He is 52, she, 32. Ms. Wittstock will become the first crown princess since the 1982 death of Prince Albert’s mother, Princess Grace of Monaco. Princess Grace was the former American film star, Grace Patricia Kelly. Perez Hilton calls the announcement a Pretty […]
I Love Lucy: Lucy Meets Bill Holden, Part 1
Posted in PEOPLE, tagged 1950s television programs, Audrey Hepburn, Bill Holden, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, classic television comedy, Desi Arnaz, Ethel Mertz, Fred Mertz, Grace Kelly, I Love Lucy, L.A., Lucille Ball, Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo, the Brown Derby, the Cobb Salad, The Country Girl, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, William Holden on October 13, 2009| 5 Comments »
Everybody has a favorite “I Love Lucy” episode and this is mine: “L.A. at Last!”* Lucy’s husband Ricky Ricardo is filming a picture out in L.A. and has taken Lucy and the Mertzes out to California with him. This scene opens with Lucy, Fred, and Ethel out star hunting. They are having lunch at the Brown Derby, a popular haunt […]
Princess Diana: The Shrine at Harrods
Posted in PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Diana, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged Balmoral, biographies of royalty, British Royal Family/Nobles, Dodi Al Fayed, Duke of Edinburgh, Harrod's, Hasnat Khan, Paris, pictures of Prince Harry young, pictures of Prince William young, pictures of Princess Diana, Prince Harry, Prince Philip, Prince William, Princess Diana, Princess Diana's death, royalty, the inquest into Princess Diana's death, the Queen on July 4, 2010| 17 Comments »
“The more I hear and read and think about Diana’s and Dodi’s deaths in the Pont d’Alma tunnel, in Paris, on August 31, 1997, in what is possibly the world’s most famous car crash, the more I doubt the truth of their great romance. If it was anything at all, it was a flirt, a fling…. […]