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Ninety years of Grace: Princess Grace’s early years

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5th November 2019
In the lead up to the 90th anniversary of Grace Kelly’s birth, Royal Central looks back at her life.Long before she was the Princess of Monaco or Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite cool blonde leading lady, Grace Kelly was a regular all-American girl from Philly. Here we take a look back on the early years of her life.Grace Patricia Kelly was born on the 12th of November 1929 at the…
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90 Years of Grace: The Most Famous Royal Couple in the World

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2nd November 2019
On 5 January 1956, from her parents’ house, Grace Kelly announced her engagement to Prince Rainier III of Monaco.“A big day in Philadelphia when millionaire John B. Kelly’s daughter, film star Grace Kelly, announces her engagement to Prince Rainier, the 32-year-old ruler of the pocket state of Monaco. A pretty famous pocket at that, it consists almost entirely of…
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Ninety Years of Grace: the most famous royal wedding dress of all?

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1st November 2019
It is perhaps the most talked about royal wedding dress of them all. When Grace Kelly, Oscar winning actress and Hollywood superstar, married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 19th 1956, she did it in a gown for the history books. The outfit became an instant classic and remains an icon to this day.[getty src=”2628819″ width=”443″ height=”594&#8243…
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Royalty among the mourners at Jacques Chirac's funeral

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30th September 2019
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg were among the leaders paying their tributes to the former President of France, Jacques Chirac, at his funeral in Paris today. The Earl of Wessex and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark were also among the mourners at the service which took place at Saint-Sulpice Church.Joachim and Marie were representing his mother, Queen…
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