Grace Patricia Kelly was born on 12
November 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was well-known as
an actress, starring in films like Dial M for Murder, To Catch a
Thiefand High Society. She became the Princess of Monaco 18 April
1956 when she wed Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. Success ran in the
family, as her father John Kelly was a three-time Olympic gold
medalist for the United…
On this week’s Royal Central podcast,
Deputy Editor Brittani Barger looks at how the Japanese monarchy
has made such a success of one of the biggest months in its recent
history. Assistant Editor, Moniek Bloks, discusses changes why our
attitude to women in history…
Royal Central is taking a look at the
princess consorts of Monaco in a new series. This edition focuses
on Antoinette de Mérode. Born on 28 September 1828, Antoinette
Ghislaine de Merode was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Count Werner
de Merode and Countess Victoire de…
Today we’re looking back at some of
Princess Grace’s most stylish moments of the 1980s. Before her
untimely death in 1982, Grace maintained an active schedule of
royal duties. She also struck up a friendship with Diana, Princess
of Wales, prior to her wedding, and the two met frequently. Other
major events she attended included Hollywood tributes and family
weddings. Princess Grace…
Today we’re looking back at some of
Princess Grace’s most stylish moments of the 1970s. This decade saw
her as a hard-working royal who also took part in family events and
made her way back to Hollywood several times for events. Perhaps
the biggest event of the decade…
Yesterday, Princess Marie returned to
official engagements in Denmark following her move to Paris,
France, with Prince Joachim and their two children this summer. She
attended an event celebrating the launch of the Food with Respect
cookbook as part of her important…
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…
It was a ground breaking and glamourous
royal wedding and the images of it remain as familiar now as they
have ever done. The world watched, enthralled, when Grace Kelly
married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 19th 1956. Her
wedding dress has become one of the most…
It has been over sixty years since
fifties Hollywood Princess, Grace Kelly, wed Prince Rainer in a
small civil ceremony making her a real-life Princess of Monaco. On
the 18th of April, 1956, Grace looked stylish and elegant as she
exchanged vows and became Her Serene…
Today we’re looking back at some of
Princess Grace’s most stylish moments of the 1960s. This decade saw
her and Prince Rainer welcome their third child, Princess
Stéphanie, in 1965; attend the Summer Olympics in Rome in 1960; pay
two state visits to Ireland, in 1961 and 1965; and celebrate both
the centenary of Monaco and Grace’s 40th birthday towards the end
of the…
