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 decade. Princess…
Her king called her his ”wife of heart
and soul” even though their actual, secret union was declared
invalid. Now the woman who cast a shadow over the reign of George
IV and even the succession to his throne is returning to Buckingham
Palace. A portrait of Maria…
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…
As Royal Central marks the 90th
anniversary of the birth of one of modern history’s most famous
princesses, we are taking a look back at some of Grace’s most
stylish moments of the 1950s. This decade saw her rise to Hollywood
stardom by the mid ’50s, with an Oscar under her belt, before
leaving it all behind for true love in Monaco, becoming Her Serene
Highness The Princess of Monaco in…
The countdown to the royal wedding of
2020 is already under way even if the happy couple haven’t shared
that many details of their big day so far. Princess Beatrice and
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi announced their engagement in September and
will take their vows next year.
Her gown she wore for her religious
marriage is one of the most famous royal outfits ever worn and an
icon of the 20th century but Grace Kelly had another wedding dress
before that celebrated creation. Grace and Prince Rainier III of
Monaco said ‘I do’ in a civil…
Ninety Years of Grace: the most famous royal wedding dress of all?
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″ tld=”co.uk”] The
dress was…
