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 was the marriage of her elder daughter, Princess Caroline, in 1978.
Princess Grace followed the fashion trends of the decade: chunky glasses, bold patterns, and neutral browns. Read on to see a few of Princess Grace’s most iconic style moments of the ’70s.
Here’s Princess Grace arriving at Heathrow Airport in January 1970 in a hounds-tooth hat and military-style coat.
[getty src=”78951246″ width=”397″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace opened the fifth annual rose garden at the Villa Reale Niso Fumagalli Rose Garden in Monza, Italy.
[getty src=”141550964″ width=”594″ height=”416″ tld=”ca”]One of Princess Grace’s annual tradition was doling out Christmas presents to Monegasque children at the Prince’s Palace each December. She is pictured here in 1970:
[getty src=”627407068″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”ca”]In 1971, Princess Grace and Princess Caroline travelled to London to watch Ingrid Bergman in ‘Captain Brassbound’s Conversion’ at the Cambridge Theatre on 17 March.
[getty src=”575429583″ width=”594″ height=”430″ tld=”ca”]In September 1971, Princess Stéphanie started school and took part in a traditional royal photocall with her mother and older brother, Prince Albert on the way to school in Monaco.
[getty src=”515574700″ width=”594″ height=”464″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace wore this bright ensemble at a swimming competition in Palm Beach.
[getty src=”3089949″ width=”590″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace returned to the Cannes Film Festival in May 1972 on the arm of her frequent director, Alfred Hitchcock.
[getty src=”948024252″ width=”594″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]American comedian Jerry Lewis visited Monaco in 1972, and Princess Grace greeted him wearing this geometric print dress.
[getty src=”627413180″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”ca”]Princess Anne paid a visit to Monaco in 1972 and was photographed alongside Princess Grace.
[getty src=”79655973″ width=”594″ height=”435″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace is seen here walking with the rest of her family in 1973 wearing a muted brown ensemble.
A tiara sighting for Princess Grace was pretty rare. She wore this gorgeous tiara to the Versailles Palace Ball on 28 November 1973.
[getty src=”111614731″ width=”383″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace wore chunky glasses, a large hat and an orangey-yellow ensemble to the Garden Club in Monaco in 1973.
[getty src=”104709957″ width=”593″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]A brilliant, emerald green patterned gown for dinner in honour of the Monaco Literary Council on 28 November 1973 in Paris.
[getty src=”111653012″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace wore her classic look of oversized sunglasses and a silk scarf covering her hair at the Vienna International Garden Exhibition to view a special rose show.
[getty src=”503049859″ width=”594″ height=”424″ tld=”ca”]An elaborate costume for the Red Cross Ball on 12 August 1974.
[getty src=”950011328″ width=”594″ height=”363″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace paid a visit to the French senate on 19 March 1975.
[getty src=”149739833″ width=”390″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]More oversized sunglasses for Princess Grace as she watched the Oxford Cambridge boat race on the Seine on 1 May 1975.
[getty src=”149739843″ width=”594″ height=”401″ tld=”ca”]A va-va-voom red gown for Princess Grace at the Red Cross Ball in August 1976.
[getty src=”950014112″ width=”594″ height=”397″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace christened the Cunard Princess ocean liner on 30 March 1977 in New York City.
[getty src=”525547996″ width=”594″ height=”394″ tld=”ca”]At a June 1977 exhibition of her dried flower collages in Paris, Princess Grace wore a floral patterned dress.
[getty src=”475777556″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”ca”]Princess Grace was said to have reservations about her daughter’s marriage to Philippe Junot on 28 June 1978, but you wouldn’t have guessed from the sunshine yellow mother-of-the-bride ensemble and wide-brimmed hat she sported to the religious ceremony.
[getty src=”3370841″ width=”594″ height=”402″ tld=”ca”]The Grimaldi Family often retreated to Gstaad, Switzerland, where they owned property. Here, Princess Grace is pictured with her husband and youngest daughter in 1979.
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