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Review: The Grace Kelly Dress

The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz is a recently released fictional book revolving around Princess Grace of Monaco’s famous wedding gown…or a replica of it passed down through the generations. There are three different storylines: 1950s, 1980s and present-day where it follows the bride’s grandmother, mother, and the bride, respectively, in their love lives and paths to the…
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90 Years of Grace: The Hollywood Princess

Though her acting career was short-lived compared to her role as the Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly was certainly one of the top stars in Hollywood in the mid-1950s. Starting in live television and transitioning to Hollywood roles—and ultimately winding up as an Oscar-winning, Hitchcockian ice-blonde cool girl—the myth of Grace Kelly loomed large over Hollywood lore long after she’d traded…
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Ninety Years of Grace: Princess Grace’s first wedding dress

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 ceremony the day before the church service beamed around the world and for that event, this royal bride wore pink. The two piece…
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Prince Albert talks about Princess Grace on special RFM radio show

Prince Albert II of Monaco recently sat down for an hour-long radio interview to discuss his famous mother, Princess Grace. The interview, held in honour of what would have been her 90th year, featured Prince Albert talking about her life and legacy with“Une Heure Avec” host Bernard Montiel on Paris’s RFM radio. “It touches me still a lot when I meet people who tell me that they met her…
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