private apartments, 122–123
sailing, 120–121, 179, 275
sweets and, 217–218
values/rules, 125, 128
Rainier and Grace/press and photographers
Allan and, 134–136
Connaught Hotel, London, 139
Grace and press, 134, 136, 137–138
Grace at Monaco carnival, 141
Grace on Ballet Festival, 137–138
in Ireland, 139–140
Lacoste and, 133–134, 136–138, 139, 141, 144–145, 265
Rainier and press, 134–135, 136, 137, 141
Roc Agel farm/home, 74, 75, 77, 78, 120, 154–155, 265–266
romance and, 55, 58, 132
their children and, 142–143, 145–146, 147–148
wedding, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 68–69, 73, 132–133, 205
Rainier and Grace romance
correspondence, 47–48
engagement/announcement, 55–57
meeting, 6, 38–39, 45–47
official version, 42–45
press and, 55, 58, 132
proposal, 45, 49, 51
Rainier’s trip to America (1955–1956), 40–41, 44–45, 49–52
rumors/gossip on, 39, 40
true story, 45–51
See also Wedding of Rainier and Grace/preparations
Rainier, I, Prince, 56
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
ancestors history (summary), 78, 81–83
attempts at his throne, 97, 302
as bachelor/matchmakers,
25–29
birth/full name, 88
childhood/education, 88–89, 91–93
death, 312
description/personality, 25, 28, 46, 72, 74–75, 134, 177, 194, 197, 285, 308
50th anniversary of reign, 249, 250, 306
on friends/friendship, 308–309
Grace’s accident/death and, 268, 269–270, 271–272, 277–278, 279, 280, 305, 310, 321
health problems, 257–258, 262, 306, 307–308, 311–312
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (continued)
as heir to throne, 93
on his faith, 293–295
interests, 74–76, 77–78, 91, 228–229, 233–234
justice in principality and, 231
languages, 92, 94
Mayo Clinic and, 53–54
military, 93–94
National Council and, 96–99, 107, 113
offices/conference room, 289–290
parents’ divorce and, 89, 91
press/Furstenberg and, 286, 287–288
as pro-American, 40, 113, 117
public recognition and, 30, 285–286
punching photographers, 320, 321
on reign, 290–293
on remarrying, 321–322
remembrance and, 309
retirement and, 232–234, 310–311
role/responsibilities and balance, 78–80
taking throne/rule span, 74, 83
taxes and Monaco, 99, 112, 113–117, 163
titles/medals, 303
villa of, 25–26, 95–96
visiting Stephanie in America, 255–256, 257
zoo of, 27, 38–39, 46, 66,
75–76
Rains, Claude, 6
Ratoff, Gregory, 19
Reagan, Nancy, 273, 296–297
Reagan, Ronald, 296–297
Rear Window (movie), vii, 6, 23, 316, 318
Rearranged (film by Princess Grace), 168
Red Cross Ball, Monaco, 43, 185, 186–190, 287, 301, 310
Red Cross, Monaco, 7, 154, 155, 168, 187, 250
Red Dust (movie), 22
Reed, Donna, 22
Replay Cafe and Store, 260
Revson, Charles, 105
Rey, Jean Charles, 97–98
Robinson, Jeffrey
Aline and, 323, 324
special memory of Caroline, 323–324
special memory of Grace, 315–320
special memory of Rainier, 320–322
Roc Agel farm/home, 74, 75, 77, 78, 120, 154–155, 265–266
Roosevelt, Franklin, 13
Rose, Helen, 59, 71
Rossellini, Robertino, 207
Rostropovich, Mstislav, 299
Safra, Edmond, 292
Saint, Eva Marie, 6
Sawyer, Diane, 260
SBM
description/power, 86, 89, 95, 102, 106
Monaco’s gambling franchise and, 86, 102, 105, 107
Onassis and, 102–105, 106–108, 109–110
Rainier’s changes to, 108–109, 110
Schary, Dore, 158
Schweitzer, Albert, 184
Sea Bathing Society and Foreigners’ Club. See SBM
Shah of Iran, 177–179, 299–300
Shakespeare Festival/readings, 166, 167, 169
Sinatra, Frank, v, 70–71, 184, 187–188, 213, 309, 320
Spellbound (movie), 6
Spencer, Diana (Diana, Princess), 54, 64, 168–169
Spiegel, Sam, 105
Sporting Club, Monaco, 100, 101, 190, 310
Stamps/collecting, 226–227
Stanislavski, Constantin, 18
Steinbeck, John, 6
Stephanie, Princess
attempted kidnapping of, 221–222
birth, 121
childhood, 14, 121–122, 123, 126–128, 158, 216–218
children and, 260, 261, 282, 323
children’s births, 257, 261
description/personality, 146, 214–215, 219, 257, 305
Ducruet marriage/divorce, 257–258
education/schools, 216–218
engagement to Le Fur, 256–257
fashion courses/work, 218–219
father’s death and, 312
on friends/friendship, 221
HIV/AIDS, charity work for, 282
house in America/Bloom, 255–256
languages and, 128–129
living in America, 223, 224–225, 254–256
modeling, 219–220
music career, 221, 222–223, 254, 256–257, 258, 261
official duties, 261–262, 282
Peres marriage/end, 282
press/paparazzi, 141, 142, 145–147, 149, 214, 222, 224, 260, 261, 265, 279–280, 281–282, 287
public recognition, 223–224
romantic interests, 218, 219, 224, 254–257, 261, 282
swimsuit business, 220–221
water skiing accident, 264–265, 276
See also Grace, Princess of Monaco car accident (1982)
Stewart, Jackie, 185–186
Stewart, Jimmy, v, 6, 8, 23
Stowe school, 91–92
Strindberg, August, 19
Summer Fields School at Leonard’s-on-Sea, 91
Summer Sporting/Club, 103, 106, 190
Suspicion (movie), 6
Swan, The, 40–41
Taxes and Monaco
de Gaulle, Charles/Rainier and, 8, 112–114, 115–117, 163
“tax haven” image, 194, 195–196, 197
Taxi (movie), 19
Taylor, Elizabeth, 160
Taylor, Robert, 23
Telegraph newspaper, 259–260
Temple University, 14, 16, 316
Terrorism in Italy, 195–196
Time magazine, 205, 247, 248, 249
To Catch a Thief (movie), vii, 6, 23, 33, 34, 318
Topless craze and Monaco, 187
Torch Bearers, The (play), 16, 18, 19
Treaty of Paris (1814), 83
Treaty of Versailles, 86, 114
Treaty of Vienna (1815), 83
Tucker, Francis, Father
Grace and, viii, 42, 43
as matchmaker, 42–45, 51, 62
press and, 62, 69
Rainier and, 28–29, 40
Turner, Lana, 160
University of Montpellier, 93
USS Constitution, 60, 62
Variety newspaper, 73
Wedding of Rainier and Grace/
preparations
civil ceremony, 69
days of festivities, 64–65
dowry and, 53
fertility check and, 53–55
gifts, 62, 66–68
Grace’s trip to Monaco, 60–63
Grace’s trousseau, 58–59
guest list/royalty and, 65–66
honeymoon, 73
marriage contract, 52–53
MGM film rights and, 69
Monaco’s National Council’s gift, 67–68
opera and, 69–70
perfume, 69
permission from French government, 50–51
press/photographers, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 68–69, 73, 132–133, 205
religious ceremony, 70–73
wedding gown/veil, 59, 71–72
See also Rainier and Grace romance
“Wild Peaches” (poem), 166
Wittstock, Charlene, 322
World War II and Monaco, 94–95
Zimbalist, Sam, 22
Zinnemann, Fred, 5, 21
Zoo of Monaco, 27, 38–39, 46, 66, 75–76
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