Grace Kelly is an American actress, beauty and style icon. She not only made a deafening career in Hollywood, but was also able to realize the dream of many girls: she married a real prince. Now her children and grandchildren are part of the royal family of the Principality of Monaco.
Grace Kelly was one of director Alfred Hitchcock's favorite actresses. It was on the set of their third joint film "To Catch a Thief" that she met Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. The man was captivated by the beauty of the actress, he looked after her very beautifully. In 1956, the couple played a magnificent wedding. The ceremony was watched by 30 million spectators, and for those years it was not a small number. The “Wedding of the Century” lasted 2 days.
Of course, there were persistent rumors that the marriage was a delicate political move. The Principality of Monaco had to attract tourists, and this could be done only thanks to the successful marriage of the prince with a famous person. The ideal marriage of Rainier III and world celebrity Grace Kelly has become the country's calling card.
Crowds of tourists annually began to visit the principality to look at the royal family, of which the actress became a part. Plus, on the territory of Monaco, Formula 1 races, which are very popular, began to be held. During her family life, Grace Kelly gave birth to three children, who became an excellent continuation of the Grimaldi family. All the children of Grace Kelly from childhood are accustomed to increased attention to their persons. Numerous photographs of the offspring of the royal family regularly appeared in the press.
Princess Caroline
The eldest daughter of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly was born on January 23, 1957. From childhood, the girl was instilled in royal manners, she received an excellent education at a private British school. Then she entered the Sorbonne. Additionally, Carolina was taught music, ballroom dancing, foreign languages.
In 1978, the princess got married for the first time. Her husband was a banker from Paris, Philippe Junot. The marriage did not last long, after 2 years the couple divorced. The second time Carolina got married more successfully, her chosen one was Stefano Casiraghi, who was an athlete and heir to a wealthy industrialist from Italy.
For the princess, 7 years of marriage with Stefan seemed like a fairy tale, they had three beautiful children. But in 1990, the athlete died during a boat race. Carolina did not decide on a new relationship soon; she married for the third time only in 1999. To this day, her husband is Prince Ernst August V of Hanover, who is related to the Queen of Great Britain. In this marriage, Carolina had a fourth child.
Albert II
On March 14, 1958, Grace Kelly presented her husband with an heir. Since childhood, the boy was fond of various sports, he played football, swimming, judo. The prince was fascinated by bobsleigh, it was in this type of racing that he took part in the Winter Olympic Games as many as 5 times. Albert led an active life, visited the North Pole, currently he actively cooperates with the UN, patronizes and supports many missions of this organization.
Since Rainier III died in 2005, Albert came to the throne of the Principality of Monaco. He is still the current ruler of the Grimaldi family.
Despite such serious hobbies and the princely title, Albert II remained single for a long time. His dubious connections were legendary. There are even two children whom the prince recognized as his own, but they were born out of wedlock. He is credited with having affairs with supermodels Naomi Campbell, Brooke Shields, Claudia Schiffer, athletes Marina Anisina and Katharina Witt.
Due to his many connections, Prince Albert found himself embroiled in a scandal inflated by top model Karen Mulder. She claimed that, along with her colleagues on the catwalk and filming, she provided services of a sexual nature to influential people, among whom was the reigning prince of Monaco. The scandal was hushed up, but still Albert's reputation suffered a little.
But since, according to the rules, the reigning monarch must have a family, Albert II married on July 1, 2011, a former swimmer and Olympic participant Charlene Wittskok. The girl for 10 years sought the attention of the prince, was constantly nearby, in the end she achieved her goal and became his chosen one. But even here it was not without rumors and scandals. They say that Albert got married only because only with heirs he could ascend to the throne of Monaco.
Princess Stephanie
The most beloved child of Grace Kelly was her youngest daughter Stephanie, it was she who was in the car at the time of her mother's death, but the girl did not disclose the details of the incident. Stephanie Maria Elizabeth Grimaldi was an unruly child. She hated social events, she preferred to hang out at parties. The girl completely forgot about etiquette, decency, traditions and values of the royal family.
Stephanie performed in America at the Oprah show, where she spoke about the difficult fate of the monarch. But the presenter noticed that the princess's suffering did not touch her at all, because the girl clearly does all this out of boredom. After this trick and moving to America, Stephanie was disinherited, so she urgently flew back to Monaco.
Stephanie had many hobbies, so she was looking for herself for a long time. The princess tried herself as a model, singer, designer, went in for sports (swimming, skiing). But everyone was amazed by her love affairs. Stephanie married her bodyguard Daniel Ducru in 1995. But a year later, the husband of the royal personage was captured by photographers with a stripper from Belgium. It was treason, so Stefania filed for divorce, and in 2003 she got married a second time. Her chosen one was a circus artist, with whom she wandered around the world for a long time.
Now the princess is engaged in social activities, heads the Youth Theater of Monaco.
