Wedding
Wedding in Monaco Film
Grace's wedding was filmed and released as Wedding in Monaco, which occasionally airs on Turner Classic Movies. TCM is has a voting mechanism for requesting the release of the film on DVD. Please vote on their website for it to be released on DVD.
The Jewels
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The story of Grace's engagement to Rainier is told in With This Ring: The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Jewelry by Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel.
On 28 December 1955, Grace started to let the news of their proposal out. He gave her a friendship ring, a band with diamonds and rubies, until the 10.47-carat emerald cut diamond engagement ring could be made.
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Grace also received a beautiful jewelry set created especially for her by Van Cleef & Arpels, consisting of a necklace, bracelet and earrings of diamonds and pearls. She can be seen wearing it in Van Cleef & Arpels by Sylvie Raulet.
The Dress
Grace's wedding gown was designed by Helen Rose, who had dressed her in High Society and The Swan.
Under her wedding gown, Grace's petticoats had tiny blue satin bows.
The Guests
Cary Grant, David Niven, Gloria Swanson, Aristotle Onassis, Ava Gardner, and Aga Khan all attended the wedding.
Books
Legendary Brides by Letitia Baldrige
This book focuses primarily on the weddings of Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Bouvier, and Lady Diana Spencer, and includes photos from many other famous weddings. Grace has her own chapter, "From Star to Princess: The Wedding of Grace Kelly", which contains quite a few interesting facts about and photos of Grace's wedding to Rainier, including one of the few rare color wedding photos of the ceremony that we've seen.
Trivia
- On the night before she met Rainier, the electrical workers of France went on strike. Most of Grace's clothing was still wrinkled from travel, so she wore a hideous black dress with large flowers in it, and stick some artificial flowers in her hair.
- The entire adult population of Monaco--3,000--was invited to the celebration following the wedding.
- Grace and Rainier had two weddings: a civil wedding (18 April 1956) and a religious wedding (19 April 1956).
- After the civil ceremony, a gala was given for the couple and the entire Monegasque population was invited. Grace wore a Lanvin ballgown.
- Rainier gave Grace "Deo Juvante II", a yacht, as a wedding present. The traveled around the Mediteranean on the yacht for their honeymoon.
- The bridemaids' dresses were by Priscilla of Boston. They were made of yellow organdy.
- The people of Monaco gave Grace and Rainier a cream and black Rolls Royce convertible as a wedding gift. After the religious wedding ceremony, the couple drove through the streets of Monaco in it.
Wedding Gifts
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