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GRACE AND HER PRINCE MONACO
MOON OVER MONTE CARLO
4/30/56

This near bankrupt gambling principality was suddenly swelled by an invasion of wildly ill-assorted guests come to view the marriage of the screen-star daughter of an American bricklayer turned millionaire to Monaco's own Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III. Somewhere behind the phantasmagoria of publicity, two human beings were approaching a solemn moment in St. Nicholas Cathedral. Rainier slipped the wedding ring onto Grace Kelly's finger, and the royal yacht bore the happy couple off. For Grace Kelly Grimaldi and her Graustarkian Prince, it was only the beginning.


FOR GRACE AND HER PRINCE, A FINE BEGINNING
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