Grace of Monaco: The True Story

This is the story of the most famous romance of the last century of how a crowned prince courted and won the most beautiful and beloved of American actresses, sweeping her away to the closest thing the modern world has to a magical kingdom, the principality of Monaco. The story of Prince Rainier, Princess Grace, their family, and their country has captivated the world for decades even as it has remained hidden behind a veil of royal discretion. In Jeffrey Robinsons highly exclusive, classic biography, we are given a rare look at the real lives of this most celebrated of royal families. Here is Prince Rainier, divulging the true, private story of his romance with Grace Kelly. Here is Prince Albert confiding his once crucial hopes and fears for the day he assumed the throne. Here is Princess Caroline telling us what it was like to grow up in a fish bowl as the beautiful, sometimes difficult daughter of a Hollywood legend. And here is Princess Stephanie talking, in her only time on the record, discussing the tragic car accident that killed her mother. This is the public and private story of a remarkable woman and the legacy she left after twentysix years as Grace Kelly, American movie star, and twentysix years as Princess Grace, possibly the most glamorous woman of the twentieth century.