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The Wedding that Made Monaco: 70 Years Since Grace Kelly Became a Princess

Summary by Monaco Life
Seventy years ago this weekend, a 26-year-old Oscar-winning actress from Philadelphia became one of the most famous women in the world. The wedding of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly on 18th and 19th April 1956 was not simply a marriage — it was a moment that changed Monaco permanently, invented the template for modern royal media spectacle, and produced an image of the Principality that endures to this day. Monaco Life marks the anniversary …

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That was 'the wedding of the century'. It happened on April 19, 1956, just 70 years ago, when the great movie star Grace Kelly joined her life to that of Prince Rainier of Monaco in a lavish link to give life to what seemed like a script of Hollywood itself. A celebration still remembered that, however, years later, would lead to an abrupt and tragic ending proper to the celluloid, although this time of dramatic cut. Effectively, that was a Holl…

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On April 19, 1956, the prince and actress sealed their love at the altar before almost 700 guests and more than 1,500 journalists and reporters who moved to the small principality. Two days of celebrations that turned the winner of an Oscar into a reference for the brides of the future

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AT THE ROIS TABLE – 70 years ago, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco united their destiny. What did they serve guests at lunch for their civil and religious weddings? Answer.

The couple gave themselves the 'yes, I want' on April 19, 1956 at the principality (the 18th was the civil ceremony), in which the media called themselves "the wedding of the century"

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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