Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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April 18
On This Day
On this day in 1956 Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a civil ceremony. After a brief career Grace retired from acting at the age of 26 to marry Rainier when she became the Princess of Monaco. They had three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stéphanie. She died on September 14, 1982, a day after suffering a stroke while driving, causing her to crash. Prince Rainier though internationally known for his marriage to Grace Kelly, was also responsible for reforms to Monaco's constitution and for expanding the principality's economy beyond its traditional casino gambling base. He died in 2005.
[KELLY (Princess Grace, 1929-1982, American Actress, wife, 1956, of Rainier III of Monaco)]
Unsigned Portrait Postcard Photo, by Metro Goldwyn Meyer, showing her head and shoulders, three quarter face with an intense gaze, her hair swept back in a wave, and wearing an off the shoulder dress and necklace of gemstones, published by ‘Picturegoer’, 5½” x 3½”, no date, circa 1955
55998
RAINIER III (1923-2005, from 1949 Prince of Monaco) and PRINCESS GRACE (1929-1982)
Attractive Postcard Photograph with facsimile signatures of both, showing Prince Rainier standing behind Princess Grace who is seated with Princess Caroline and Prince Albert standing by her side, in a room in the palace, Monaco, 6” x 4”, dated on back July 1963
19320
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