I know. My uncle married the Horseradish Queen of St. Clair County Illinois and once the glamor wore off it was hell..

Her father may have prepared her more than she realized. He was controlling like the prince. What the story left out was that she had thoughts of divorcing the prince. Also, what is interesting is that once Albert's wife prepared to marry him she tried to leave town 3 times. Maybe a case of like father like son.

And tried to stop many off her movies..

​​​​​​​​​​@@Linda-dr7vp Well said! Grace did think of divorce but stopped herself because had she left her husband then she could never have custody of her own children. They are royal children so they would remain with their country and their father who is the head of Monaco. Grace would only have visitation rights. Grace however did follow princess Caroline to Paris when Caroline was a university student and they took an apartment together and they found a local school for princess Stephanie who was very young. Caroline probably resented this because she wanted her freedoms and her friendships but Grace was worried that Caroline would be as wild as she was. Caroline heard many stories about Grace from her Hollywood days. Albert remained in Monaco with his father Prince Rainier to finish up his education and then went off to The United States for Amherst College. Grace admitted to the media "this is our version of a divorce". She returned to Monaco only for a few necessary events. I was in Monaco and I highly recommend it but every street is very narrow with heavy pedestrian traffic. The Royal Palace tour is pretty and Grace's grave site is very pretty also and it's located in St. Nicholas Cathedral where Rainier and Grace were married in 1956.

​@@margaretcurrie4093 I think Prince Rainier was embarrassed about his princess being a movie star and kissing other men on the screen so maybe this is why her movies were banned in Monaco. I was in Monaco and every souvenir shop I went to had NOTHING on Princess Grace. I think Rainier didn't want her to be exploited.

​​​@@margaretcurrie4093 Prince Rainier did indeed stop her movies. And yet he MARRIED an actress! These two just USED each other!! Grace paid two million dollars for the title of Princess!! And she put Monaco on the world map! They probably had no respect for each other. Rainier asked a woman out one time right in front of Grace and the young woman was very uncomfortable 😣🥵. Grace just ignored him and supposedly wasn't too upset. I wonder how all that ended? Hmmm. They really did deserve each other....

Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

@@MegaDavyk, what a horrible person you are.

Her death seemed so strange. The details were questionable

@@leslieromero6610 She was having furious argument with her daughter who was screwing a loser and she ran off the road and was killed. If your having a hug argument with someone don't do it when your driving down a steep winding road.

I agree-her daughter lived thru the crash but she died.

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Women in that generation had different understandings about the roles between a husband and wife. I guess I saw in following the British Royal Family a monarch who was raised to believe that he was someone who was above everyone in the world and starting with his wife the Monarchy and the pressure to protect it at all costs is more important that the personal hopes and dreams of the individual member of Royal households. It is only later generations that find women have individual goals, dreams, ambitions. But if Grace Kelly and other women of that generation ignite and remind us all that women have much to offer. They started the pressure of the First wave of feminism that many of us benefited from. Grace Kelly’s children as adults seem to hold very different values and beliefs about what the role of women means that is all it should be.

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NOT at all. KELLY CHEATED ON HER HUSBAND WITH NIVEN, HER LOVER WHO HAD MOVED THERE TO BE WITH HER.

Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

It is definitely NO Fairy Tale!!!

U can say that again !!!

ABSOLUTELY

Good point 😉. Grace should have said no to the idea of the dowry but Grace wanted that title as much as Lady Diana and Megan Markle and Waity Katie! Maybe what Grace couldn't afford was NOT getting the title and castles and balcony appearances and clothes and jewelry and vacations and traveling and applause and attention and notoriety and prestige and financial stability and.... should I go on? If Rainier was a butcher or a baker or a candle stick maker Grace wouldn't have even looked at him twice!

Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

@@MegaDavyk, how do you KNOW this???

Graces father was very wealthy. I would have left , restarted my career, and rebuilt my wealth,

Prince Albert treats his wife badly 😞. They both live in Monaco but Princess Charlene lives in her own apartment and she supposedly visits her children everyday all day. There are some rumors that Albert pays her to stay in the marriage. Charlene and Albert are probably separated like princess Caroline and Prince Ernest her German husband. I'm guessing that Charlene refuses to sleep in the Grimaldi Palace with Prince Albert as most of the time they appear somewhat tense. In the mid 1970's Princess Grace lived in her Paris apartment with Caroline and Stephanie to get away from her husband Prince Rainier and Grace would return to Monte Carlo for important events only. Maybe history repeats itself because no one listens the first time....

True.shea so unhappy

Yes she looks soo unhappy 🙁

Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

That really shocked me , did he actually marry her for the money .She got a bad bargain ,alienated from everything she knew ,no more than a trophy for an obnoxious princeling .

@@joangrennan886 I was shocked too. When he took her money, he took her liberty. No way back for her …

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She was a good actress, a good wife and mother and a great Princess! No more to say...

Like Prince Albert when his future wife tried to escape before the wedding… so sad story

His orher choice was Marilyn Monroe. BOTH Beautuful, Blonde, Irish-Americans. He had Zero Interest In Dark Gallic French Women. TRUTH!!!

@@ajmann4676 Yes, I read this before about Marilyn Monroe. Aristotle Onassis gave Rainier the idea to marry a famous movie star to bring attention to Monaco and sure enough it worked!! There was one dark French/American that Rainier really admired and highly enjoyed and that was Jackie Kennedy! Prince Rainier tried to have Grace imitate Jackie and he tried to mold Grace after her!! How sad and unfortunate that Grace just couldn't be Grace....

The 2 million dollar dowry was payed by Grace’s father who was wealthy in his own right. I agree that Rainier was a philanderer and not even good looking! And her kids turned out to cause her no end of misery. Some fairy tale!

This alone should have raised suspicions that the was using her for his own goals: her beauty to make beautiful heirs to his throne and her money to help out Monaco. Had he not cheated on her and given her some artistic freedom it wouldn't have been so bad.

And had she not married him she'd live longer!

Why did she?

@@ramanigunatilaka3273 Grace was a social climber just like her mother. Grace went from a beautiful model to an actress to Academy award winner to Princess. Grace WANTED and NEEDED that title. Unfortunately Grace had to PAY for the position of princess. For all her pride Grace had no dignity! Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly USED each other and DESERVED EACH OTHER!! Her marriage was rocky at best and she lived in Paris and only came back to Monte Carlo when necessary. Her children were not close to her as they admitted to this in an interview. She really wasn't hands on or too involved with her children. They were closer to their nannies. Prince Rainier used Grace to bring her Hollywood friends over to Monte Carlo for fundraising. She was lonely for her American friends. She missed acting very much but Hollywood was relieved to see her go because she was having extra marital affairs with most of her co-stars. Grace was losing her looks and drinking too much. Her weight gain was getting to her and Prince Rainier's affairs were embarrassing. Her affairs were getting to Rainier too. Emotionally and mentally she seemed depressed. I've read so much about Grace Kelly since my teen years. I am now 67 - the same age as Grace's daughter princess Caroline. I'm not an expert and I can't speak for Grace Kelly but I go by the books and movies and articles and news etc. Take care. Be happy 😊😊.

Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

to me the saddest thing is that she never had been accepted by the monaco people. I was playing a concert in the beautiful opera house this february and was shocked how little of signs of hers I found around the town 😢. that shop from her foundation and the installation of movie stars in front of the Casino/opera....a small tribute to a great and so loved person and movie star.....

@@tangosaitekraft3003 Yes, I agree. I was in Monaco before the Covid hit and everywhere I went I saw no signs of Grace. I tried to get some souvenirs but the shops I visited had nothing. Someone told me that Rainier didn't want to capitalize on her death or exploit Grace. I'm thinking he didn't want to do another Graceland as Priscilla did to Elvis. But maybe Rainier felt some guilt or shame at how he treated Grace or maybe he made enough money off of her two million dollar "dowry" back in 1956. We'll never know. Prince Albert said that his father was never the same after Grace was killed. I think the citizens of Monaco wanted him to marry a fellow Monegasque and certainly not an American.

Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

Should have, not should of

I was thinking the same. They both seem to have picked their wives for their beauty in order to make beautiful heirs to their throne, but they don't really seem to be capable of loving them.

Both swimmers, blond, beautiful, and sad inside.

Prince Albert is vile

​@@someone3187beautiful heirs to the throne , well that didn't work well . The new heir and his twin sister are not exceptionally cute right now . They are just ordinary kids . But maybe when they become teens they'll change as teens often do.

@@marie34K I just looked them up. They are cute enough, with symmetrical features. I'm sure their grandfather would have been happy. They're only 9, so, too early to judge them like this.

To be expected from a Muslim country. What did she think her life would be like? She wasn’t too smart it sounds like.

Monaco Is ROMAN CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN. It's Very Expensive To Vist And Also To Live In.

@@beverlybalius9303 Muslim women had freedom up until 1978 they didn't have to wear a veil !

Perhaps the saccharine could be put aside and realise that Grace Kelly propped up the rocky outpost of Monaco..nothing much there at the time. It's true, in my view that one cannot mix a career of acting with being part of high aristocracy. However, the missing element I your video is the one that should reveal exact happenings of this " accident " , where she lost her life.....Princess Diana aldo had an " accident" which led to hr death....oppacity does not help the public here

#elaonegmorrison The Monaco Royal Family is extremely wealthy. It certainly didn't need Grace Kelly's "wealth". In fact, Kelly's family was pushing the marriage. They saw her wedding as their own entry to Royalty. Princess Grace had her own troubles. The Monaco Royal Family is not in the same league as the British Royals. In fact it is a minor Royalty. This account contains so many errors, it resembles a sieve. Typical American take on a subject they don't understand.

​@@LisaFerguson-lw8il That doesn't actually address the central abuse issue.

Remember, this was in the 1950's, when women were 2nd class citizens. Even though she was Grace Kelly, she couldn't even get a credit card without her husband's approval! Rainier also had archaic beliefs, such as women who marry a Priince have to pay to marry a "monarch." I am not making excuses; he did treat her poorly, but after seeing Charles III and Albert of Monaco, these heirs were spoiled.

But women don’t think that when they are being bamboozled

​@@nickislade5533 Manipulation is manipulation because it works. And the reason it's so successful is that the system is already set up in deception, so it's just another version of "normality".

Sort of like Diana and Charles. They both suffered from their choice in marriage!

To this day, isn't there still speculation that her youngest daughter, Stephanie, was the one driving, but they covered it up?!?

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Americans who were wealthy often wanted to have title and would pay. Same with men from abroad who had title would look for American wealth by marrying.

I wonder if Grace wasn't suffering from depression. I saw the videos that she made not long before her death and she talks in depth about her life. Being a Royal is not anything like what the public might perceive. She had to learn a new language and take on an entire new life for the people of Monaco to accept her. She said being a Princess was a very lonely and isolated life. She really missed acting a great deal. There was almost a solemn look about her and she said she didn't want people to remember her for her looks but rather for her causes and the work she did. I'm not going to be too quick too judge this woman after watching that video content (you should check it out). I think she had a lot of regrets and there was such a sadness about her. I think SHE elevated Monaco in the world's eye and not the other way around. Interesting that Albert's wife seems so unhappy in her marriage as well.

​​​​​​​​​​​@@Diana-yk7sp Hello Diana 😊. You have a lot of good points here. Grace put Monaco on the world map. Grace elevated Monaco indeed!! Rainier however knew her Hollywood friends would visit Monte Carlo. Grace was drinking heavily as the years went by and ran up tremendous phone bills to talk to her family here in Philadelphia and also friends in California but she was very lonely and unfulfilled and she was detached as a mother and wife. Her husband and all his affairs were getting to Grace and her growing children were becoming more wild than she could handle, and the Monegasques couldn't stand Princess Disgrace. Her looks and her family life here in Philadelphia were going and her overweight was difficult to handle. Grace missed her friends and some betrayed her with interviews. Yes Grace greatly regretted marrying Rainier. I read this many many times. She was no longer in Hollywood acting and that upset her too. Grace was having many affairs herself 😞😞. Emotionally and mentally she seemed depressed and disappointed. Nope, I should not listen to another video on Grace Kelly. I just like to share what I know 😊😊. I am pushing 70 so I know maybe too much on her. LOL 😆😆😆. We are both Philly women and The Kelly Mansion is only a few miles away from my house. Take care. Be happy.

@@JoanMorrison-vq2jc Thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciate your insight. Wow....that's so interesting that the Kelly Mansion is a few miles from your house. She literally could have had any man in the world that could have given her the life she wanted while maintaining her career and she chose Rainier. It sounds like it was kind of a whirlwind relationship. As glamorous as her life looked in Monaco, she paid a very heavy price in the end. Thank you again for your insight. Really enjoyed it.

​@@Diana-yk7sp Well said, Diana. The only reply I can give you is that GRACE and her mother very badly wanted and needed that TITLE! Grace must have been mad 😡😡 at Alfred Hitchcock for coining the phrase Princess Disgrace on her. She slept all day and partied at night. Grace sped up her own aging process unfortunately. Again Grace resented taking her mothers advice to marry Rainier. She should have married Oleg Cassini and Oleg Cassini warned her about getting into a royal family! He was very hurt by the sudden break up. TITLES!!! Not a good thing for American women like Rita Hayworth or Grace or Megan Markle ...

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None of Grace’s children look happy. Caroline looked very happy until her husband was killed in a boat accident. She certainly doesn’t look happy now. Princess Stephanie looks like the wild life she led, rode hard and put up wet. Albert’s wife looks ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE!

@@melbabowen4389 Spot on!!

When Diana sought wisdom from Grace she indicated it doesn't get better. Be prepared. Prince Renier was a creep without morals. Too bad the only thing Grace gained was children.

how?

@@glen7318 both husbands have had cheated on them, both died in a car accident. Even though Grace Kelly want from the upper class, she was Hollywood royalty. Diana was related to royal and her bloodline is older then the current monarchy. I believe her ancestors were De spencers way back in the 1100's until they changed it later on. Both have found adjusting to royal life hard, and they were restricted in what they could have done in their free time. I don't mean Grace Kelly's royal life 100% the same as Princess Diana royal life and vice versa. There were similarities to their royal lives in their own prospestive ways. Grace Kelly saw Princess Diana was struggling with royal life and had tried to help her to adjust when Princess Diana came on to the scene.

@@glen7318 unhappy in marriage after just a few years. Affairs. Father's who were controlling. Both had to find their own interests and activities. Go their own way so to speak. And finally, early deaths leaving children behind.

Obviously comments from outside Britain. Princess Diana was nothing like Grace Kelly, she had class Diana was born into the upper class. Diana slept around with whoever was willing, she was a slag. Princess Charles only ever loved one woman and she is now our Queen. Diana may have improved towards the end of her life but it’s only usually Americans who are deluded about Diana

He was very mean to her.

He must have been charismatic because the article said both were smitten with each other. What a downfall it must have been. The prince must have not been very good at money management. No money before they married or during the marriage. Without her huge donation where would the money come from. I'll bet that the money issues, controlling & the fact that he began sleeping around immediately contributed to her unhappiness.

It's not true

4 million !!!!!

She has a lot of guys before Rainier. She was smitten baba lot of different types of men so not so hard to believe she was smitten to him. Was he unfaithful? Maybe. I guess she concentratednon being a mother to their 3 children.

Grace Kelly was raised to believe as a Christian wife her husband had certain roles and responsibilities and likewise her roles as a Catholic, upper class wife were established. That generation raised sons and daughters who realized how dysfunctional this pattern is. New roles were envisioned for the WW2 generation of women after the war ended. When Grace Kelly’s children talk it is easy to see her influence and the shift in the culture at large.

I’ve read some things about that and seen comments about her. It’s sad she married that man she did not know. She never looked happy in her older years. Her youngest daughter had a lot of problems as a teen.

Crushes!, she humped almost every male co-star, including Bing Crosby and Gary Cooper, who were both old enough to be her father.

I think there was also a flash of Nicole Kidman.

O No she wasn't. Grace Kelly was a slogged out carousel rider who managed to snag a Prince.

And under a lot of her male co-stars, some of them such as Gary Cooper and Bing Crosby, old enough to be her father.

These men are selfish greedy and self serving

You are right.They both died in a suspicious car accident.There are many things we will never know.

@456inthemix. Grace admitted to a close friend that she regretted taking her mothers advice. Supposedly, her mother told her to dump Oleg Cassini because he was divorced twice. Grace probably regretted marrying Rainier because they weren't compatible and especially since it didn't work out and she really missed Cassini. Grace Kelly met Joe Kennedy, Sr for lunch one day with a friend of hers and Kennedy flew at Grace correcting her on dumping Cassini! Grace was embarrassed in front of her friend and Kennedy was appalled that an Irish/Catholic would even think of marrying Cassini. Needless to say the lunch went badly 😔😔. Grace always seemed to be a social climber and I think she may have learned this from her mother! Grace wanted Prince Charles to meet Caroline. They did but it didn't work out - in the pictures taken they didn't even look at each other for more than two seconds. Grace didn't like the royal life so why would she push Caroline towards Charles? Decades ago Grace liked prince Ernst and sure enough Caroline broke up his marriage and they did marry but it didn't work out!! Obviously Grace was not good with this "royal thing" 😕😕😞.

& he didn’t even look like clark gable while she was gorgeous

SHOWS SHE WAS A GOOD HEARTED PERSON .. IF HE DONE THIS HE WAS A NARCISSISTIC NARCISSIST WITH A PERSONALITY DISORDER ..3 TO CHOOSE FROM .... YOU TUBE LOTS VIDEOS TO CHOOSE FROM ABOUT NARCISSIST'S 🔴

In those days until 1963 when a woman married the money in the bank became his even if name was not on it unless it was in trusts.

Or you’re not

Nooo, at that time --- and still today --- there is not much that you can do -getting into royal. Do you forget prince Harry and all other people - who walk away and how hard princess Ann have to work ?

NO HE DID NOT !!! All she had left was $10,000.00 at the time of her death. He had spent all of the Two Million for himself and on other women. What a REVOLTING & DISGUSTING MAN !

@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 evidence?

Did you know him personally grace was soiled goods

How dare you say Grace was soiled goods? What an antiquated , cruel and evil thing to say. You just showed your black heart.

No, her teenage daughter drove. She was legally too young to drive, but likely wanted to practice, and it went wrong. I believe the guilt over her accident caused Stephanie more trouble, she acted out, tried drugs and 4 years later tried to be a popstar. Not kidding, she can't sing, no talent, but the pure fact of a singing royal brought her a short singing career in 1986.

This video says she had a stroke while driving. Nothing said about if daughter ok who was in car.