The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
“Fairytales tell imaginary stories. Me, I’m a living person. I exist. If the story of my life as a real women were to be told one day, people would at last discover the real being that I am.”
Prince Albert is thankful for all the good wishes..
Monaco officially happy as Princess Charlene gives birth to twins on Dec 10, 2014.
Twins officially confirmed by the Palace: a boy and a girl – Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella.
The Palace of Monaco officially release the news this way:
It is with immense joy that TT.SS.HH the Prince and Princess of Monaco have the great pleasure to announce the birth of Their children named:
– Gabriella, Thérèse, Marie (born at 17h04)
– Jacques, Honoré, Rainier (born at 17h06)
The births took place on 10th December 2014 at the Maternity of the Princess Grace Hospital Monaco.
The Princess and the Children are doing well.
The Prince Jacques, Honoré, Rainier is the Crown Prince. In accordance with the historic custom established by the treaty of Péronne (1641), He shall receive the title of Marquis of Baux (in Provence).
The Princess Gabriella, Thérèse, Marie, second child in the line of succession, shall receive the title of Countess of Carladès (in Auvergne).
Monaco celebrates twin birth with cannon salute
Monaco Palace in red & white national colors
Brief taste of the sounds of Monaco celebrating:
This heralds a new era for Monaco, just as when Princess Grace gave birth to Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stephanie. While we await the first photos of Princess Charlene twins, here are photos of Princess Grace with her newborns.
When Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite was born on January 23, 1957, she had briefly been the hereditary heir to the throne until her brother came along. The laws of succession favor males, so a female is called an “heir presumptive” until a male – the “heir apparent” – is born.
Prince Albert II was born Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Marquis des Baux, on March 14, 1958. A one-hundred-and-one gun salute announced the birth of the heir to the throne of Monaco. Everyone was thrilled to welcome him into the world, and Prince Rainier was overjoyed to have a son. The Grimaldi heirs were named after their ancestors, with names that could be spoken in French as well as in English. Albert II was named after his great-great-grandfather, Albert I of Monaco (1848–1922), known as the “Mariner Prince,” who was a pioneer in the science of Oceanography and who founded the world-renowned Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.
When Prince Albert was born, Prince Rainier wrote to Martin: “I want to thank [you] so much for your very kind letter you so very nicely sent me for the birth of little Prince Albert. The 14th of March was a wonderful day that will count in my memory and heart as it will in the history of this little country. The Princess and myself were so touched by the gesture of the U.S. Navy. It was indeed so moving and so delicate that the USS SALEM came to honour the little Prince by a gun salute on the day he was a week old. I am writing to Admiral Brown to express to him our most sincere appreciation.”
Grace Kelly Twins DNA?
Did you know Princess Grace’s sister Peggy had twin girls?
and Grace’s twin nieces were next to her in this photo of the royal wedding in 1956
About the Twins Birth
During a cesarian birth, the doctor delivering them will have no more than a symbolic hand in deciding the destiny of the Grimaldi dynasty.
In principle, there’s no medical reason a doctor would have an active role in deciding which newborn is delivered first, even in the case of a Caesarean section, an expert said.
“The obstetrician will always deliver first the twin that presents itself first when the uterus is opened at the time of Caesarean section,” said Dr Patrick O’Brien, spokesperson for Britain’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. “We don’t decide in advance which twin to deliver first.”
It has been announced that January 7, 2015 will be an official Monaco National Holiday when the Princely Family will present the newborn twins to the citizens of Monaco.
The world congratulates the happy couple (married in 2011).
