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Caroline of Monaco

The accident that changed Monaco forever (Part three)

September 18, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part two here. I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. On 18 September 1982, Monaco laid its Princess to rest. The coffin was carried to the Notre-Dame-Immaculée Cathedral, Saint Nicholas, as bells sounded. Her husband, Prince Rainier, with their children, Prince [read more]

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Caroline of Monaco

The accident that changed Monaco forever (Part two)

September 14, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. While Stéphanie remained unaware of what was happening, Prince Rainier, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline were living a nightmare. Doctors were finally able to give Prince Rainier a full update on his wife’s condition. Her brain damage was severe and permanent – there was no longer any brain function present. Princess [read more]

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Grace of Monaco

The accident that changed Monaco forever (Part one)

September 13, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

The day of 13 September 1982 started like any other Monday. Princess Grace of Monaco had a full schedule for the week ahead. She was supposed to meet with Robert Dornhelm in Paris to discuss the reworking of Rearranged, an independent film that she and her husband Prince Rainier had been working on together. Their [read more]

Caroline of Monaco

Princess Caroline of Monaco – Supporting her brother

January 23, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Grace of Monaco (née Kelly) had found out she was pregnant in July 1956 and had written to her friend Judith Kanter, “We’re preggos! Ecstatic!! Rainier will make the announcement soon…” The room adjoining Grace and Rainier’s bedroom was turned into a nursery with a Disney theme of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [read more]

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Gabriella of Monaco

Princess Gabriella – Monaco’s youngest princess

October 1, 2021 Brittani Barger 0

Born on 10 December 2014, Princess Gabriella is Monaco’s youngest princess. She is the only daughter of Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco and holds the full title of Her Serene Highness Princess Gabriella Thérèse Marie of Monaco, Countess of Carladès. Gabriella was born in Monaco’s Princess Grace Hospital Centre, two minutes ahead [read more]

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Ghislaine Dommanget

Royal Wedding Recollections – Ghislaine Dommanget & Louis II, Prince of Monaco

July 24, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

On 24 July 1946, the 76-year-old Louis II, Prince of Monaco, married the 45-year-old actress Ghislaine Dommanget. They had been in a relationship for at least five years prior to this, and the match angered many in the family. Prince Louis had one daughter named Charlotte with Marie Juliette Louvet, whom he had adopted, and [read more]

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