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GRACE KELLY AND PRINCE RAINIER III

Like a sweeping Hollywood love story, the romance between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and movie star Grace Kelly was both beautiful and heartbreaking. She was the impossibly glamorous leading lady from hit films High Society and Rear Window, and he ruled over the tiny European principality, famous for its casinos.

They first met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955 when she was invited to do a photo shoot with him. Kelly was 26 and already an Oscar winner. She told friends she found him “charming”. A few months later, he proposed with a diamond and ruby ring, which he later upgraded to a Hollywood-worthy 10.47 carat Cartier sparkler. Before they could proceed with their nuptials, Kelly had to take a fertility test and her family was asked to pay a

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