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Dwarfed by the hulking form of the American Export liner Constitution, a crowd of hundreds thronged Pier 84 in Manhattan one foggy day last week. Man, woman and teen-ager alike, they were waiting for a glimpse of the movie queen (Grace Patricia Kelly) who was sailing to Monaco to wed the reigning Prince (His Serene Highness Rainier III). Two hours before sailing time, Grace arrived in a black limousine, wearing a beige wool suit, a white straw hat shaped like a mushroom, and a radiant look. Not far to the rear came a retinue of 80-friends, relatives, business...
...Constitution at sea, April 10--This is my first exclusive report from aboard the S.S. Constitution where life is just one big, mad, gay whirl. The excitement increases as the wedding of Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and Prince Rainier (pronounced Rey-ney) of Monaco approaches. One of the years most exciting and exclusive press conferences marked the sailing of this liner. With regal poise, Miss Kelly discussed her future with a few hundred reporters. She flashed that charming smile and said, "I do wish people would be more considerate and stop stomping on each other." Grace is such a thoughtful...
Well that's all for now because I must speak to the cabin boy who has a cousin who sings in the choir of the Monaco Cathedral. Oh the entire affair is just too thrilling. Even the cabin...
Various bulletins and events livened the week in the far-flung Kelly-Rainier prenuptials as they roared toward the April 17-19 fiesta in Monaco. Items...
...Hollywood figures lucky enough to be among the 125 most intimate friends on Grace's own invitation list include the Alfred Hitchcocks, the Cary Grants, the David Nivens, Frank Sinatra. Ava Gardner, Bing Crosby. The palace at Monaco announced that invitations had gone to foreign royalty and heads of state, including President Eisenhower. But the crowned heads of Britain, Denmark and Sweden let it be known that they could not make it, and presidential assistants rummaged through the White House last week without finding an invitation. Prince Rainier also told newsmen that New York's Cardinal Spellman would...