Word: rainier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nothing could please the Prince's 5,000 subjects more than to have him find the girl of his dreams-not merely for Rainier's happiness, but for their own as well. If Prince Rainier dies without issue, Monaco, under the terms of a 1918 treaty with France, will automatically become a French protectorate. The prospect is horrifying to every Monégasque, for it will inevitably bring French taxes and military conscription to a land of no taxes and no army, except for the picturesque 68-man Palace Guard. Every Monégasque wants...
...Guardia Airport), there were other compensations. For example, the prince had plenty of titles (16) and a Croix de guerre for his wartime service in the French army. Still, something was lacking: the prince had no wife. Last week, in true storybook style, His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of Monaco, 32, arrived in the U.S., looking for his princess...
Floating Hair. Of course, the princely quest was strictly unofficial, and on his arrival in New York, Rainier smilingly denied that he was seeking an American bride. Officially, the purpose of his trip was a checkup at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, but since Prince Rainier is in royally robust health, that was obviously just an excuse to justify the expense account. Before he left Paris last week, the Prince gave reporters an idea of what he had on his mind: "The ideal woman, I see her with long hair floating in the wind, the color of autumn leaves...
...Until Rainier finds his bride, every loyal Monégasque wishes he were not quite so dashing. He is an accomplished yachtsman, horseman and fisherman, and is fond of wrestling with the lion in the royal zoo. He loves to skin dive, once descended 100 ft. off the coast of Corsica. In the 1953 Tour de France, Rainier wrapped his Panhard around a tree, escaped with a cut knee. Whenever he steps into one of his flashy racing cars, all Monaco breathes a prayer for his safety...
Last week, in the worst crisis to over take his realm since 1871, the prestige and power of handsome, autocratic Prince Rainier lay under eclipse. With Monaco's solvency teetering in the balance, Rainier's National Council stepped in, began a searching investigation. First move: to persuade French police to arrest Banker Liambey in his villa at nearby Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat...