Word: rainiers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Monaco was spiritually run down," he said recently. That was putting it mildly. Prince Rainier was often in the company of Gisele Pascal, a French actress. A mayor of Monte Carlo had married a former Sister of Charity who had nursed him in the hospital. The clergy were quarreling among themselves. The bishop of Monaco, a Frenchman, did not get along with his Italian priests...
Then the busy priest turned his attention to "that boy," the prince. Father Tuck thought that Rainier should get married, and the romance with Gisèle did not seem likely to lead in that direction. One day the Prince took the priest to call on Gisèle. The three spent a pleasant afternoon together. "What do you think of her?" asked Rainier, on the way back to Monte Carlo...
...What do you mean, you could go for her yourself?" asked Rainier. "You're a priest...
...duty and the gentle urging of Father Tucker prevailed. Rainier and the actress parted, and Gisèle leaped into the arms of Gary Cooper at the Cannes film festival. Rainier has found no steady girl friend since, though a brief encounter with Grace Kelly momentarily raised Monégasque hopes...
This week, after a look at the Bronx Zoo and a round of parties in Manhattan, Father Tuck and Prince Rainier were off on an eight-week tour that will include an appointment with President Eisenhower, Christmas in Delaware, and introductions to eligible girls from California to Texas (as a 2nd lieutenant in the French army in World War II, Rainier served as a liaison officer with the Texas 36th Infantry Division). Like the Monégasques, Father Tuck fervently hopes that he will be singing a royal nuptial Mass soon, and that Monaco will live happily ever after...