Word: rainiers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Revisiting Majorca, where they honeymooned briefly four years ago, Monaco's Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace went to the bullfights, where three matadors each dedicated a bull to Grace. A new highmark in immodesty was attained by Matador Chamaco (Antonio Borrero), rated Spain's No. 1 sensation not long ago. As he tossed his hat to Grace, Chamaco grandiloquently cried: "To the most beautiful princess in the world-from the best matador...
...their lives, others in the mountains worried about how their treasures would survive the rough roads. To borrow an altarpiece done by Nice's Louis Brea for Jean Grimaldi in 1500, Thirion had to get permission from both the Bishop of Monaco and the present Grimaldi, Prince Rainier. To get any work in France meant soliciting first the government in Paris, then the local bishop, priest and mayor. Fortunately, the exhibition coincided with the 100th anniversary of Nice's return to France from Sardinia. "Had it not been for this patriotic theme," says Thirion, "I probably could...
...Socrates Onassis and his great and dear friend, sulphurous Soprano Maria Callas, legally separated from her husband. A scarlet speedboat skittered them out to Onassis' yacht Christina. On the eve of sailing for Eastern Mediterranean ports, "Ari" and Maria went ashore for dinner with Monaco's Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. Next day Christina steamed off across the azure waters for Capri, and from there she was bound for Venice, where Maria would presumably debark to keep a recording date in Milan, while Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were slated to come aboard...
...Princess, wanted no squabbling over his estate. All his legatees knew in advance exactly what he meant to leave them. With that matter out of the way, Kelly sat down and penned words of wit and wisdom. To his sons-in-law (including Monaco's Prince Rainier), he left nary a penny: "I don't want to give the impression that I am against sons-in-law. If they are the right type, they will provide for themselves and their families...
...rank of capitaine des corvettes, now sits at the center of a bewildering web of profitmaking, nonprofit and governmental enterprises. He is director of Monaco's first-rate Museum of Oceanography, founded in 1910 by Prince Albert I of Monaco, the great-grandfather of Free Diver Prince Rainier. Cousteau is also head of France's Underwater Research Center. He is backed in part by the French government, and in part by Washington, D.C.'s National Geographic Society, takes up the slack with profits from his business firms. In addition to controlling the Aqua-Lung patents, he runs...