Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars, she was exhausted by the show-business lifestyle. If she married Rainier, she would be more than just a movie star, she would be Her Serene RoyalHighness Princess Grace. Once in the palace, however, Grace found herself trapped in a fairy tale of her own making. Forced to make sacrifices that cut deeply into the core of who she was as a woman, she would then surrender her desires and ambitions for her spouse and her children. Grace and Rainier may have been royalty, but they were also husband and wife, and parents-and, as such, just as vulnerable to the conflicts that can contaminate any household. Drawing upon hundreds of exclusive interviews with family and friends, ONCEUPONATIME portrays its subjects with passion and sympathy, revealing Grace, Rainier,Caroline,Albert, and Stephanie in ways both startling and compelling.
저자소개
목차
Courtship
p. 1
The Kellys
p. 3
A Complex Family
p. 8
Actress
p. 18
Star
p. 24
A Fateful Telephone Call
p. 28
A Comedy of Errors
p. 34
The Palace
p. 37
The Grimaldis
p. 41
Rainier
p. 45
Grace Meets Rainier
p. 50
Home-Wrecker?
p. 56
Oleg Cassini
p. 59
Father Figure
p. 63
Principality at a Crossroads
p. 68
A Prayer for a Princess
p. 72
The Swan
p. 75
"It Must Be a Sign"
p. 77
"Just Like Cinderella"
p. 80
"The Book"
p. 86
Prince Rainier Meets the Kellys
p. 88
Engagement
p. 93
Love at First Sight?
p. 95
The Proposal
p. 100
"I Have Made My Destiny"
p. 105
The "Fertility Test"
p. 110
The Dowry
p. 115
The Marriage Agreement
p. 120
The Announcement
p. 125
His Highness Lays Down the Law
p. 132
Grace under Pressure
p. 134
"Look What I'm Giving Up"
p. 141
Father Tucker to the Rescue
p. 145
Marriage
p. 151
Taking to the High Seas
p. 153
The Arrival of a Princess
p. 160
Grace's New Family
p. 165
Locusts!
p. 174
The Civil Ceremony
p. 177
The Wedding
p. 182
Life at the Palace
p. 187
Transition: Grace's
p. 189
Transition: Rainier's
p. 195
Strengthening a Marriage
p. 197
Rainier Stages a "Coup"
p. 201
Grace Banishes Antoinette from the Palace
p. 213
The Lonely Princess
p. 215
The Stubborn Prince
p. 222
"More Palace Drama"
p. 229
Rainier Encourages Grace's Comeback
p. 234
"Don't Tell Father"
p. 240
"God Help Us, When This News Gets Out"
p. 242
"How Dare They Do This to Me?"
p. 247
"The Sound of Hope, Dying"
p. 251
A Crisis in Monaco
p. 255
Grace's Tortured Inner Life
p. 260
Father Tucker Leaves the Palace
p. 265
Coming to Terms
p. 269
The Most Important Choice
p. 275
Children Born Royal
p. 279
Caroline and Albert
p. 281
Grace's Work
p. 286
Tiv's Writings
p. 289
Stephanie
p. 290
Freedom from Onassis
p. 292
Happy Times (1966-1970)
p. 295
Princess Grace Turns Forty
p. 302
Royal Parenting
p. 303
Tough Love
p. 305
Exodus from the Palace
p. 311
Rainier's Jubilee
p. 316
Whatever Happened to the Old "Gracie"?
p. 320
Crossing the Line
p. 325
What to Do about the Past?
p. 328
Rebellion
p. 334
Grace's Brother in Trouble
p. 340
Philippe Junot
p. 344
Show Business ... but Not Really
p. 350
An Official Ban of Caroline's Wedding?
p. 355
Life Changes
p. 363
"What Happens to a Marriage?"
p. 365
Caroline's Wedding
p. 372
The Inevitable Divorce
p. 376
Stephanie's Turn
p. 380
Princesses: Grace and Diana
p. 384
"While We Dream, Time Flies"
p. 389
Rainier's Change of Heart
p. 395
"So Little Time"
p. 400
September 13, 1982
p. 404
The "Stephanie Theory"
p. 408
"The Unthinkable Has Happened"
p. 416
Calling Her to Glory
p. 419
Life after Grace
p. 424
Epilogue: Rainier
p. 427
Appendix
p. 433
Prince Rainier's Monaco Today
p. 435
A Note about Succession
p. 440
Princess Caroline
p. 441
Prince Albert
p. 448
Princess Stephanie
p. 450
A Note about the Royal Fortune
p. 458
A Note about Royal Status
p. 460
Acknowledgments
p. 462
Source Notes and Other Information
p. 467
Index
p. 489
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