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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.
Author Notes
Bestselling author and news reporter J. Randy Taraborrelli was born on February 29, 1956. His biographies have focused on celebrities such as Cher, Carol Burnett, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. His biography called The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty, made it to the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. His latest book is Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, published in January 2018.
Taraborrelli has been a guest on television programs including Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Larry King Live, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, and CNN. He also contributes entertainment articles internationally to Hello!, The Daily Mail and Sunday Mail, and Australia's Women's Weekly.
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Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The "happily ever after" marriage of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of Monaco is explored and demythologized in this fascinating, compelling and well-researched royal biography. After failed romances with married co-stars (Ray Milland and William Holden) and turning down a marriage proposal from Oleg Cassini, Kelly met Rainier, the prince of a popular Mediterranean resort town who was searching for a princess he hoped would become "the manifestation of all that we hope for and dream about in Monaco." Nine months after what was called "the wedding of the century" (watched by 30 million TV viewers) in 1956, Grace gave birth to the first of their three children. Never planning to stop making films, she bowed to her husband's wishes and soon her loneliness and boredom were replaced by severe depression. The prince encouraged her to accept Alfred Hitchcock's offer of the lead in Marnie. But the subjects of Monaco objected and forced her to withdraw. Before her tragic car accident death in 1982, Grace found contentment in the life she chose. As he demonstrated in his 2002 bestseller, Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, Taraborrelli is adept at illuminating political intrigue and complex family dynamics. He smoothly weaves together hundreds of exclusive interviews (in fast-paced, short chapters) to create vivid, full-blooded portraits. This is the definitive book on a marriage that started as an arrangement but ended as a love story. 16 pages of b&w photos. Agent, Jonathan Hahn. (Apr.) Forecast: A three-city author tour hits L.A., New York and Grace Kelly's hometown of Philadelphia. Thanks to previous bestselling biographies-Call Her Miss Ross (on Diana Ross), Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness, Sinatra: A Complete Life and Madonna: An Intimate Biography-Taraborrelli is a familiar commentator on TV bio shows. This should follow the rest of his books up the bestseller list. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
A journalist and the popular biographer of such luminaries as Madonna, Frank Sinatra, and Michael Jackson now turns his focus on a supremely glamorous couple, the late Grace Kelly and her princely husband.-Brad HooperAdult Books Young adult recommendations in this issue have been contributed by the Booklist staff and by reviewers Nancy Bent, John Charles, Tina Coleman, Deborah Donovan, Gordon Flagg, Carol Haggas, Roberta Johnson, Beth Leistensnider, Shelley Mosley, Regina Schroeder, and Mike Tribby. Titles recommended for teens are marked with the following symbols: YA, for books of general YA interest; YA/C, for books with particular curriculum value; YA/L, for books with a limited teenage audience; YA/M, for books best suited to mature teens.
Library Journal Review
Princess Grace, a.k.a. Grace Kelly, was the 1950s ideal-a tall, slender, blue-eyed blonde, an "ice princess." Her father was a self-made millionaire, and her mother had longings to be part of high society. The Kellys were Catholic, and Grace's siblings, like their father, were very athletic and competitive. The third of four children, she felt she had to do something extraordinary to win her father's love and approval. Once her career began, she became the favorite of directors and gossip columnists and was often linked romantically with her costars. When the Academy Award-winner decided to attend the Cannes Film Festival in 1955, it was suggested she meet and be photographed with Prince Rainier of Monaco as a "publicity stunt." They were married a year later. The author's effort and research are admirable; he offers a fascinating glimpse of two very public lives. Read by Edward Herrmann, Once Upon a Time is recommended for all public libraries with large biography collections.-Pam Kingsbury, Florence, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Part 1 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 |
| Part 2 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 |
| Part 3 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 |
| Part 4 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 |
| Part 5 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 |
| Part 6 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 |
