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Remembering Grace:Chapter 5 - Monaco

Pictures from the books GRACE and Remembering Grace. With photographs by Howell Conant / produced by Bob Adelman Books.

At 10 a.m. on April 12, 1956, the USS Constitution arrived at the mouth of Monaco’s small harbor. Most of the 23,000 residents of the principality waved from balconies and rooftops to greet the Constitution. They were joined by an estimated 2,000 reporters and pho- tographers from all over the world
At 10 a.m. on April 12, 1956, the USS Constitution arrived at the mouth of Monaco’s small harbor. Most of the 23,000 residents of the principality waved from balconies and rooftops to greet the Constitution. They were joined by an estimated 2,000 reporters and pho- tographers from all over the world
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Because the Constitution was too large to dock in the yacht basin, His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
Because the Constitution was too large to dock in the yacht basin, His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
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His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
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His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
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His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
His Serene Highness, Prince Rainier III, came out on his yacht, the Deo Ju- vante II, to greet his bride. Monaco, April 12, 1956
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Escorted into the royal courtyard of the palace, Grace and her mother follow Monsignor Gilles Barthe, Bishop of Monaco, who would perform the wedding ceremony, and Father Francis Tucker, who Rainier often referred to as their cupid. Monaco, April 12, 1956.
Escorted into the royal courtyard of the palace, Grace and her mother follow Monsignor Gilles Barthe, Bishop of Monaco, who would perform the wedding ceremony, and Father Francis Tucker, who Rainier often referred to as their cupid. Monaco, April 12, 1956.
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Grace and the Prince enter the Galerie d’Hercule. April 12, 1956.
Grace and the Prince enter the Galerie d’Hercule. April 12, 1956.
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