While the United Kingdom has been plunged into mourning since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the Principality of Monaco is preparing to pay tribute to its late princess. On September 14, 1982, Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco since her marriage to Prince Rainier, succumbed to her injuries, caused by a serious car accident in the south of France. His disappearance at the age of 52 was a shock for the Rock but not only. The actress was one of the icons of Hollywood where she made Monaco shine like no one before her.
Their mother disappeared 40 years ago, impossible for Prince Albert II, Caroline and Stéphanie of Monaco not to think of her or to pay tribute to her. However, no official ceremony with great fanfare for this sad anniversary but a family reunion in all sobriety: “I think we’ll go to his grave and have some family time.said Prince Albert in the pages of nice morning this Sunday, September 11. There have been many evocations of my mother in recent years. Documentaries, exhibitions, heaps of events which recalled his memory. We thought it was not absolutely necessary to do something special for these 40 years.”
One detail nevertheless remains essential for Prince Albert II: to transmit the heritage and the cultural influence of his late mother to his youngest children, Gabriella and Jacques, 7 years old, the fruit of his marriage to Charlene of Monaco. Despite their young age, the prince is already beginning to introduce them to their grandmother’s work: “They know how to recognize her, they know who she washe says. I had to teach them all that, because I don’t think there are many other people who dare to talk to them about it..” Gabriella and Jacques have already had a glimpse of one of his films: “Recently, they have seen a few snippets of The Hand in the collar. When I saw it on television, I wanted to show them. They looked a little bit but are not too long in front of the post.“A brief moment which in no way illustrates the love they have for this grandmother whom they have never known.