Wedding of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly

Wedding of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly
Dual princely cypher of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco
Date 18 April 1956 (civil ceremony)
19 April 1956 (religious ceremony)
VenuePrince's Palace of Monaco
Saint Nicholas Cathedral
LocationMonaco-Ville, Monaco
ParticipantsRainier III, Prince of Monaco
Grace Kelly

The wedding of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly took place on 18 and 19 April 1956 at the Prince's Palace of Monaco and the Saint Nicholas Cathedral. The groom was the sovereign prince of the Principality of Monaco. The bride was an American film star.

The wedding was watched by over 30 million viewers on live television, broadcast by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, along with 9 television networks broadcasting to Télé Monte-Carlo via Eurovision.[1] The marriage was met with mass attention from the public, described as the "wedding of the century" and the "world's most anticipated wedding" by the media, as well as "the first modern event to generate media overkill" by biographer Robert Lacey.

  1. ^ "QUELQUES FAITS et gestes". Feuille d’avis du district d’Aigle (in French). Aigle, Switzerland: Imprimerie de la Plaine du Rhône SA. 13 April 1956. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2024.