Grace Kelly Royal Wedding to Prince Rainer III (1956) | British Pathé

after all the fever of publicity the Acres of newsprint the fashion notes and the Jewel robberies the great day approaches at last when Grace Kelly of Philadelphia USA will become the Bride of reer Prince of Monaco wedding gifts have come from all over the world gifts in gold and silver jewelry and fine porcelain presents from Kings and Queens presidents and commoners movie magnets of millionaires a pile of riches which look as though Aladdin had rubbed his lamp to furnish this fairy tale wedding at the Opera House monagas see grace at her first public event as Ren's wife but she's still only half a princess the Civil marriage has been held privately but the solemn Cathedral ceremony is still to come on the wedding day the Mediterranean Sun Shines as brilliantly as anyone could wish when Grace arrives on her father's arm past guards of Honor from the visiting British French Italian and American warships a few minutes later the bridegroom [Music] arrives now almost for the first time in months the Blair of publicity is silenced in the beauty and dignity of the Napal Mass the bride Waits at the altar and the bridegroom comes forward to join her a quick smile from The Prince and the ceremony is due to [Music] begin the bishop of Monaco conducts the marriage [Music] [Music] service [Music] now comes a moment for the exchanging of rings the bishop hands one to the bridegroom who is a little nervous Grace helps him put it on Mr Mrs Kelly watch as the young couple kneel to pray before reing Holy [Applause] [Music] Communion the wedding is over and Prince Ren's bride is no longer Grace Kelly but her Serene highness Princess Grace of Monica the nervous tension of the last few days begins to relax as the prince and princess leave the cathedral to greet their cheering [Applause] people an open Rolls-Royce waits to drive them on a tour through the streets of Monte Carlo as handsome a couple as any teller of fairy tales could have described the prince in his dark uniform with the shining epolets and the princess in her Ivy gun with its 300 yard of lace and 150 yard of silk so a Hol wood star becomes a princess in a setting even Hollywood could scarcely have surpassed

Channel: British Pathé

Views: 3,125,944

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Id: YiOKFzRHm14

Length: 3min 39sec (219 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 13 2014