4/15/05: After celebrating a requiem mass that was open to the public, the children of Prince Rainier of Monaco buried him next to his wife, Princess Grace in a somber state funeral full of tradition and meaning. Even Rainier’s old hunting hound, Odin, a griffon korthal, followed the coffin on its journey from the palace to the cathedral. The music played as the coffin was moved to the cathedral was Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” which was the same music played at the funeral of Princess Grace. The Monte Carlo casino and all stores were closed during the funeral. 4/6/05: A statement from the palace in Monaco announced, “His Most Serene Highness Prince Rainier III died on Wednesday April 6 2005 at 6.35 in the morning (0435 GMT).” Birthdates: Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died on September 14, 1982 in Monacoville, Monaco in a car accident when she was 52 years old. She was driving a British Rover 3500 and reportedly suffered
On September 13, 1982, while driving with her daughter Stéphanie to Monaco from their country home, Princess Grace suffered a stroke, which caused her to drive her Rover P6 off the serpentine road down a mountainside. Grace was pulled alive from the wreckage, but had suffered serious injuries and was unconscious. She died the following day at the Monaco Hospital (renamed Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace – The Princess Grace Hospital Centre in English – in 1958), having never regained consciousness. It was initially reported that Princess Stéphanie suffered only minor bruising, although it later emerged that she had suffered a serious cervical fracture. It was rumored that Kelly had been driving on the same stretch of highway that had been featured in her 1955 movie To Catch a Thief, but her son has always denied it. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
Death On September 13, 1982, while driving with her daughter Stéphanie to Monaco from their country home, Princess Grace suffered a stroke, which caused her to drive her Rover P6[15] off the serpentine road down a mountainside. Grace was pulled alive from the wreckage, but had suffered serious injuries and was unconscious. She died the following day at the Monaco Hospital (renamed Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace – The Princess Grace Hospital Centre in English – in 1958), having never regained consciousness. It was initially reported that Princess Stéphanie suffered only minor bruising, although it later emerged that she had suffered a serious cervical fracture.[16] It was rumored that Kelly had been driving on the same stretch of highway that had been featured in her 1955 movie To Catch a Thief, but her son has always denied it. She was buried in the Grimaldi family vault on September 18, 1982, after a requiem mass in Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco.[17] The 400 guests at the servi