Funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco

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Funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco
Monaco-Ville
ParticipantsPrincely Family of Monaco

The funeral of

requiem Mass.[1][2]

Funeral service

Princess Grace's body lay in state in the Ardent Chapel in the Grimaldi palace where she made her home for 26 years. She was dressed in a high-necked white lace dress and laid on a quilt of orchids. Afterwards, she was transported by funeral cortege led by her husband,

Princess Caroline through the streets of Monaco-Ville from the palace to the cathedral. Her youngest daughter, Princess Stéphanie, was unable to attend, still recovering from injuries sustained in the car accident.[3]

The

Roman Catholic faith "modeled, indeed sculpted, not only the public person, but the deep personality of her being" and that her accident "results in stupefaction, and provides no answers to the questions of life, suffering, separation and death".[3] The gospel reading was "In my Father's house are many mansions...I go to prepare a place for you" from John 14.[3]

The music that accompanied the mass included an excerpt from Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 4, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and four pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach.[3]

Grace's coffin was draped in the Monégasque flag and lay in the cathedral's Chapel of the Princes during the ceremony.[4][5] A second mass was offered after the ceremony for Monégasque citizens. The Interment of the coffin in the Grimaldi family vault in the apse of the cathedral was scheduled for the following week, as the timing of the funeral service overran.[3]

Prince Rainier was seated with Princess Caroline and Prince Albert at the ceremony. Grace's siblings; her brother

Goldsmith's Hall in the City of London.[7][8]

The rest of the American delegation consisted of the

State Department Officer in charge of French and Monacan Affairs.[9]

Other notable attendees included singer

Eddie Fisher, Barbara Sinatra, the wife of the singer Frank Sinatra, and Jackie Stewart, the racing driver.[10][11]

Attendees

Family

House of Grimaldi

Kelly family

  • Margaret Conlin, Princess Grace's sister
  • John B. Kelly Jr.
    , Princess Grace's brother
  • Elizabeth Anne Levine, Princess Grace's sister

Foreign royalty

Members of reigning royal families

Members of non-reigning royal families

Non-royal dignitaries

Other notable attendees

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4464-7411-2
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  2. ^ John Moody (15 September 1982). "The body of Princess Grace was put on view..." UPI. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e John Vinocur (18 September 1982). "The World Mourns". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-1-78868-173-5
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  5. ISBN 978-1-86205-776-0
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  6. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4930-2922-8
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  7. ISBN 978-1-4516-8451-3
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  8. ISBN 978-1-4930-2492-6
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  9. ^ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1982. pp. 1145–.
  10. ^ Adele Brown (February 2002). What a Way to Go: Fabulous Funerals of the Famous and Infamous. Chronicle Books.
  11. ISBN 978-1-4711-0109-0
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  12. ^ "Grace Kelly's Forever Look". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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