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Royal Weddings in Monaco during the 20th and 21st Century

Monaco royal weddings: Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III - hellomagazine.com (http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2014041818284/princess-grace-kelly-prince-rainier-anniversary/)

Prince Rainier was disappointed that part of the major nations had refused to send a significant dignitary to his and Grace's wedding. Invitations had gone to Buckingham Palace, Winston Churchill, President Eisenhower, and President de Gaulle.

Yes, there were few leaders of world stature or other royals who came to Rainier and Grace's wedding. I attribute it to the fact that there were very few family links to other royal Houses (the Monaco royals have always been unconventional in their choice of marriage partners and many of the unions hadn't lasted) that the Principality was looked down on a little by other European monarchies, and because Monaco had the reputation of being, in Somerset Maugham's famous phrase,'a sunny place for shady people' at the time.

Poor Rainier, I think he and Grace did do a lot to try and make Monaco more respectable.  But I feel that even now it problaby is not highly favoured by other royal families.  The Grimaldi children have turned out a very mixed bunch

More from Monaco.

Vogue (https://www.vogue.com.au/brides/trends/inside-princess-caroline-of-monacos-three-incredible-royal-weddings/image-gallery/855e56cc58ca6646224d83f705ec733b)-Information on Princess Caroline's three weddings.

Royal Wedding Rewind: Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco ? Royal Central (https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/monaco/royal-wedding-rewind-prince-albert-and-princess-charlene-of-monaco-145246/)

Spanish Royal Weddings during the 20th and 21st century


The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Princess Letizia's Gown (http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2011/09/wedding-wednesday-princess-letizias.html) Information on Felipe and Letizia's wedding

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Infanta Cristina's Gown (http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2011/10/wedding-wednesday-infanta-cristinas.html) Information on Cristina and Inaki's wedding

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Infanta Elena?s Gown (http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2012/11/wedding-wednesday-infanta-elenas-gown.html) Information on Elena and Jaime's wedding

Royal Wedding Rewind: Juan Carlos and Sofia of Spain ? Royal Central (https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/royal-wedding-rewind-juan-carlos-and-sofia-of-spain-142214/)

Greek Royal Weddings of the 20th and 21st Century

CIVIL WEDDING OF PRINCE PHILIPPOS AND NINA FLOHR - ROYAL FASHION BLOG (https://royalfashionblog.com/engagement-prince-philippos-nina-flohr/) Information on the civil wedding of Philippos and Nina.

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Nikolaos and Tatiana's Wedding: The Dress and the Bridal Party (http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2010/08/nikolaos-and-tatianas-wedding-dress-and.html) Information on Nikolas and Tatiana's wedding

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Princess Alexia's Gown (http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2011/11/wedding-wednesday-princess-alexias-gown.html) Information on Alexia and Carlos' wedding
The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Flashback Friday: Princess Marie-Chantal's Wedding Dress (http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2010/07/flashback-friday-crown-princess-pavlos.html) Information on Pavlos and Marie Chantal's wedding

Royal Wedding Rewind: King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece ? Royal Central (https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/royal-wedding-rewind-king-constantine-and-queen-anne-marie-of-greece-147512/)

Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona was the son of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. He married Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in Rome, Italy on October 12, 1935.   

Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg was the daughter of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg. King Alfonso XIII of Spain met her in 1905.     
Alfonso was a Roman Catholic. Victoria Eugenie was an Anglican.   
They were married at the Church of San Jeronimo on May 31, 1906.   

Yes Anne Marie wore the Khedive of Egypt tiara which has been worn by nearly all of Queen Ingrid's descendants.

The Khedive of Egypt Tiara (https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2016/06/the-khedive-of-egypt-tiara.html)

QuoteAfter Ingrid?s death in 2000, she left the tiara to her younger daughter, Anne-Marie, the former queen of Greece. Anne-Marie has had alterations made to the base of the piece, so that it sits much higher now on the wearer?s head (you can clearly see these changes in wedding photos of Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the only bride to have worn it so far after it was altered).