Prince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005
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The prince who married Grace Kelly and turned a casino town into a tax shelter. Rainier III's 56-year reign transformed Monaco from a gambling curiosity into a haven for wealth, while his 1956 wedding to Hollywood royalty made him front-page news worldwide.
Born at the Prince's Palace in May 1923, the only son of Hereditary Princess Charlotte and Prince Pierre, Rainier inherited Monaco in 1949 and set about remaking it. He steered the principality away from its casino-gambling foundations and toward its present identity as a tax haven and cultural hub. Along the way he pushed through constitutional reforms that curbed the sovereign's absolute power. In 1956 he married American film star Grace Kelly, a union that brought global attention and three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stéphanie. He ruled for nearly 56 years, dying in April 2005 from a l…
Sourced, dated quotes from Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
The miracle that after 700 years the family is still there shows that there's been unity between my family and the population.
Let's say the change is that we worked as a team and the team has been split up.
I am like the head of a company.
She was always present and ready to do things either with me or for me if I couldn’t do them.
Monaco will always be prosperous so long as there are 3,000 rich men in the world.
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