Edwards - The Grimaldis of Monaco: Centuries of Scandal, Years of Grace

For Polly Brown

With Love and Gratitude

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Copyright 1992 by Anne Edwards

First Lyons Paperback Edition, 2017

Excerpts from Palace by Baron Christian de Massey and Charles Higham, copyright 1987 by Christian de Massey and Charles Higham, reprinted with the permission of Antheneum, imprint of MacMillan Publishing Company.

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The Library of Congress has catalogued an earlier hardcover edition as follows:

Edwards, Anne, 1927

The Grimaldis of Monaco / Anne Edwards

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-688-08837-6

Grimaldi family.. 2. MonacoPrinces and PrincessesBiography.. 3. Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, 1923. Family. I. Title.

DC943.A1G754 1992

944,8490099dc20

ISBN 978-1-4930-2921-1 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-4930-2922-8 (e-book)

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.

In most works of nonfiction the authors family is mentioned with gratitude in the closing paragraph of the Acknowledgments. I have been fortunate in the writing of this book to have had the assistance of many fine archivists, librarians and authorities in French and Mongasque history. But my greatest debt is to my husband, Stephen Citron, whoalthough he has his own demanding career as an author and musicologisthas helped me in every step of the progress of this project, as he has in all my past endeavors. On this book he has been my companion, able translator, research assistant and editorial adviser, taking months away from his own work to travel with me to various European archives to help me in the difficult task of re-creating with accuracy the history of Monaco and the lives of the Grimaldis, reading journals, documents and letters of the far past, handwritten in French and Italian, and translating the contents for me. And this was just part of his contribution to this work. In addition, he provided encouragement, keen critical insight and even supplied computer expertise when I seemed to be losing my battle (and perhaps a chapter of hard work) to that mechanical monsterand always with gracious forbearance.

I benefited greatly from the considerable help of two other members of my extraordinary family: my stepson, Alexander Citron, whose English translations from French of archival letters and papers were an immense aid, and Polly Brown (to whom this book is dedicated), my Washington researcher and much-loved daughter-in-law.

I owe a large debt to H.S.H. Prince Rainier for my access to the Archives du Palais Princier de Monaco, and for the right to use many of the photographs from the archives for this book. I am most grateful to Monsieur Rgis Lcuyer, conservateur adjoint of the Archives du Palais Princier, who not only helped me to locate the material most relevant to my book, but read through several chapters to assure that they were accurate in all historical detail and answered all my questions (and there were many) with much kindness and consideration. My appreciation, as well, to the members of M. Lcuyers staff who were so generous with their time while I researched in their archives. Among the many other people in Monaco to whom I am indebted, I must thank especially Madame Nadia Lacoste, Attach de Presse du Socit des Bains de Mer; Mlle. Judith Mann, Secretary to Princess Caroline; M. George Sandulescu, Director, Princess Grace Library; Comtesse Elizabeth Prince de Ramel; Mlle. Maguy Maccario, Promotional and Marketing Manager, Monaco Government Office; and Ms. Brigette Charles, Monaco Tourist & Convention Office, London.

I am grateful for the assistance of the staff members of the Greater Manchester Library in my research there; Charles S. Longley, Curator of Microtexts and Newspapers, Boston Public Library; Nicholas Aldridge, Summerfields, Oxford; Christopher Atkinson, Stowe School, Buckingham; Charles Israel, University of North Carolina Library; Brenda Gallaway, Urban Archives, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jody Davis, Park County Historical Society, Cody, Wyoming; Elizabeth Holmes, Buffalo Bill historical Center, Cody, Wyoming; and Andrea Ducros, New Orleans Public Library.

I am especially thankful to Mrs. Phyllis W. Johnson who was so resourceful in checking New Orleans birth and census records regarding the Heine family; Zuma Y. Salaun, Historical Nuggets, New Orleans; Mary Gehman, New Orleans; and to George Gagnet, also of that city and a cousin to the first American woman to become a Princesse de Monaco, Alice Heine.

I have been fortunate to have two extraordinary English editors, Rickard Johnson and Robert Lacey of Harper-Collins, whose careful attention to my manuscript has been tremendously helpful. This is the sixth book on which Harvey Ginsberg has been my editor at William Morrow and it has been a collaboration that, in my long association with publishers, I know to be unique. Among the other people at Morrow to whom I am deeply indebted are Lisa Queen, who has been a tower of strength in her belief in my work; my excellent copy editor, Joan Amico; the enthusiastic and talented Robert Aulicino, who designed the original cover; Frank Mount and Scott Manning.

Few authors have the valued advice of two extraordinary agents. For twenty-five years my English agent, Hilary Rubinstein, has been an encouraging constant in my life. If I have never told him how much this has meant to me, let me do it now, along with my deepest gratitude to Clarissa Rushdie and Linda Shaughnessy of the A. P. Watt, Ltd., office. At I.C.M. in New York, Mitchell Douglas, who has represented me for seventeen years, always has given me good counsel, been there when I needed him and offered his enthusiasm at every turn. My added gratitude to Peter Napolitano, whose cheerful help has been enormous.

Lastly, to my able assistant in London, Sally Slaney, whose keen eyes, good instinct and tremendous stick-to-itiveness have been invaluable assets, my sincere admiration and appreciation.

Law Report, Mar. 22

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CHANCERY DIVISION

PRINCE OF MONACOS CLAIM TO CUSTODY OF GRANDSON: JUDGMENT MONACO V. MONACO

Before Mr. J USTICE L UXMOORE

His Lordship gave judgment for the plaintiff in the action by the reigning Prince of Monaco against Prince Pierre of Monaco (otherwise known as Prince Pierre de Polignac) relating to the custody of the plaintiffs grandson, Prince Rainier of Monaco, who is at school in this country.

The plaintiff claimed an injunction restraining the defendant from removing the young Prince out of the United Kingdom except with his (the reigning Princes) consent. He also asked for an order for the delivery up of the Prince to him or to such person as he should authorize.

The defendant denied that the plaintiff was entitled to the relief for which he asked.