Royal Snapshots

This is where it really began, the modern royal saga in Monaco. Princess Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco wave from an open car following their wedding at the Monaco Cathedral on April 19, 1956.

Prince Rainier III and actress Princess Grace Kelly wave from the palace terrace at Monaco in the South of France on April 18, 1956. The couple was hosting a garden party for the people of Monaco on the palace grounds after being married in a civil ceremony at the palace a few hours earlier.

Shortly before Grace and Rainier marked their 10th wedding anniversary, the family posed on the steps of the palace.

Princess Grace of Monaco, the former Grace Kelly of Philadelphia, Pa., waves from the doorway of the plane as she arrives in Boston, Ma., with her daughter, Stephanie, and son, Albert, on Sept. 8, 1966. They were en route to her home town.

This photo was taken on March 9, 1981. Diana Spencer had yet to marry the Prince of Wales. She was introduced to Princess Grace at an event in London's Goldsmith Hall. Both women would later die as a result of car accidents, Grace on Sept. 14, 1982, and Diana, on Aug. 31, 1997.

Princess Caroline and Prince Albert escort their father, Prince Rainier Sept. 18, 1982, as he follows the funeral procession of their mother, Princess Grace, to the cathedral in Monte Carlo.

Princess Caroline of Monaco, left, is comforted by top fashion model Ines de la Bressange as they leave Caroline's Parisian home Oct. 3, 1990, for Monaco where her Italian husband, Stefano Casiraghi, had been killed in an offshore accident earlier in the day.

Princess Stephanie of Monaco, 30, and Daniel Ducruet, 31, pose together July 1, 1995 after they were married in a simple civil ceremony in Monaco. They divorced a couple of years later after Italian magazines published photos claiming to show Ducruet in a steamy poolside tryst with topless singer Fili Houteman.

Prince Rainier of Monaco, left, and his son Prince Albert of Monaco leave Monaco's cathedral after attending a religious service as part of Monaco National Day ceremonies, Nov. 19, 2001.

Princess Caroline of Hanover, center, with her husband Prince Ernst August, right, and her father Prince Rainier of Monaco, arrive at the Red Cross Gala, Aug. 2, 2002, in Monaco.

Members of the Monoco royal family and hospital officials look on during the unveiling of a statue of the late Princess Grace at the Monaco hospital in Monaco Dec. 11, 2002. From left are Jean Joseph Pastor, director of the hospital, Princess Caroline of Hanover, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Prince Albert, and Princess Stephanie.

Crown Prince Albert of Monaco, center, poses for a photograph with Alicia Warlick, left, and his sister Princess Caroline of Monaco at the start of the 20th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002.

Prince Rainier, center, with his daughters, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, left, and Princess Caroline of Hanover, arrive at the "Bal de la Rose" on Saturday, March 22, 2003, in Monaco. Caroline and Stephanie have long been favorite subjects for Europe's paparazzi.

Princess Caroline and her husband, Ernst August of Hanover pose for the media after the wedding of Heinrich Donatus Prince of Hesse and Floria-Franziska Graefin von Faber -Castell in Kronberg, Taunus, Germany, Saturday, May 17, 2003. Europe's top human rights court is hearing a complaint by Caroline that German authorities failed to protect her from paparazzi photographers.

Prince Albert, left, shares a laugh with ex-race car driver and Vice Chairman of Octagon Motorsports Murray Smith as he sits in a 1950 Ferrari 166 SL, in New York, on Monday, April 28, 2003. The prince was in the U.S. to launch 'Monaco Takes New York', a week-long series of events organized by the Consulate General of Monaco.

Prince Albert arrives at the Cannes Film Festival with two French actresses, Blandine Bury, left, and Alexandra Lacoste. They attended the screening of the film "Fanfan La Tulipe," out of competition, directed by French director Gerard Krawczyk. The movie opened the 56th Film Festival in Cannes, Wednesday, May 14, 2003.