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Old 04-18-2004, 12:19 PM
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beautiful pictures. does anyone have a good close up photograph of the engagement ring? i have read that it was 12 carats emerald cut diamond. i've never seen it though.
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(Front row, L-R) HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly, father John Brendan Kelly, mother Margaret Kelly and sister Margaret Davis, (Back row, L-R) Sister-in-law Mrs. John B. Kelly Jr., brother-in-law Donald Levine, brother John B. Kelly Jr., brother-in-law George Davis and sister Elisabeth Anne Levine, during Rainier and Grace's engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly)
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Grace Kelly's engagement ring during her engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Grace Kelly)
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HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco (2nd R) poses with Grace's brother-in-law Donald Levine (L), Grace's sister-in-law Mrs. John B. Kelly Jr. (2nd L) and Grace's brother-in-law George Davis (R), during his engagement party with Grace Kelly held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier)
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HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly during their engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly)
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HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly (R) with Margaret Davis, one of Grace's two sisters, during their engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly)
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HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly surrounded by the Kelly family, father John Brendan Kelly, mother Margaret Kelly and brother John Jr. 'Jack' Kelly, during their engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly)
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HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly surrounded by the Kelly family, (L-R) Grace's sister Margaret Davis, father John Brendan Kelly, mother Margaret Kelly, brother John Jr. 'Jack' Kelly and sister Elisabeth Anne Levin, during their engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly)
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HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco (R) poses with Grace's brother-in-law Donald Levine (L), Grace's sister-in-law Mrs. John B. Kelly Jr. (2nd L) and Grace's brother-in-law George Davis, during his engagement party with Grace Kelly held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA. (Pictured: Prince Rainier)
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The cake for the engagement party of HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA.
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Publication about Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco in the french magazine "Point de Vue" on January 5, 2005. Photo by ABACA
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This engagement seems so informal....doesn´t look like a prince engagement....all could look like this!
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thank you so much for all these photos
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beautiful pictures. does anyone have a good close up photograph of the engagement ring? i have read that it was 12 carats emerald cut diamond. i've never seen it though.
Oh, yes, please! :) I have already asked about that engagement ring too in other topic, but nobody answered and post a pic up to now :(
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I think it was the film "High Society" that the engagement ring Grace Kelly wears in the film is actually her real one from Ranier. So maybe there are close-ups in the film.

I found some pics form Hogh Society with her wearing a ring, so maybe this is the ring.
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/119...th_key=0049314

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I think it was the film "High Society" that the engagement ring Grace Kelly wears in the film is actually her real one from Ranier. So maybe there are close-ups in the film.

I found some pics form Hogh Society with her wearing a ring, so maybe this is the ring.
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/119...th_key=0049314
i just read "Rainier & Grace by Jeffrey Robinson and it says she wore her engagment ring in that movie.
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