Editing Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (section)

===Marriage and family===
{{main|Wedding of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly}}
[[File:Famiglia reale del Principato di Monaco (1966).jpg|190px|left|thumb|The Princely Family in 1966]]
The Prince met [[Academy Award]]–winning actress [[Grace Kelly]] in 1955, during a photocall at the Palace scheduled to support her trip to the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. After a year-long courtship described as containing "a good deal of rational appraisal on both sides," Prince Rainier married Kelly in 1956.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2720000/2720723.stm 1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly], ''BBC: On This Day''. Accessed 31 May 2008.</ref> 

The union was met with mass attention from the public, and was described as the "wedding of the century" and the "world's most anticipated wedding" by the media. The civil ceremony took place at the Palace on 18 April, with the religious wedding being held on 19 April at the [[Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate|Saint Nicholas Cathedral]]. Rainier wore a military dress of his own design, based on the uniforms of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. Presided over by Bishop Gilles Barthe, the marriage was broadcast by [[MGM]] Studios, and viewed by over 30 million people across the globe. The couple honeymooned in the [[Mediterranean]] on their yacht, ''Deo Juvante II''.

Princess Grace gave birth to their first child, [[Princess Caroline of Monaco|Princess Caroline]], on 23 January 1957. Their second child and heir, [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert]], was born on 14 March 1958. Their youngest, [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco|Princess Stéphanie]], was born 1 February 1965, with all children having been delivered at the Palace.

In 1979, the Prince made his acting debut alongside the Princess in a half-hour independent film, ''Rearranged'', produced in Monaco. After its premiere in Monaco, Princess Grace showed it to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV executives, in New York in 1982, who expressed interest if extra scenes were shot. However, Grace died in a car crash caused by a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in 1982, making it impossible to expand the film for an American release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084576/|title=Rearranged (1982)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/15/lkl.01.html |title=CNN.com – Transcripts |website=Transcripts.cnn.com |date=15 April 2005 |access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_VfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT269 |title=Grace: A Biography |author=Thilo Wydra |date=18 November 2014 |publisher=Skyhorse |isbn=9781629149677 |access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref> After Grace's death, Rainier refused to remarry.<ref name=":1" /> He established the [[Princess Grace Foundation-USA]] in 1982 in her honor, to support fledging American artists.