If you missed last months, May issue of Vanity Fair, you missed a great feature article on the elegant and timeless Grace Kelly. Of her wedding day the article reads:
"The Wedding of the Century." as it was referred to at the time (Grace called it "the Carnival of the Century"), was arguably the first multi-media press event on a modern scale. There was a slew of reporters and photographers on the ship that took Grace and her entourage of 66 to Monoco; nearly 2000 reporters crowded the cathedral ceremony, "more press there than guests", remembers Maree Rambo, who was a bridesmaid; and the wedding itself was filmed by MGM and broadcast live to more than 30 million viewers in Europe. It was a marriage that seemed to embody the wedding-cake ideal of postwar, 50s culture, with its emphasis on fairy-tale fertility and prosperity. The little principality of Monaco was stepped like a wedding cake, and its palace was as pink as a petit four. even bartenders toasted the event, serving a new drink called the Princesses Cocktail; equal parts bourbon, grenadine and fresh cream. Grace became pregnant with that precious first child (Caroline) on her honeymoon.
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