Editing Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (section)

==Personal life==
In the 1940s and 1950s, Rainier had a ten-year relationship with the French film actress [[Gisèle Pascal]], whom he had met while a student at Montpellier University,<ref name="jvb" /> and the couple lived at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} Rainier's sister, [[Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy|Princess Antoinette]], wishing her own son to ascend the throne, spread rumors that Pascal was infertile. The rumours combined with a snobbery over Pascal's family origins ultimately ended the relationship.<ref name=IndFeb07>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/giselle-pascal-435470.html|title=Obituary: Giselle Pascal|date=8 February 2007|work=The Independent|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>

Rainier established a postal museum in 1950: the [[Museum of Stamps and Coins]], in Monaco's [[Fontvieille, Monaco|Fontvieille]] district<ref name=StampMag>{{cite news|url=http://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/news/article/monaco-refreshing-rainier/8284|title=Monaco: Refreshing Rainier|publisher=Stamp Magazine|access-date=4 August 2014|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810200932/http://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/news/article/monaco-refreshing-rainier/8284|url-status=dead}}</ref> by using the collections of the Monegasque princes [[Albert I, Prince of Monaco|Albert I]] and [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco|Louis II]]. The prestigious philatelic collectors organization, Club de Monte-Carlo de l'Élite de la Philatélie, was established in 1999 under his direct patronage.  The club is headquartered at the postal museum, and its membership restricted to institutions and one hundred prestigious collectors.<ref name='PF'>{{cite web|title=Museums|url=http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/News/Postage-stamps/Why-100-of-the-world's-top-collectors-will-be-in-Monaco-this-weekend/1187.page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815032716/http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/News/Postage-stamps/Why-100-of-the-world's-top-collectors-will-be-in-Monaco-this-weekend/1187.page|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2014|work=Why 100 of the world's top collectors will be in Monaco this weekend|publisher=Paul Fraser Collectibles|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> Rainier organized exhibitions of rare and exceptional postage stamps and letters with the club's members.<ref name='PF'/> 

Throughout his reign, Rainier surveyed all the process of creation of Monaco stamps. He preferred stamps printed in [[Intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio]] and the art of engravers [[Henri Cheffer]] and [[Czesław Słania]].<ref name="StampMag" />

Rainier's car collection was opened to the public as the [[Monaco Top Cars Collection]] in Fontvieille.<ref name='FIAMon'>{{cite web|title=Monaco Top Cars Collection|url=http://www.fiaheritagemuseums.com/240-monaco-top-cars-collection.html|work=FIA Heritage Museums|publisher=FIA|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref>

===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.