While We’re Waiting for Part 2 of Pierre Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo’s Nuptials, a Look Back at Monaco’s Royal Weddings

Pierre Casiraghi, who’s seventh in line for Monaco’s throne, marriedBeatrice Borromeo in a civil ceremony last weekend, but the party’s far from over. The wedding will continue into next weekend, with a religious event and corresponding party on the luxurious Borromean Islands, owned by the bride’s aristocratic Italian family. (Her father is a count.) While we’re waiting for pictures from part deux of their nuptials, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the more recent royal weddings of Monaco, starting with the groom’s grandmother, Grace Kelly.

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Beatrice wore a custom Valentino wedding dress for her civil ceremony.

Prince Rainier III & Grace Kelly
The American actress would give up life as she knew it after Prince Rainier III proposed with a 10.47 emerald-cut diamond in 1956. (Click here for a picture of Grace Kelly’s engagement ring.) Grace and her family had to provide a dowry of $2 million in order for the marriage to go forward, which it did, with a wedding on April 19, 1956. The first of their three children, Princess Caroline—Pierre Casiraghi’s mother—was born nine months and four days after her parents’ wedding.

Princess Caroline & Philippe Junot

Princess Caroline, born in 1957, was heir to the throne of Monaco until the birth of her brother, Prince Albert, a year later. Her first marriage—to Parisian banker Philippe Junot—took place over two days, June 28 and 29, 1978. Guests at the lavish wedding included Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, and Frank Sinatra, but the couple would divorce just two years later; the princess was eventually granted a canonical annulment by the Roman Catholic Church.

Princess Caroline & Stefano Casiraghi

The princess married again in 1983, although not in a church, because the annulment of her previous marriage had not yet been granted. Still, she wed Stefano Casiraghi, heir to an Italian industrial fortune, in a civil ceremony on December 29. The couple had three children—Andrea, Charlotte, and Pierre—and remained married until a 30-year-old Stefano was killed in a boating accident 1990.

Princess Caroline & Ernst August

Caroline opted for a gray suit when she married for a third time, exchanging vows with Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, on January 23, 1999. The coupled have been plagued by separation rumors since 2009, and Ernst was photographed kissing another woman in January of 2010. They live separately but remain wed, with Caroline residing at Villa Clos St Pierre in Monaco-ville with the couple’s only child, Princess Alexandra.

Prince Albert II & Charlene Wittstock

The former South African swimmer met her prince at a swimming event in Monaco in 2000, but they wouldn’t make their official debut as a couple until the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. The couple made headlines ahead of their 2011 wedding, when Charlene reportedly tried to flee to her native country ahead of the nuptials. They went on to marry though, first in a civil ceremony on July 1, followed by a religious ceremony on July 2. Wedding performers included the Eagles and French composer Jean-Michel Jarre. (Click here for a round-up of more commoners who married into royalty.)

Andrea Casiraghi & Tatiana Santo Domingo
Like his brother Pierre’s, Andrea’s wedding can’t technically be called a “royal wedding,” as he doesn’t have a royal title—since the church didn’t initially recognize his parents’ marriage—but it’s worth a mention. The oldest child of Princess Caroline and Stefano Casiraghi married heiress and socialite Tatiana Santo Domingo (reportedly the 847th wealthiest person in the world) in Monaco on August 13, 2013. Part two of their wedding, a religious ceremony, happened six months later in Gstaad, Switzerland, on February 1, 2014, and saw the bride wearing a fur cape into the church. (Hey, Switzerland in February.)

Here they are, sans capes, at last year’s Monaco National Day Gala.

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