Grace Kelly of Monaco: The Inspiring Story of How An American Film Star Became a Princess

She has been called Americas princess - and with good reason. Long before she married a prince Grace Kelly had the looks and bearing of royalty. Born and raised in Philadelphia the daughter of an Irish Catholic father and a German immigrant mother Graces blend of blonde-haired blue-eyed beauty and poise was dubbed a snow-covered volcano by director Alfred Hitchcock. But like most icons there is more to Grace than what you see in film. While on the surface she appeared to have lived a real-life fairy tale filled with handsome men beautiful clothes and an adoring public in reality her life seems to have been more of an often sad reflection of the times in which she lived. It was a time of movie megastars of hushed-up love affairs of prejudice and gossip and of images not always being what they appeared to be. Long before the world admired Kate Middletons sophisticated sense of style and long before the world fell in love with young Lady Dianas shy smile there was a breathtakingly beautiful princess from Philadelphia. Her name was Grace Kelly and this is her story.