Prince Rainier and Princess Grace meeting Monegasque people in the courtyard of the Royal Palace. Monaco 1956 for the official reception of the wedding presents. Grace Kelly wore a pale blue chiffon day dress by the California designer James Galanos. She accessorized z^the dress with a small headpiece of matching blue ribbon. Rolls Royce Silver Cloud I, Standard Steel Sports Saloon, was a wedding-gift by the Conseil Nationale de Monaco to their Souvereign to celebrate the marriage. When the car was ordered the specifications included that Crown and Cypher were to be applied to the front doors – thus giving off this was an owner-driver car (cars exclusively chauffeur-driven showed the Armorial Bearings on their rear doors). Monaco 1956.
In the courtyard of the Royal Palace, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier are surrounded by photographers during the 1956 reception for their wedding presents. The Princess wears a pale blue chiffon day dress by James Galanos with a matching ribbon headpiece. At their side is a new Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I, a gift from the Conseil Nationale de Monaco. The Crown and Cypher on its front doors, rather than the rear, signified that it was an owner-driver car for the newlywed sovereign couple.
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