monaco

Joyeux Noël From the World's Most Miserable Royal Family

Leah Finnegan · 12/24/14 05:30PM

Clockwise from top: Monaco's Prince Albert, baby Prince Hereditaire Jacques Honore Rainier, Princess Charlene, baby Princess Gabriella Therese Marie. Not pictured: Prince Albert's illegitimate children, Princess Charlene's location monitoring device.

Monaco Royal Family Thinks Nicole Kidman Is No Grace Kelly

Michelle Dean · 05/02/14 11:19AM

In a few days, eternally-sad-seeming Nicole Kidman's new film is to open the Cannes film festival. In Grace of Monaco, she plays the sad-seeming-in-retrospect Grace Kelly, the movie star and eventual princess of Monaco. And the sadness is still contagious, apparently, now extending to the film's backers because it's been denounced by the Monégasque (it's a great word) royal family as a "farce."

Monaco Prince Left with 'Broken' Face After 'Vicious' N.Y. Nightclub Brawl

Max Read · 02/20/12 10:19AM

Meet Pierre Casiraghi, 24-year-old Monegasque prince and grandson of Grace Kelly, pictured here with his sister Princess Charlotte. But be aware: he might look a little bit different after a "vicious" nightclub brawl this weekend — involving Paris Hilton's ex Stavros Niarchos and the former owner of Hawaiian Tropic — that landed him in the hospital.

We Come in Pasties

Gabriel Snyder · 07/31/09 05:37PM

[Tonight the Sovereign Prince of Monaco hosted the Red Cross charity ball, an incredibly glamorous social event which apparently involves reenacting Star Trek slashfic; pic via Getty]