He Was Looking for an American Actress
Okay, so maybe now daddy would be happy? Nope. His reaction to the news? “I’m not impressed with royalty,” Jack Kelly told the press. The couple’s engagement came so suddenly that her mother first thought her daughter was marrying the Prince of Morocco.
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It turns out that the prince was actively looking for a top-shelf American actress. Before he met Kelly, Rainier paid people to introduce him to Marilyn Monroe. He wanted a blonde bombshell who would be willing to quit acting to have his children and thus secure Monaco’s crown and tax-free independence from France.