More Reporters Covered Her Wedding Than All Of WWII
On April 18, 1956, a total of 1500 reporters showed up for the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III. The population for the entire principality of Monaco at the time was less than 25,000.
To put that number into perspective, there were fewer reporters covering World War II than there were for the Princesses coronation. Perhaps it was for that reason that so much footage of her wedding day from film and video have been preserved over the past seven decades. It was truly a magical event that people wanted to witness and continued to talk about for many years to follow.
