Here’s how much Grace Kelly had to pay to become a princess
“Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions,” has revealed.Before Kelly became Princess of Monaco, she was a Hollywood ingénue, winning her first Academy Award for her role alongside Bing Crosby in “The Country Girl” in 1955 at 25 years old. From there, she went on to star in a number of other classics, including “High Society” (1956) with Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and three of Alfred Hitchcock’s most notable films, including “Rear Window” (1954) with James Stewart, “Dial M for Murder” (1954) and “To Catch a Thief” (1955).But by 1956, Kelly decided to give up her career at just 26 years old to marry Prince Rainier and, along with it, a $2 million (about $20 million today) dowry to the royal family of Monaco, dubbed the House of Grimaldi.