Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1963)

after five hours of duty at the border. They returned later, then left, then returned again. It was, in effect, a sample harassment designed to show Rainier that France means business. And to demonstrate what France can do if His Highness doesn't yield to de Gaulle’s demand to impose a 40 per cent tax on the earnings of French companies in Monaco. The crisis brought Princess Grace and the children back the next day to find the French security forces on duty guarding the border of their domain. As she came out of the railroad station accompanied by the children, their nurse, and a French poodle, Princess Grace cast a wary eye at the guards and their house trailers parked along the border. Three uniformed customs officers stood at a sheltered bus stop on a road curving along the rocky hillside leading from France. The other three guards were posted on the beach below the Monte Carlo Casino, where another customs checkpoint had been set up. Her face reflected her anxiety, for the situation was a far cry from the happy, care-free day in 1956 when she arrived fro|m Hollywood to the rousing welcome of thousands, cheering her forthcoming marriage to the Prince. Now it was deathly quiet. There was no joy in the street. Only sadness. A few shopkeepers approached Grace as she came out of the station. She smiled at them. They returned polite but strained smiles. One of the shopkeepers was a spokesman for the group. “Your Grace,” he said, “this is a terrible thing. This move by France will kill us. Already the tourist business lias dropped.” Princess Grace was well aware of the crisis. She had known it was coming for six months, since April 11 when France declared it was renouncing the main agreement governing relations between the two states— unless Monaco yielded to Paris’ tax demands. In fact, the impending threat by France had prompted Grace to turn an eye to Hollywood for the first time since her retirement from films to become a real-life princess. At that time, the palace had announced that Grace would return to Hollywood to make “Marnie” for Alfred Hitchcock. In an exclusive story in Photoplay, we reported to you that Grace was forced to make a movie comeback to win back the royal family’s waning popularity with its citizens. We concluded that her return to movies was. prompted by a desire to fortify her husband with stronger Monegasque backing in his dispute with de Gaulle. Any increase in the admiration for the House of Grimaldi could have served as a deterrent in France’s efforts to foist its will upon Monaco, for world opinion would have weighed heavily in Rainier’s favor. No movies after all But Grace then suspended her plans to return to movie-making. No clear account of why she would not make the picture was given. Rumors flew up and down the Cote d’Azur. There was one report that a mysterious Vatican envoy had come to Monaco to plead with the Princess to give up her film plans. Another rumor was that some citizens were resentful. The French newspaper Paris-Press quoted Mone gasques as saying, “We want a Princess, not a film star.” Semi-officially, the excuse was that Hitchcock was busy doing another film at the time. Actually, as things stood then and as they stand now, Princess Grace is in a real bind. It would appear she is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. But now, more than ever before, Monaco’s days seem numbered and the royal family’s future is in grave peril. No, there’s no danger France will drop parachute troops to capture the gambling casino or send the French fleet steaming from Toulon towards Monaco. Nor is it likely that Rainier and Grace will have to flee in Aristotle Onassis’ yacht after a final frantic appeal to the United Nations and Elsa Maxwell has failed. But in light of the controversy that has brought France and Monaco to grips, there is now a distinct possibility that Europe’s last absolute monarch may be on the way out. It isn't likely de Gaulle will yield on his demand for imposts on French citizens who have taken refuge in Monaco’s tax-free structure. If and when that 40 per cent bite is levied, what will it do to Monaco’s economy? Can this little nation survive or will it be driven into poverty? Neither the tourist business, which gives Monaco a hefty income, nor the profits from its fabulous gambling casino can support the tiny country, small as its annual budget may be. It must have the income it derives from the industries and businesses that have settled there in sanctuary from French taxes. That is why the ludicrous cry has arisen: “Rainier is prepared to defend the inalienable right of any Monegasque to evade taxes!” The economic advantages in the attendant spending by citizens and firms of France who have made Monaco their headquarters is vital to the country’s economy. President de Gaulle knows that. Rainier knows that. And that is why Prince Rainier has drawn himself up to his full five feet nine inches, with his brown eyes blazing in anger, to wage a bitter war of words with de Gaulle and his mighty nation. If he loses, it may well be the end of Grimaldi’s reign — the point d’appui, as the French say, which will send him and Grace into the long, lean ranks of exPrinces and ex-Princesses from European royalty. But it isn't as bad as it seems. Like few other former monarchs, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace will have a place which will welcome them warmly and with open arms. That place is America. America is home for Grace Kelly. 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