Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Courtship 1 -- Kellys 3 -- A Complex Family 8 -- Actress 18 -- Star 24 -- A Fateful Telephone Call 28 -- A Comedy of Errors 34 -- Palace 37 -- Grimaldis 41 -- Rainier 45 -- Grace Meets Rainier 50 -- Home-Wrecker? 56 -- Oleg Cassini 59 -- Father Figure 63 -- Principality at a Crossroads 68 -- A Prayer for a Princess 72 -- Swan 75 -- "It Must Be a Sign" 77 -- "Just Like Cinderella" 80 -- "The Book" 86 -- Prince Rainier Meets the Kellys 88 -- Part 2 Engagement 93 -- Love at First Sight? 95 -- Proposal 100 -- "I Have Made My Destiny" 105 -- "Fertility Test" 110 -- Dowry 115 -- Marriage Agreement 120 -- Announcement 125 -- His Highness Lays Down the Law 132 -- Grace under Pressure 134 -- "Look What I'm Giving Up" 141 -- Father Tucker to the Rescue 145 -- Part 3 Marriage 151 -- Taking to the High Seas 153 -- Arrival of a Princess 160 -- Grace's New Family 165 -- Locusts! 174 -- Civil Ceremony 177 -- Wedding 182 -- Part 4 Life at the Palace 187 -- Transition: Grace's 189 -- Transition: Rainier's 195 -- Strengthening a Marriage 197 -- Rainier Stages a "Coup" 201 -- Grace Banishes Antoinette from the Palace 213 -- Lonely Princess 215 -- Stubborn Prince 222 -- "More Palace Drama" 229 -- Rainier Encourages Grace's Comeback 234 -- "Don't Tell Father" 240 -- "God Help Us, When This News Gets Out" 242 -- "How Dare They Do This to Me?" 247 -- "The Sound of Hope, Dying" 251 -- A Crisis in Monaco 255 -- Grace's Tortured Inner Life 260 -- Father Tucker Leaves the Palace 265 -- Coming to Terms 269 -- Most Important Choice 275 -- Part 5 Children Born Royal 279 -- Caroline and Albert 281 -- Grace's Work 286 -- Tiv's Writings 289 -- Stephanie 290 -- Freedom from Onassis 292 -- Happy Times (1966-1970) 295 -- Princess Grace Turns Forty 302 -- Royal Parenting 303 -- Tough Love 305 -- Exodus from the Palace 311 -- Rainier's Jubilee 316 -- Whatever Happened to the Old "Gracie"? 320 -- Crossing the Line 325 -- What to Do about the Past? 328 -- Rebellion 334 -- Grace's Brother in Trouble 340 -- Philippe Junot 344 -- Show Business ... but Not Really 350 -- An Official Ban of Caroline's Wedding? 355 -- Part 6 Life Changes 363 -- "What Happens to a Marriage?" 365 -- Caroline's Wedding 372 -- Inevitable Divorce 376 -- Stephanie's Turn 380 -- Princesses: Grace and Diana 384 -- "While We Dream, Time Flies" 389 -- Rainier's Change of Heart 395 -- "So Little Time" 400 -- September 13, 1982 404 -- "Stephanie Theory" 408 -- "The Unthinkable Has Happened" 416 -- Calling Her to Glory 419 -- Life after Grace 424 -- Epilogue: Rainier 427 -- Prince Rainier's Monaco Today 435 -- A Note about Succession 440 -- Princess Caroline 441 -- Prince Albert 448 -- Princess Stephanie 450 -- A Note about the Royal Fortune 458 -- A Note about Royal Status 460.