Monaco’s Prince Rainier, 81

Posted: Wednesday, April 6th, 2005 4:55 am

Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, died today at the age of 81 in a hospital overlooking the tiny state he turned into a billionaires’ paradise. …

The prince is expected to be buried next to his wife [Grace Kelly], who died after a car crash in 1982, following at least a week of mourning in the principality. … Read full obituary