The Tamesis
Lord is engaged to the wealthy but dim-witted George (John Lund), and throughout the film Lord wears a scene-stealing ring with a center stone elegantly flanked by a pair of tapered baguettes. This is not a movie prop. It turned out to be the real deal, as Prince Rainier personally gave it to Kelly. “We have pictures of them staring into the window of the Cartier store on Rue de la Paix [in Paris]”I don’t know if they were married or engaged, but maybe they chose this ring,” said Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s director of image, tradition and style, adding that the jeweler’s archives documented the ring’s transfer from Paris to the Monaco store.
Regardless of how it ended up on Kelly’s ring finger, the diamond ended up playing a starring role on the big screen. In one scene, Bing Crosby, who plays Tracy’s ex-husband in the movie, joked about its size. In another photo, Kelly’s character polishes a large rock on a seat cushion, then lies back to admire it.
Immediately after filming in Los Angeles, Kylie headed to Monaco for her royal wedding. On April 18, 1956, she and Prince Rainier held a civil ceremony at the Royal Palace, and the next day held a grand religious ceremony at the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Monaco. MGM, Carey’s studio until her marriage, gave her a wedding dress designed by Oscar-winning costume designer Helen Rose (who also designed Elizabeth Taylor’s first wedding dress in 1950). The studio also produced a film about the Monaco wedding, which was attended by real royalty as well as Hollywood royalty and was watched by more than 30 million people around the world.
