Sisters Ronson Lily and Giselle. Rainier III, Prince of Monaco: biography, children

One beautiful person good - but two is better. We have collected in our selection of the sexiest Hollywood twins and twins.

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Gisele and Patricia Bundchen

Patricia Bundchen is the twin sister of the famous brazilian top model Gisele Bundchen. Patricia was born five minutes before Giselle. The girl lives in Brazil and is a public relations student.

Scarlett and Hunter Johansson

Hunter Johansson is the twin brother of actress Scarlett Johansson. Hunter occasionally acted in films, like his sister, but eventually left show business and works as an organizer of social events in Manhattan. He also served as one of the organizers election campaign Obama.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

American actresses, twin sisters. Best known for their childhood roles in films such as Passport to Paris, Two: Me and My Shadow, the very first common role Michelle Tanner in the series Full house and on the latest shared film New York Minute.

Dean and Dan Caten

Milan fashion designers, Canadian-born twin brothers, creators trademark"Dsquared²", under which both men's and women's high-quality clothing is produced.

James and Oliver Phelps

British actors, twin brothers born in Birmingham. Known for playing the role of the Weasley twins: Fred (James) and George (Oliver) in all the Harry Potter films.

John and Dan Heder

Twins John and Dan Heder grew up in a Mormon family in Utah. After university, John began to act in films, and Dan found himself in the entertainment industry. He was the animator for the 2006 animated film Monster House.

Joseph and Jacob Fiennes

The British hero of Shakespeare in Love, Joseph Fiennes, has a twin brother, Jacob Fiennes. He found himself in environmental studies and fight for the conservation of wildlife.

Olivia and Joan de Haviland were born many, many years ago in Tokyo to an English couple who were brought to Japan by fate. The first was the Princess - an incredibly pretty baby, the pride and hope of the mother, called the Shakespearean name Olivia. A year later, when the feelings between the parents began to decline, the second daughter was born - the Simple, named Joan, a sickly child who brought more trouble than joy.

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The girls' mother, an actress who would still have time to become famous under the name Lillian Fontaine, after breaking up with her husband, planned to return to England - but the doctors convinced her that her painful younger daughter a warmer climate is needed. Lillian was a good mother: she took the girls to California, and instead of a career, she took up their upbringing. However, at times it seemed that there was only one place in the mother's heart - for the Princess.

Olivia grew up beautiful, and her mother spared nothing for her: a good college, beautiful dresses, brilliant education and upbringing. There was no longer enough money for the youngest: she wore out her sister's clothes, and could only count on a middle-class Catholic boarding school.

The princess treated the Simpleton indulgently. At the age of 9, she made a playful will, where she left "poor Joan" her beauty, because "it's still better than nothing." It was cruel—Joan was pretty, and insipid only against the backdrop of her sister's bright beauty.

The youngest tried to snap, but to no avail - the mother always took the side of the Princess. Moreover, when in the next attack of the "war of the worlds", elder sister she cut her old dresses with scissors - so that Joan would not get them, she didn’t get it - and Joan sewed them at night, because no one was going to buy her others.

Tired of the injustices of fate, Joan fled to her father in Japan. After living with him for 2 years, she returned to America - and saw from the poster the beautiful face of her sister - in the arms of Errol Flynn himself. The princess's first step into the cinema was easy, as everything in life was easy: a cameo role, a meeting with an agent, a contract - and almost immediately - the role of the romantic heroine Arabella Bishop, the bride of Captain Blood.

The beauty and amazing femininity of Olivia, which favorably set off the prowess of the "real man" Flynn, came to America's liking. Flynn and de Haviland became Hollywood's most romantic film couple. Among the Hollywood beauties, Olivia found her niche - a breathtakingly feminine aristocrat, full of tender charms, next to which even a dork would want to be a gentleman.

Olivia de Haviland in Captain Blood's Odyssey Frame: Warner Bros.

This is what led David Selznick to make the seemingly insane decision to offer Olivia the role of Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind. Crazy, since half of the contenders for the role of Scarlett at that time (before Vivien Leigh) were significantly inferior to the "colorless" Melanie in beauty. But Haviland was not only a lovely woman, but also an experienced and talented actress. She "obscured" the luxurious natural data as best she could - only her huge, radiant, full of love it was impossible to "shade" the eyes.

The role of Melanie became a new "finest" hour in Olivia's career, her calling card and the pride of her mother. Seeing the success of her sister, Joan also went to the cinema, went through several auditions, got a job ... Joyful, she informed her mother about this - and heard in response: “You will not interfere with Olivia. One de Haviland on screen is enough! I don't want to hear anything about actress Joan de Haviland."

Olivia de Haviland in the movie gone With the Wind"frame: MGM

Joan was an iron woman - but then she burst into tears. And having calmed down, she decided not to spoil her mother's nerves and perform under the name of her stepfather - Fontaine. Like Joan Fontaine, after four years of ordeal and small roles in cheap films, she received leading role in Hitchcock's Rebecca.

This was her chance! It wasn't even that it was a "star" film - with a great director, a great producer - Salznick and a great partner - Olivier. It was her story, the story of the Simpleton - just the second after the dead Queen. Not in life, but at least in the film, Joan was able to change reality - to feel that she was loved more than a ghost, which turned out to be very gloomy. She played with exceptional dedication. Encouraged, Hitchcock then offered her another role - in his new film "Suspicion", for which Joan received an Oscar.

Joan Fontaine in "Rebecca" Frame: Selznick International Pictures

The presentation of awards in 1942 was then on the lips of reporters and gossips for a long time. Two sisters - de Haviland and Fontaine - were both nominated for an Oscar, and - bam! - it was awarded not to the Princess, but to the fighting Simpleton. Olivia, as befits a sister and a lady, wanted to congratulate Joan - but she, pushing her away, flew onto the stage for the Oscar. A couple of years later, history repeated itself: now the Princess had won the award, and Joan was ready to extend her hand for congratulations. Olivia just ignored her.

However, Joan was largely to blame for the lack of sisterly love. She walked to the address of Olivia's husband, the writer Marcus Godrich. He did not have a "romance with Hollywood", and he lived on his wife's fees. Joan herself was not very happy in love: the first husband, who almost ran away from her on the eve of the wedding, lasted six years, the marriage with the second - the head of Paramount's screenwriting department - lasted even less. Joan was lively and sharp-tongued. It was the Princess who could feel sorry for her unfortunate husband and pretend that she had a wonderful marriage. The simpleton thought the world was not kind to her - so why should she be kind to someone? "Marriage is an institution as dead as a Dodo bird" - this is the result of Joan's four attempts to build a family life.

Joan Fontaine in Girls in Danger Frame: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

After the war, the careers of both sisters began to decline. True, Olivia managed to get a second Oscar. She brilliantly played what she had never been in her life - an ugly girl with a good heart, hopelessly in love with someone who loves only her money. "The Heiress" was a real triumph for the Princess. Her other victory was new marriage. Olivia married the publisher of "Paris Match" and plunged into social life France.

Joan continued to act - first in films, then on TV. But without Olivia, the career of an actress was no longer so attractive. Energetic and active, Joan looked for herself in other areas. She completed pilot courses and received a license, participated in aeronautics competitions - and even won them, went in for equestrian sports, golf, sport fishing, received the specialty of a chef and designer. Crowds of men swirled around her, and in terms of richness and diversity, her life could give odds to anyone. The princess, meanwhile, shone in Paris, raised children - a son from her first and a daughter from her second marriage - and just lived. The sisters did not communicate much, but pretended that everything was in order.

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A fragile peace became a good quarrel in 1975. In the arms of the Princess, Lillian Fontaine died without saying youngest daughter that she is proud of her. Joan did not get to the funeral, and no one still knows why: the Princess considered that she had no time, the Simple - that she was deprived of the sacred right to say goodbye to her mother. Since then, the sisters have not spoken.

The 90s were a time of loss for Olivia. First, her son died suddenly, followed by her ex-husband with whom Olivia was friends. The second husband, also a former and also a friend, was put to bed by a serious illness - and the Princess nursed him for several years. He died in her arms. Daughter Giselle was not the only support for Olivia - her nieces, dear and stepdaughter Joan - also reconciled with her.

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And Joan, who never got along with her own children (the adopted daughter even ran away from her at the age of 17), did not forgive the “betrayal”, and lived alone for many years. She still played war games with her older sister.

“I was the first to get married, the first to win an Oscar, and if I die first, then Olivia will be furious - I will beat her here too.” Joan got her way: she died on December 16, 2013, at 96 years old. First.

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Be that as it may, Olivia and Joan enriched Hollywood - with their talent, their beauty. Their rivalry gave the world two wonderful actresses, each of whom glorified her name: Olivia de Haviland and Joan Fontaine.

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On July 18, one of the most brutal actors in Hollywood, Mark Sinclair Vincent, better known as Vin Diesel, turns 49 years old. It should be noted that today festive table will honor not only the star of the Fast & Furious franchise, but also his brother Paul. What other celebrity has twin siblings?

The brothers grew up on the streets of New York's Greenwich Village, and Mark (Vin Diesel's real name) had to stand up for his twin brother more than once. Then the future actor even decided to turn his ability to fight into a profession and got a job as a security guard in a local night club. It should be noted that after actor career Diesel went uphill, his brother decided to draw his closest relative into cinematic activities: now Paul works as an editor - but unlike Vin, he avoids the bright light of spotlights and camera flashes.

In the early 90s, Mary-Kate and Ashley, without exaggeration, could be called the most famous twins Hollywood. The sisters began their career at the age of nine months, when they took part in the filming of the Full House series, where they played one role for two. In addition to a successful film career and her own production company, the girl also has her own clothing line. In 2007, they even took the 11th place in the ranking of the richest women in the entertainment industry: their fortune was estimated at $ 100 million. As for her personal life, last year Mary-Kate married the brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Olivier. With Ashley's personal life, the story is much more complicated: just a few weeks ago, rumors appeared on the network about the actress's affair with the artist George Condo, who, by the way, is 19 years older than Olsen.

Ashton's twin brother Michael experienced the most complicated operation for heart transplant. As the actor admits, he was very worried about this: "I did not want to return home, because I was afraid that bad news about his health would await me." The Kutchers are still very close: Ashton continues to support Mikhail and considers him one of his closest friends.

Monaco is a tiny state in the south of the European continent, which is famous mainly for its world-famous casinos and as a venue for Formula 1 competitions. Since the end of the thirteenth century, it has been ruled by the Grimaldi dynasty, represented by Prince Albert II, who took the throne after his father Rainier III. This monarch, who passed away in 2005, became the subject of one of the most high-profile royal romances of the last two centuries during his youth.

Parents

future monarch, full name who sounded like Louis-Henri-Bertrand Grimaldi, was born in 1923 in a family illegitimate daughter Louis II Charlotte, who four years earlier was officially recognized as heir to the throne. The fact is that otherwise the throne could go to his second cousin - Wilhelm von Urach, who fought in the First world war on the side of Germany. The prospect of seeing a German as Prince of Monaco did not suit France, which threatened to occupy the principality in this case. Therefore, Prince Louis II went to the violation of all laws, giving the girl the title of Duchess of Valentinois, and also marrying her to a Frenchman, Count Pierre de Polignac. The marriage of Rainier's parents did not last long and was terminated when the boy was ten years old, due to his father's homosexual affairs, information about which became public.

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco: biography before accession to the throne

The future monarch completed a course of study at the best private schools in Switzerland and Great Britain, and then received a certificate of completion of a general liberal education in Montpellier and graduated from the Paris high school political science. Having reached the age of majority, Louis-Henri Grimaldi volunteered for service in French army as an officer and took part in the fighting against Nazi Germany in Alsace.

As Crown Prince

In the same 1944, his mother, with the consent of Prince Louis II, transferred her rights of succession to her son. However, the young man did not leave military career, behind military merit Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, was awarded bronze star and Military Cross. After the end of World War II, he was sent on a French military mission to Berlin, where he took part in solving economic issues. In this field, the young man also achieved success, and in early 1947, the French president awarded the heir to the crown of Monaco with the Order of the Legion of Honor and the Knight's Cross.

Reign

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, came to the throne in 1949, after the death of his grandfather. Since that time, a real golden era has begun in the history of this tiny state. Suffice it to say that it was under him that the country acquired its modern look, major economic and political transformations were carried out. In particular, in 1962, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, initiated the adoption of a new, progressive constitution for the country, and in 1993 this state became a member of the UN with all the ensuing rights. In addition, thanks to his wise policy aimed at increasing the tourist attractiveness of the Principality, the coast of Monte Carlo has become one of the most prestigious resort areas European luxury.

Grace Kelly before marriage

This style icon and one of the most charming Hollywood divas was born in the USA in 1928 in the family of a wealthy entrepreneur and in the past Olympic champion Jack Kelly. He always dreamed that his children would enter high society, and so Grace and her three sisters were raised as little princesses, which helped them a lot in the future. At the age of six, the girl was sent to a strict Catholic college, where she excelled. exemplary behavior and exceptional diligence. Later in the road private school she became interested in theater and performed at student performances, and at the age of nineteen she went to New York with the firm intention of becoming an actress. The extraordinary beauty of a young girl from Philadelphia helped her to become first a fashion model, and then a sought-after movie star. Moreover, long before Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly met, she had many admirers and lovers, including the famous Hollywood actors, directors, fashion designers and even the Iranian Shah himself, who, according to rumors, offered her to become his next wife. At the same time, Grace's parents jealously followed their daughter's personal life and really hoped for a profitable marriage. Fate smiled at the Kelly family when, during one of the film festivals, their daughter, already famous at that time, met Rainier III. The Prince of Monaco, whose photo at that time showed him as a respectable young well-groomed man, immediately wrote the girl down as a potential bride, as he had been planning to marry for a long time.

At the time of the acquaintance, which took place in the spring of 1955, Grace was at the zenith of fame. She recently received an Oscar, but, oddly enough, she was all alone. Young people liked each other almost at first sight, and soon their engagement was announced.

Marriage

Grace arrived in Monaco in April 1956 on an ocean liner, accompanied by five friends. She was greeted like a queen and showered with flowers from a helicopter ordered by the groom's friend, Onassis. Most of the inhabitants of Monte Carlo sought to see the bride Rainier III at all costs. The Prince of Monaco, sister, whose mother and father were present at the welcoming ceremony, simply beamed with happiness, which could not be said about his relatives. The “wedding of the century,” as journalists dubbed the ceremony, took place on April 19, after which the couple went to Honeymoon. The next one was pretty good, at least reporters have never been able to convict the prince of treason. Grace gave birth to her husband three children, and last child was born when she was thirty-six.

Wife's death

Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco, whose children have long since become parents themselves, lived together for only 26 years. In 1982, the princess, along with Princess Stephanie, got into a terrible car accident and died as a result of her injuries. The couple's daughter was also seriously injured, but she still managed to save her life. According to investigators, the princess, who on that day refused the services of a driver and drove the car herself, lost control due to a stroke. As a result, the car fell off a cliff. Although the accident happened early in the morning, the essentials were delivered to the hospital, where Grace Kelly was brought, only in the evening. Precious time was wasted and next doctors told the family that even if the princess remained alive, she would be forever paralyzed and could never return to normal life. Then Prince Rainier, after conferring with the older children, decided to turn off the artificial life support devices.

Thus died one of the most desirable and charming women on the planet, whose memory is still alive today, more than 35 years after her death.

Son

In 1958, Grace Kelly gave birth to a son, Albert. Most of all rejoiced Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. He was much less interested in the height, weight and appearance of the baby than gender, since he had long dreamed of a son. The boy was fond of sports since childhood and participated in five times Olympic Games like a bobsledder. In 2006, he visited the North Pole and even took part in the event. In 2005, Prince Albert II inherited the throne, but remained childless until recently. Only in December 2014, his wife Charlene Wittstock gave birth to twins to the monarch: a boy and a girl. According to the laws of the principality, after Albert II the throne will pass to his son Jean.

daughters

The firstborn of Rainier III (Prince of Monaco) and Grace Kelly was Princess Caroline, who was born in 1957. On this moment she has been married four times and has four children. As for the second daughter of the princely couple, Princess Stephanie was born in 1965. In her youth, she was known for her eccentric disposition and even had some success as a pop singer for some time, her discs diverged in millions of copies. In particular, the single "Hurricane" in France is considered one of the most famous hits 80s of the twentieth century. She has two daughters and a son from two marriages.

Grandchildren and great-grandchildren

The Grimaldi family tree after the marriage of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly gave many branches. Indeed, in total, at the moment this couple, who have long departed to another world, has nine grandchildren. Great-grandchildren also appeared relatively recently. In particular, a couple of years ago, the eldest grandson of Prince Rainier, Andrea Casiraghi, the son of Princess Caroline, married. In this marriage, he had a son, Alexander, and a daughter, India. In 2013, Rafael Elmacher was born, son

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. Sister Antoinette

In the marriage of Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, and Pierre de Polignac, in addition to the son Louis-Henri, a daughter was also born. The girl was born in 1920 and was named Antoinette. Since, until the age of 33, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, was not married and had no children, the princess, who was born first, hoped to someday take her brother's place on the throne, or at least put her young son on him, born from a marriage with tennis player Alexander But eh. It is said that she tried in every possible way to prevent the young monarch from marrying. In particular, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and his sister had a serious quarrel when a woman put an end to her brother's affair with a rumor that this young woman was barren. However, all attempts to do the same in relation to the American Grace Kelly were unsuccessful. Most likely, that is why, after the movie star married Rainier III and gave birth to his heir, the monarch's sister, along with her lover, retired from the court. She settled in seclusion on the coast with huge amount cats and dogs and rarely appeared in the world. However, until her death in 2011, Antoinette of Monaco remained an ardent defender of animal rights.

Death

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, whose children are often the objects of close attention yellow press, died in 2005. He is buried in the family vault in Monte Carlo next to his beloved Grace. The main thing that Rainier III, the Prince of Monaco, did for his country was the growth of the well-being of its inhabitants and the transformation of the state into one of the most prestigious resorts in Europe. And in the memory of people around the world, he remained thanks to beautiful romance with the charming Grace Kelly.

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