There was a time, now a long time ago, when the tiny principality of Monaco had to endure two divas, Grace Kelly and Maria Callas, fighting for power, attention and glamor, while their commoner origins and penchant for scandal robbed them of their power. Taking away their power, attention and glamor.
On one side is the divine Maria Callas, who is going through the worst moment of her career and the highest point of her love life with the Almighty
Aristotle Onassis. On the other hand, the commoner princess of Monaco, Oscar winner Grace Kelly, is fighting on multiple fronts at the same time: the first to be recognized by her European royal peers; the first to be recognized by a European prince; the second is to solve Monaco’s conspiracy (including the in-laws), and the third and most important, is to erase her past as a Hollywood femme fatale.
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The relationship between Maria Callas and Aristotle OnassisThe couple, who were married but not divorced, went public in 1959, the same year the couple enjoyed their romance, often mooring the luxury yacht Christina in Monaco harbor, hosting parties and sunbathing.
Liar claimed Onassis was
Monaco Shadow PrinceOwned a large stake in the Casino of Monte Carlo (the principal source of income at the time), as well as several properties in La Roca. Some even claim that it was the Greek shipowner who suggested Rainier marry Grace Kelly.
Since the prince’s wedding in 1956, the actress has had to learn to cope with the billionaire’s majesty and his stay in the principality with his lover, but
Arrival of Maria Callas This was the final straw that broke his patience during their idyllic first years.
Confrontations involving public humiliation
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The Romance of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis The heroine’s existence undergoes a 180-degree transformation. She had already experienced this disaster in Rome, when bronchitis forced her to abandon a performance of “Norma,” making her one of the opera season’s major bluffs, but it was followed by more professional disappointment.No need to go further
Spanish media sacked her at the time The headline after the show in Bilbao read: “Maria Callas says she won’t bother coming back. Spain won’t miss her.”
With her career in crisis and her marriage over, Maria Callas arrives in Monaco and finds everything around her repulsive to Princess Grace: scandal and paparazzi. Grace Kelly was fighting for herself at the time: she was trying to be a pure, respectable, charming and Catholic princess for a principality that the media viewed as a decoration. The two worlds are destined to collide.
But the diva also has
Everything that scares the new princess: I didn’t see his outbursts, his public confrontations with reporters, his hugs on the deck of the USS Christina, his penchant for swearing in public and private, and his liberal lifestyle, as enough to make me Reasons for deciding not to do so. Invite her to the Monaco Red Cross Gala, the most glamorous gathering in the principality. Garbo magazine dubbed the “ugly” officer “Little War.”
The icing on the cake, though
Behavior so inappropriate In the eyes of this perfectionist princess, the upper class society that closed its doors to her opened its doors to the charming Maria Callas.
Particularly relevant is
grace’s famous rejection The spectacular “Ballo dei Re” event was held at the Serra di Cassano Palace in Naples on the pretext of celebrating the Olympic Games. Every woman with a title and a crown comes to that ball. Except for Grace Kelly, who was vetoed by Queen Sofia’s mother, Queen Federica of Greece, despite being in the city. Of course, Maria Callas did attend the royal soiree on her lover’s arm and participated in the public humiliation of Prince Rainier’s wife.
Grace Kelly and Maria Callas: a common enemy
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How two social stars reconciled The circumstances are unclear, but everything suggests that despite her fame, Callas hated confrontation and decided to give in to the etiquette that Grace wanted to impose on the principality.
That same year, Callas was not invited to typical Monaco social gatherings and met Kelly privately at the Prince’s Palace.finally give there
Private concert in the courtyard and attend the reception that follows.
Rainier signs new adviser,
Martin DaleObtaining foreign investment for the duchy, reducing the duchy’s economic dependence on Onassis. Financial stability brought emotional stability: Grace Kelly knew how to see in Maria Callas the points that united them without being forced to suck up to anyone.
Grace Kelly, Rainier of Monaco, Maria Callas of Mallorca and Aristotle Onassis. //
Both women gave up successful careers to join a man who viewed them with suspicion. Both felt pressure and criticism from the media.
They are all unfortunate. But what ultimately united them forever was the fact that the two had a common enemy: Jacqueline Kennedy.
Jacqueline Kennedy and Grace Kelly’s feud was born on the same day
JFK assassination. The prince of Monaco, who was in the United States at the time, refused to cancel a gathering they had organized to mark the national mourning. When Grace tried to contact the former first lady days later to offer her condolences, the response was less than pleasant. From then on the two women hated each other.
Aristotle Onassis Dumped Maria Callas and Married Jackie in the Worst Way
huge public humiliation for singerAn unexpected blow brings her closer to Grace. Gone are the days when the actress recorded the singer on a home tape as the two couples took a cruise together to Mallorca. María Callas’s life fell into depression and she settled permanently in an apartment at 36 Avenue Georges Mandel in Paris, where Grace often sent letters and flowers.
“La Divina” was released in Paris on September 16, 1977. The most famous face to attend his funeral at the Orthodox church on Avenue Georges-Bizet was Grace Kelly, who came with her daughter Princess Caroline of Monaco to say goodbye to her frenemy. When he meets Callas, who tells him that the principality will eventually host a gala and award in honor of the singer he initially hated.