>>> WERE BACK WITH A "TODAY"
EXCLUSIVE THAT WILL HAVE YOU TALKING.E THAT WILL HAVE YOU
TALKING.
GRACE KELLY WAS ALREADY A HOLLYWOOD STAR WHEN SHE WAS
SWEPT OFF HER FEET BY THE PRINCE
OF MONACO. >> HE PROPOSED TO HER AND KICKED
OFF A MEDIA FRENZY LIKE NO OTHER
AT THE TIME.
>> THAT HOUSE WAS SOLD.
AND FOR DECADES, IT FELL INTO
DISREPAIR AND NEGLECT.
BUT RECENTLY, IT WAS PURCHASED AND RETURNED TO BEAUTY BY PRINCE
ALBERT OF MONACO,.
AND HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE
ME AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR. WHATS IT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU TO
STEP BACK INTO THIS HOUSE?
>> ITS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW
LITTLE THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
I REMEMBER ROLLING ON THIS CARPET WITH MY SISTERS AND
COUSINS, PLAYING AS A 5-YEAR-OLD
AND 6-YEAR-OLD.
AND 6-YEAR-OLD. >> Reporter: YOUR MOM WAS A
LITTLE GIRL IN THIS HOME.
SHE PROBABLY PLAYED HIDE AND
SEEK HERE.
SEEK HERE. SHE PLAYED DOWN THE HALL, RODE
HER BIKE DOWN THE STREET.
DID SHE TALK ABOUT WHAT LIFE WAS
LIKE HERE?
LIKE HERE?
>> OF COURSE.
I THINK THATS WHY SHE WANTED TO
SHOW US AT AN EARLY AGE WHAT
THIS HOUSE HAD MEANT TO HER.
>> Reporter: BEFORE SHE WAS
PRINCESS GRACE OF MAN SEWONACOMO WAS GRACE PATRICIA KELLY, ANCOMO
WAS GRACE PATRICIA KELLY, AN IRISH CATHOLIC FROM
PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA.
>> I WANT TO BE LOVED. >> Reporter: SHE BECAME
HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY WELL BEFORE A
PRINCE CAME CALLING.
THE OSCAR-WINNER MET THE PRINCE
AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IN
1935.
1935.
THE PRINCE VISITED THE KELLY HOME WHERE HE PROPOSED.KELLY
HOME WHERE HE PROPOSED. >> MISS KELLY, HOW DO YOU FEEL
ON THIS OCCASION?
>> IM VERY, VERY HAPPY.
>> Reporter: SETTING OFF A MEDIA
FRENZY UNLIKE ANY OTHER AT THE
TIME.
TIME. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
SPECTACLES UP TO THAT MOMENT,
WOULD YOU SAY?
>> ITS AMAZEING TO SEE THE
IMPACT THAT IT HAD.
IN EUROPE, WORLDWIDE, AS WELL.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW A THING OR
TWO ABOUT LIVING IN A FISH BOWL
AND EVERYBODY PEEKING IN.
THERES ANOTHER ROYAL WEDDING.
I HEARD A RUMOR, ITS COMING UP.
>> I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO A COUPLE THATS EMBARKING ON
THIS KIND OF LIFE IN THE
SPOTLIGHT?
SPOTLIGHT? >> I KNOW PRINCE HARRY, HES A
WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN.
I WOULD GIVE HIM ADVICE TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE INTIMATE MOMENTS
AND TO PRESERVE THOSE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
THATS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE BALANCE OF YOUR LIFE.R THE
BALANCE OF YOUR LIFE. ALSO FOR YOUR CHILDREN THAT
YOURE GOING TO HAVE.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOULL
BRING YOUR LITTLE ONES TO THIS
HOUSE?
HOUSE?
>> OF COURSE I WILL.
I THINK ITS IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET THAT SENSE OF FAMILY HISTORY
AND LEGACY.
AND LEGACY. >> Reporter: RESTORATION ON THE
KELLY HOME BEGAN AFTER THE
PRINCE PURCHASED THE
4,000-SQUARE FOOT, 6 BEDROOM, 4
BATH HOME IN 2016, RETURNING IT
TO 1950s GLAMOUR WITH MUCH OF
THE ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS.
>> IT IS THE FAMED DOOR WHERE
EVERYONE GOT MEASURED.
>> Reporter: THIS IS HOW TALL
GRACE WAS IN 1931.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SHE WAS TWO.
>> Reporter: CAN YOU BELIEVE
THAT NOBODY PAINTED OVER THIS
DOOR?
DOOR?
>> NO.
THEY REALIZED IT WAS PART OF THE
FAMILYS HISTORY. RIGHT HERE, MY AUNT PEGGY AND
MOM WERE IN THIS ROOM FOR QUITE
A LONG TIME.
>> Reporter: WHEN GRACE KELLY
WAS A LITTLE GIRL, PRACTICING
BEING AN ACTRESS, WHO KNOWS,
THIS WAS THE SPOT.
THIS ROOM HAS SOME MEMORIES FOR
YOU.
YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I REMEMBER ONE OF THE VISITS WHEN I WAS 6.E OF THE VISITS
WHEN I WAS 6. AND MOM SAID, YOURE GOING TO BE
IN THIS ROOM.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
TIMES WHEN I WASNT WITH MY
SISTER, CAROLINE.
SISTER, CAROLINE. THEY USUALLY PUT US TOGETHER.
SO, I FELT A LITTLE MORE
GROWN-UP.
GROWN-UP.
>> Reporter: LITTLE BIG BOY?
AND YOU WERE USED TO LIVING IN A PALACE, TOO. USED TO LIVING IN A
PALACE, TOO. THIS SEEMED GRAND, SOMEHOW?
>> IT SEEMED COMFORTABLE.
IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TOO BIG OF
A SPACE.
A SPACE.
>> Reporter: FOR JUST YOU. >> FOR JUST ME.R JUST YOU.
>> FOR JUST ME. >> Reporter: TO THIS DAY, YOU
SAY GRACE KELLYS NAME AND
PEOPLE LIGHT UP.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER THAT YOU
THINK LEFT THIS LIFELONG LEGACY?
>> HER BEAUTY, HER CHARM, THE
GENEROSITY OF MIND AND HEART.
SHE TOUCHED PEOPLES LIVES IN SO
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> ITS HARD TO BELIEVE HER LAST
MOVIE, YOU GUYS, WAS 1956.
THATS 60-PLUS YEARS AGO.
AND STILL, WHEN YOU SAY HER
NAME, PEOPLE GO, OH, MY GOSH.
>> AND JUST LOOK AT HER.
SHES SO TIMELESS.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
SHE KIND OF TAKES YOUR BREATH
AWAY.
>> MY FAVORITE PART OF THAT
HOUSE IS THAT DOOR.
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE?
IT SAID, DO NOT PAINT OVER.
ONE OF THE GOOD REASONS THIS
FAMILY BEFORE LEFT IT IN DISREPAIR, THANK GOD. IN
DISREPAIR, THANK GOD. IF THEY HAD TAKEN CARE OF IT,
THEY MIGHT HAVE PAINTED OVER
THAT HISTORY.
THAT HISTORY. PRINCE ALBERT SAID THE FAMILY
DIDNT WANT TO TURN THE HOME
INTO A MUSEUM.
IT WILL BE A PLACE FOR FAMILY
DPATH
DPATH GATHERINGS AND WILL HAVE EVENTS
FOR THE KELLY FOUNDATION.
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