Grace Kelly was 26 when she gave up acting to become Princess Grace of Monaco.

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Its newer lines are the Nicolas Rieussec Collection, named after the person who invented the chronograph, and the Montblanc Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco, in honor of Grace Kelly, the famous actress and Princess of Monaco.

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In 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly the American film actress Grace Kelly, died in the hospital after a car crash the previous day.

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