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She mothered her children, took up good works, supported a league that promoted breast feeding and saw to the rebuilding of the hospital in Monte Carlo that bears her name, and in which she died. Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York called her "a lesson in Catholic motherhood," and Brigitte Bardot called her "l'Altesse Frigidaire"—Her Majesty the Frigidaire. She is widely credited with giving Monaco the dignity and luster, and of course the splendid tax loophole, in the person now of Prince Albert, the heir apparent, that have helped to bring the once dilapidated old clip joint its present considerable prosperity. She conferred honor on Graustark by allying it with Hollywood.
That honor was returned last Saturday, with affection. Among those film celebrities, pop notables and real and Graustarkian dignitaries who attended her funeral were Nancy Reagan, French President François Mitterrand's wife Danielle, Ireland's President Patrick Hillery, Gary Grant, Frank Sinatra's wife Barbara, Film Mogul Sam Spiegel, Racing Driver Jackie Stewart, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Bertil of Sweden, Princess Benedikta of Denmark, Don Juan de Bourbon, father of Spain's King Juan-Carlos, Holland's Prince Bernhard, Grand Duchess Josephine of Luxembourg, Michael, former King of Rumania, Frederika, former Queen of Greece, and Prince Henri, pretender to the French throne. —ByJohnSkow.
Reported by William Blaylock/Monaco