Grace and Diana

Of all the themes and discoveries I made of the parallels I drew between Princesses Grace and Diana, their intrigues in astrology I feel was one of the obscure ones. Not that neither one of them wasn't serious about their astrological predictions, for they both were. Diana even had her own astrologer, Penny Thornton. It's just that I feel, especially in the the case of Grace, that her faith journey, which was her life long devotion to Catholicism, played a more important role.

The one thing I always stress is that both princesses were very unhappy during the first years of their reigns. This carries for each of them five years or more. In all the presentations I give on the, Two Princesses, I always say that it always seemed that Diana eclipsed Grace in every theme just a bit; and it is no different with respect to their unhappiness. However, the gap was hair thin. Diana was miserable with Charles never pledging his heart to his young wife. Depression, bulimia, suicide attempts and self mutilation were Diana's MO of suffering. However, Grace was only one step behind. So miserable was the Princess of Monaco, that she actually had thoughts of leaving Monaco. The two things that kept her there were her children, which she would have had to give up, and her deep devotion to her faith.

I knew Grace was unhappy with the radical change in her life when she became Princess of Monaco. But I think the author and book that really hit the bullseye was Randy Taraborelli's book, Once Upon A Time, which was published about a year after, Two Princesses. Any of your admirers out their of Grace Kelly, should read this book.

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