PRINCE Rainier III, whose glittering marriage to Irish-American film star Grace Kelly endowed a reign that spanned more than a half-century with elegance and glamour, guided Monaco’s transformation from a sleepy retreat for the wealthy into a centre of finance and tourism.

The palace in Monaco has announced that Prince Rainier has died.

MONACO'S ailing Prince Rainier clung to life today, breathing through a respirator in an intensive care unit, with doctors refusing to say whether he might recover and his subjects praying that he will.

HOOKED to a respirator, Prince Rainier of Monaco remained critically ill yesterday at a seaside clinic in the tiny Mediterranean enclave that he transformed into a glitzy resort for the rich.

Hooked to a respirator, Prince Rainier of Monaco remained critically ill today at a seaside clinic in the tiny Mediterranean enclave that he transformed into a glitzy resort for the rich.

PRINCE Rainier of Monaco was on a life support machine, suffering heart and kidney failure, in a hospital intensive care unit last night.

The stewards called off the last of eight races at Navan today following concerns about the bend out of the back straight, where there were a number of incidents during the afternoon.

Princess Stephanie, Monaco’s royal 'wild child', is reported to have married a circus acrobat.

A US fashion pundit has named Britian’s Anne Robinson, host of the quiz show The Weakest Link, as 2001’s Worst Dressed Woman.

A US fashion pundit today named Britain’s Anne Robinson, host of the quiz show The Weakest Link, as 2001’s Worst Dressed Woman.