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Princess Charlene & Prince Albert II Make First U.S. Appearance At Princess Grace Awards (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 11/02/2011 8:26 am Updated: 01/02/2012 4:12 am

The evening was chock full of princesses, both real and fictional, as the Monaco royals made their first-ever U.S. appearance since their July wedding.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II walked the red carpet at the Princess Grace Awards Gala on Tuesday night, held in honor of Albert's mother Grace Kelly.

And after tumultuous pre-wedding drama and several months of less-than-romantic post-wedding appearances, we have to say: the royal couple actually looked quite happy.

We even saw a few genuine Charlene smiles, although she was the one making us smile when she was asked about Blair Waldorf playing a Monaco princess on this season of "Gossip Girl." She turned to a nearby guest and asked in bewilderment, "Gossip Girl -- what's that?"

Because who needs fictional fairytales when you have a real one? Princess Charlene wore a black glittery Christian Dior gown (what, no Akris?) and joined fictional royalty Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway at the party.

Hathaway, who played a Princess of Monaco-esque character with Andrews in "The Princess Diaries," presented Andrews with The Prince Rainier III Award at an elaborate Montblanc-sponsored ceremony.

Several other celebs and socials walked the red carpet, but none stole the show like the Prince and the Princess. Check out photos of the Princess Grace Awards Gala below!



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katielady
05:31 PM on 11/02/2011
Poor thing.. Too bad she handed over her passport before she got married.. I'd have voted for bolting.. at least she is hanging on longer than what did the Kardouchian girl file in her paperwork?? 72 days...
08:06 PM on 11/02/2011
Stop being petty.
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floodberg
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03:57 PM on 11/02/2011
Where is the article on the CBS interview?  Charlene looks like she's on abilify, and has been coached beyond belief.  When she denies she tried to run away, and says she's happy, she makes classic body language errors...I'm surprised Albert doesn't get her a decent acting coach.
08:07 PM on 11/02/2011
More pettiness.
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alchemy
03:53 PM on 11/02/2011
Stunning and lovely, the most beautiful and elegant royal ever. Go Charleen.
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deluk
disgusted.
07:50 AM on 11/03/2011
the most manufactured.
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Alois SaintMartin
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01:43 PM on 11/02/2011
Occupy Monaco !
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Watching rock grow
FE = Iron, and Female = Iron Male :)
01:00 PM on 11/02/2011
Nice to see Julie :)
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metoo123
Please proceed.......
12:48 PM on 11/02/2011
Natalie Cole is looking terribly thin.
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Forester
Overeducated woods worker.
12:41 PM on 11/02/2011
Let us all pray that none of the OWS riff-raff inconvenience these fabulous Royals.
Dogvane
Here, smell this.
12:33 PM on 11/02/2011
My life is better now.
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madcityy
12:26 PM on 11/02/2011
nice looking couple
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KevinNevada
Just the facts, ma'am.
12:24 PM on 11/02/2011
And this is news worth printing because . . . . . ?
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Watching rock grow
FE = Iron, and Female = Iron Male :)
12:51 PM on 11/02/2011
Because it is their first visit to the USA.
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GracieGiraffe
I look down on other mammals
12:16 PM on 11/02/2011
How many tributes to her late mother-in-law must this woman endure?
12:16 PM on 11/02/2011
Third tier royals...
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Cynth
[Your ad here.]
12:29 PM on 11/02/2011
They rate that high?
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Watching rock grow
FE = Iron, and Female = Iron Male :)
01:02 PM on 11/02/2011
Their Serene Highness' are not third tier royals, but first tier titled nobility.
11:56 AM on 11/02/2011
Archaic, self-important idiots in the U.S.!
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american-dolt
Divide and Conquer
11:48 AM on 11/02/2011
They ain't Royal to me.
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Watching rock grow
FE = Iron, and Female = Iron Male :)
12:53 PM on 11/02/2011
They aren't royals, they are Serene. To many Americans are just plum stupid when it comes to titled nobility of the Old World.
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Forester
Overeducated woods worker.
01:05 PM on 11/02/2011
We tossed that trash out way back in the 18th century.
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american-dolt
Divide and Conquer
01:20 PM on 11/02/2011
I don't know about plum stupid, but it should have ended in the past.
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phazeroftruth
11:27 AM on 11/02/2011
The comments on here are very interesting considering the outpouring of love for the royal wedding in Britain. Either you all are h^pocrites OR you are emotionally inconsistent. Probably both.
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GracieGiraffe
I look down on other mammals
12:18 PM on 11/02/2011
Perhaps it's different commentors?
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henriette and hube
my goal is to live each day
01:39 PM on 11/02/2011
Probably both indeed in MMHO.