05/01/2026
This week Paramount Pictures, Embassy of the Principality of Monaco in Washington, D.C. and Motion Picture Association hosted a private screening of ‘To Catch A Thief’ (1955) starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was filmed in and around the Principality of Monaco and the south of France...
The screening honored the cinematic legacy of Philadelphia-born actress and cultural icon, Grace Kelly, and celebrated the enduring ties between Monaco and the United States which flourished after she married HSH Prince Rainier in April 1956 and became Princess Grace of Monaco.
Special guests included members of the US-based Kelly family, DC-based ambassadors and Monaco’s honorary consuls from San Francisco, Miami, and Seattle. MPA Chair and CEO Charlie Rivkin welcome the audience and Rene Augustine, SVP, Global Government Policy at Paramount and I delivered opening remarks.
In this year of major milestones including the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Monaco and the USA, America’s semiquincentennial, America250 and the 70th anniversary of the marriage of Prince Ranier of Monaco and Grace Kelly, honorary consul and Seattle-based winemaker, Greg Lill, and the Embassy created a special commemorative wine. Cheers! 🥂
Gouvernement Monaco
DeLILLE CELLARS 🍷
📸 (c) Embassy of Monaco. Photos by Kris Tripplaar