Article: THE FIRST DIANA?; She was the serene 'virginal' blonde who loved a string of men. A consummate actress, she married a Prince. Difficult and temperamental, she died in a mysterious car crash. Diana? No, Princess Grace of Monaco . . .

Byline: ALEXANDER WALKER

TWENTY years ago today, Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco died following a horrific car accident. To her legion of fans worldwide she was better known as Grace Kelly, the actress who epitomised the captivating sexual allure of the ice-cool blonde temptress. Here, in a personal memoir, Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard, the doyen of film critics, reveals his encounters with a woman who, once she became royal, was desperate to distance herself from Hollywood stardom - and the rampant love life she had previously enjoyed.

VISITING Grace Kelly - Princess Grace of Monaco, as she had become then - was not what I ...

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