Tears shed for Rainier

Prince Rainier of Monaco was laid to rest today beside his late wife Grace Kelly, nearly a quarter of a century after the Hollywood star died in a car crash.

The sombre funeral ceremony for Europe's longest serving monarch, who died last week aged 81, drew hundreds of political leaders and royalty from around the world, including the Duke of York.

Leading the mourners were Rainier's three children, Prince Albert, 47, and Princesses Caroline, 48, and Stephanie, 40.

The princesses, their faces shrouded in black veils, clutched each other during the hour-long service at Monaco's cathedral led by the principality's archbishop, Bernard