c. December 53 Prince Massimo proposes marriage
December 53 she and her fiancé have to skip Christmas together in Rome if she finishes Khyber Pass in time to get to Egypt and a role in Gregory Ratoff`s Abdullah, the Great

One son, Prince Stefano Massimo, born 10 January 1955.

claims that she and Prince Massimo aren`t officially engaged
4 February 54 she and Prince Massimo formally announce their engagement in London

April 54 becomes engaged to forty-two-year-old Vittorio Emanuele Massimo, Prince of Roccasecca de` Volsci
denies that her father is opposed to her upcoming marriage to Massimo
29 April 54 marries Don Vittorio Massimo, Prince of Roccasecca de Volsci, in a Roman Catholic ceremony attended by high society and movie stars in Rome, Italy. He`s 42; she`s 23. Charlie and Oona Chaplin are among the guests.
she promises her husband she will refuse any film offer outside Italy
she and her husband settle at his castle in Scorona, 20 miles outside Rome
? shortly after their honeymoon, Diana Dors invites them to dinner, but they show up three hours late in a drunken state. The butler refuses to let them in, and they leave quarreling.
October 54 will fly to England in December so her baby will be born a British citize

September 54 her husband debuts in a French telefilm of hers
? her husband is barred from the set of her next movie, Il Letto, a.k.a. The Bed
10 January 55 her son, Prince Stefano Massimo, is born. He will become a photographer.
January 55 her publicity stills from The Bed will never hit the magazines; her husband ordered that they be destroyed.
her husband unsuccessfully tries to buy the sexy promo pictures used to publicize her recent movie, The Bed, from the film’s producer, the noble Marchese Biccolo Theodoli
June 55 in Italy her husband objects to her costume in The Bed and is barred from the set immediately
in Rome, she and her husband are the favorite friends of actress Gina Lollobrigida and her husband, Dr. Milko Skofic. They invariably celebrate New Year`s Eve together in a nightclub and occasionally they make up a skiing foursome.
December 55 there are rumors that all`s not well with her domestic life
March 56 holds British citizenship despite her marriage to Massimo. Currently she films London ruft Nordpol, a.k.a. London Calling North Pole in Rome.

March 56 holds British citizenship despite her marriage to Massimo. Currently she films London ruft Nordpol, a.k.a. London Calling North Pole in Rome.
November 56 has eyes popping at Sardi’s when she attends in a very low-cut gown with her spouse, Prince Massimo
c. 57 returns to the States for Chaplin’s upcoming A King in New York
c. 57 attends the Paris premiere of A King in New York with Charlie Chaplin
January 57 attends a party at the casino in the Italian Alpine resort of St. Vincent with her husband
June 57 attends the Irish Film Festival battling with Prince Massimo. The press wonders about a formal separation.
January 58 will visit the States soon with her titled husband, Prince Massimo
July 58 her husband wants her to quit movie making, but she`ll do another
October 58 her husband denies widely printed press reports that they are contemplating a legal separation
November 58 is in seclusion at a private hospital pending hearings on a separation from her husband
announces she’ll seek a separation from Prince Massimo, referring to the "total incompatibility" of her marriage
separates from Prince Massimo

February 59 her dad, Group Captain James Addams, is ordered out of his bachelor quarters in the home mansion of Prince Massimo, now that her marriage to Massimo is over

August 59 seeks divorce from Prince Massimo in Paris, France, because there`s no divorce in Italy. The hearing is set for September 21.

her estranged husband flies to New York to meet chanteuse Boni Dana. Boni currently appears at the Piccolo Club, 55th and Second Avenue, New York.
October 59 her estranged husband hits the news with his romance to 18-year-old Italian/British singer-actress Frances Dean
27 November 59 after a hearing in Rome, she meets her husband again when she goes to his villa at Scorano to visit their sick child, 4-year-old Stefano
January 60 is expected to name a famous Italian actress as one of the "other women" in her battle with Prince Massimo
July 60 her doctors fear she will have a nervous breakdown if she doesn`t win custody of her 5-year-old son. The last time she visited him, she had to be given sedatives and carried to her car.

Christmas 60 her estranged husband`s goodwill gesture doesn`t bring about a happy ending. He permits her to visit their son at his country estate in Italy, but harsh words ensue, and the Prince sends her packing, with instructions never to return.
January 61 Prince Massimo rents his castle on the outskirts of Rome to American International Pictures for the site of their upcoming horror epic La maschera del demonio, a.k.a. Black Sunday
March 61 the French governess to her 6-year-old son, Prince Massimo`s chief witness in his suit against her, vanishes
10 August 62 takes her son to England for a holiday
September 62 in London she seeks to have her 7-year-old son made a ward of the British court
her Italian property is impounded by a Rome court at the request of her estranged husband. The prince charges that she illegally took their 7-year-old son to England earlier in the month, violating a court order that the boy not leave Italy. Her property, including furniture, is valued at $9,600.
opposes attempts to extradite her to Italy on charges of abducting her son and illegally taking him to London
May 63 is mad at her estranged husband for not giving her a divorce. "I am 32; he`s 52. He may have had his life twice over, but I haven`t!

November 65 is still in a swivel over her estranged husband`s handling of their separation

c. March 66 her second son, Noel Shawn Patrick Addams, is born. She refuses to name the father.
? Prince Massimo takes court action to go on the record that he is not the father

March 71 files for an uncontested divorce from Prince Massimo in the London divorce court
23 April 71 her marriage to Prince Massimo is formally dissolved in London

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