Grace Kelly’s Home Trashed By Crazy Cat Lady

Grace Kelly's childhood home in Philadelphia has been rebuilt by her royal children — but only after the screen legend's house had been turned into a real flea pit!

The six-bedroom colonial-style home became part of history when Prince Rainier posed with his future bride after proposing to Grace there in 1956. That marriage put an end to the Hollywood career of the "Rear Window" actress, although Prince Albert II and his siblings would return to see their grandparents — with him remembering “hanging out in the garage” there. But then the estate was ruined by a crazed cat lady!

Marjorie Bamont was charged with animal cruelty in 2014 when 14 live cats — and a dead one — were found in the house. Shocked officers also found the home covered with cat feces and crawling with fleas. Bamont was convicted, and died two years later. That's when Albert stepped in to pay $850,000 to restore the wrecked estate and make it a tribute to his screen-legend mom.

“I’m very happy to have saved this old family home from a near certain death or development,” said the prince, with his mom's house finally updated after decades of a plaque billing it as “The Kelly Family House.” The son of the movie-star-turned-queen added: “The house was very beautiful, and very special to our family.”