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When Marilyn Met The Queen

Author: Michelle Morgan.

When Marilyn Met The Queen

Author: Michelle Morgan.

$28.95 $2.99
Item #: D30850
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2022
Publisher: Pegasus
ISBN: 9781639361496
In July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London—on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller—to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier. Uncomfortable in a mansion with servants who were spying for the tabloids, Marilyn likewise suffered during filming, as she and Olivier began to despise each other. Attempting to escape the host... More
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In July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London—on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller—to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier. Uncomfortable in a mansion with servants who were spying for the tabloids, Marilyn likewise suffered during filming, as she and Olivier began to despise each other. Attempting to escape the hostile British press, Marilyn took solace in bike rides in Windsor Great Park, in small acts of kindness from members of the public, and in a growing fascination with Queen Elizabeth II, whom she longed to meet—and as Michelle Morgan reveals here, she eventually did.


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