Marilyn Monroe, America's most famous sex symbol, met the British monarch in 1956. At the time, she was filming 'The Prince and the Showgirl' opposite Laurence Olivier.
Queen Elizabeth II reportedly 'felt sorry' for America’s most famous sex symbol after they met in 1956. At the time, Marilyn Monroe was in London to film 'The Prince and the Showgirl' opposite Laurence Olivier. However, the blonde bombshell had one objective when she traveled across the pond, and it was to meet the reigning monarch. But the encounter wasn’t picture-perfect.
Apparently, the queen said to friends at the palace that she thought Marilyn was lovely, but she felt sorry for her,' Michelle Morgan, author of 'When Marilyn Met the Queen,' told Fox News Digital. 'She had licked all of her lipstick off,' Morgan explained about the Hollywood star. 'When you see the footage, you see the queen coming up the line. Marilyn is licking her lipstick off because she’s nervous. And the queen picked up on that.
When Marilyn was asked to meet the queen, a memo went round to everybody … that said, ‘You must wear something conservative. You must think about the neckline,’' Morgan explained. 'And that went straight over Marilyn’s head. 'She already had an idea of what she wanted,' said Morgan. 'She went to a dressmaker, a theatrical dressmaker. … She had a little diagram of what she wanted. They … made it for her. And it came with a gold cape and a little gold bag.
But there was one thing Monroe wasn’t prepared for — having France’s own sex symbol seemingly upstage her, or so she thought. ' was rather put out that Brigitte Bardot, who was also there, had made a lot of headlines in the papers that day,' said Morgan. 'So, she was a little miffed about that. … I don’t think that she did. I’ve read all the newspapers, and there were pictures of Brigitte in the newspapers and little columns about her. 'But, for the most part, it was all Marilyn.
friend … said that the queen was fascinated by Marilyn afterward,' said Morgan. 'That’s all we really know, because the queen didn’t ever speak publicly about many people. Her motto was ‘Never complain, never explain.’ So, all we’ve got is this little nugget of information from an unnamed friend from the palace.' Morgan hopes her book will show readers a different side of the American icon. 'Marilyn loved meeting the queen,' said Morgan.
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