In April, the world celebrated Her Majesty’s 90th birthday, but another icon would have also been celebrating the same milestone this year.
Although such opposing characters, iconic model and actress Marilyn Monroe would have turned 90 earlier this week on June 1.
To celebrate the would-be momentous occasion, an extremely rare piece of footage has emerged of the two women who lived such separate lives – Marilyn in Hollywood, and the monarch in Buckingham Palace, meeting publicly for the first and last time.
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The sex symbol and the leader met at the film premiere of The Battle of the River Plate in London’s Leicester Square.
Marilyn, who was on the arm of her then-husband Arthur Miller, showed off her enviable curves in a sleek silk gown and gloves.
Her Majesty looked equally as striking in an off-the-shoulder black dress, accessorised by a glittering Grand Duchess Vladimir tiara.
The two women, although the same age, led completely different lives.
The rare clip shows the blonde beauty waiting in the receiving line to curtsy and shake hands with the monarch, who had ascended the throne four years earlier after the death of her father George VI.
This meeting was likely the pair’s first and last. During the time the footage was captured, both women were just 30 years old, and it was just six years later in 1962 that Marilyn, whose real name was Norma Jean Baker, was found dead in her Brentwood home.
The star would have celebrated her 90th birthday on June 1st.
