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What Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth II Have in Common

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Updated on April 8, 2021

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QUEEN ELIZABETH II has a surprising link to Marilyn Monroe, a Hollywood legend.

Monroe is said to have used some of the same makeup as Queen Elizabeth.

According to People magazine, the 93-year-old uses Yardley London, which has a royal warrant. The popular American actress previously said that Yardley’s Lavender was all she wore to bed.

Yardley London has a lengthy history of associating with royalty, and the queen awarded the corporation a royal warrant in 1955. That being said, it was also connected to one of history’s most beautiful ladies. Monroe also admitted that her favorite scent was Yardley Lavender.

When a reporter in the United Kingdom questioned the American actress whether she wore something to bed, she pulled up her favorite perfume and said, “As I am in England, let’s say I sleep in nothing but Yardley’s Lavender!.

Marilyn Monroe’s meeting with Queen Elizabeth II in 1956

When Hollywood royalty meets real-life royalty, the outcomes are amazing. And no meeting better exemplifies this than the one between Queen Elizabeth II and iconic actress Marilyn Monroe.

In this video, Monroe and her husband Arthur Miller stand in a welcome line at the London premiere of The Battle of the River Plate in Leicester Square on October 29, 1956, waiting for Her Majesty to shake their hands. The Queen is dressed in a long, off-the-shoulder gown in a dark hue, while Marilyn Monroe is dressed in a beautiful, low-cut metallic gown that accentuated her figure. They did share one thing in common: they were all wearing long, beautiful gloves.