Princess Monique, formerly known to Chinese, was born on June 18, 1936, the sixth wife of the late "father of Cambodian independence" Sihanouk, her father François Iji was a Frenchman of Italian descent, and her mother, Madame Bo, was a Cambodian of Chinese descent, which can be called "mixed ethnicity of the four countries".
Sihanouk, who is fourteen years older than her, once said in her autobiography: "Monique's father and my father are good friends, and I have long known Monique and her siblings, and I have experienced her natural ladylike style." Frankly, I believe that one day I will be her lover. ”
Prince Sihanouk fell in love 19 times in his life, married 6 wives and had 14 children. In 1954, he and Monique were officially married, and his other 5 wives, 3 divorced, 1 missing, 1 dystocia, and only Monique was the only one who stayed with him for life.
In 1941, at the age of 19, Sihanouk inherited the throne of Cambodia from his maternal grandfather, King Monivong, and later ceded the throne to his father, becoming prime minister of Cambodia himself, crowning Monique as a princess, and during his tenure, achieved Cambodian national independence.
In 1960, Sihanouk became cambodia's head of state, Monique became the first lady, and she had two sons with Sihanouk, the eldest son Norodom Sihamoni is the current King of Cambodia.
In 1970, due to Sihanouk's pro-Communist stance, The Pro-American representative and Prime Minister General Lon Nol took advantage of his visit to Moscow with Princess Monique to stage a coup d'état, and Sihanouk and Princess Monique were forced into exile in Beijing, and his five sons and 14 grandsons were tortured and killed.
In 1975, Sihanouk was placed under house arrest for many years after returning to China, and in 1993, he became the king and head of state of Cambodia again, and he changed his name to Monilie Sihanouk for his wife, which was originally a French name, and Monilie had the national characteristics of Cambodia.
Queen Monilie is known as the "Beauty Queen of Asia", she is elegant and generous, stable and dignified. Sihanoukville specially directed a film that presented his love story with Monilie. Because she has lived in Beijing for many years, her Chinese is very fluent.
On 29 October 2004, King Sihanouk again announced his abdication and was succeeded by Monilie's eldest son, Norodom Sihamoni, who became the Cambodian Empress and Monilie became empress.
On October 15, 2012, Sihanouk died while recuperating in Beijing, the coffin was escorted back to Cambodia, and Monilie, who was with Sihanouk, began to fade from the political arena.