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Norodom Monineath was born on 18 June 1936, in Saigon, French Indochina. She was born Paule-Monique Izzi, and is sometimes referred to as Queen Monique.

Her father, Jean-François Izzi, was a French banker of Corsican, French and Italian descent, who was Director of Crédit Foncier in Saigon, and killed in World War II.

Her mother, Pomme Peang, was from Phnom Penh.

She studied at the Primary School Norodom, Sisowath High School, and the Lycée René Descartes. She met Norodom Sihanouk in 1951, when he awarded her first prize in a beauty pageant.

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They married privately in 1952, and a second time, officially, in 1955. She has been described as the close confidant of Sihanouk. She was his sixth and final wife.

In 1955, her husband abdicated, but remained in charge of the rule of the country: in 1960, he became head of state again, but known as premier and with the title prince.

Princess Monique, as she was called during this period, was exposed to some criticism from both the K