Marguerite Alibert

Marguerite Alibert
Born(1890-12-09)9 December 1890
Paris, French Third Republic
Died2 January 1971(1971-01-02) (aged 80)
Paris, France
Other namesMaggie Meller
Princess Fahmy
Marguerite Laurent
Known forsocialite, acquitted murderer
Spouses
Charles Laurent
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(m. 1919; div. 1920)​
Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey
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(m. 1922; died 1923)​
Children1

Marguerite Marie Alibert (9 December 1890 – 2 January 1971[1][2]), also known as Maggie Meller,[3] Marguerite Laurent, and Princess Fahmy, was a French socialite. She started her career as a prostitute and later courtesan in Paris, and from 1917 to 1918, she had an affair with the prince of Wales (later Edward VIII).[3][1] After her marriage to Egyptian aristocrat Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, she was frequently called princess by the media of the time.[4] In 1923, she killed her husband at the Savoy Hotel in London. She was eventually acquitted of the murder charge after a trial at the Old Bailey.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b c Lucy Bland (2013). Modern women on trial: Sexual transgression in the age of the flapper. Manchester University Press. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-1-84779-896-1.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goldsmith was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Ian Graham (2016). Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses. St. Martin's Press. pp. 183–185. ISBN 978-1-4668-6817-5.
  4. ^ Andrew Rose (2013). The Prince, the Princess and the Perfect Murder. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4447-7648-5.