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      • After seven years of marriage, Queen Soraya and the Shah faced a distressing reality: she was infertile. She hadn't borne a child, forget a male heir. Even extensive medical checkups confirmed her inability to bear a child.
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      Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari: The Sad-Eyed Princess From Iran

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  3. www.tatler.com › article › princess-soraya-of-iranThe tragic true story of ‘the princess with the sad eyes ...

    Oct 16, 2024 · In 1958, the Shah tearfully announced their divorce; Soraya said it was ‘a sacrifice of my own happiness’. A year later he married again, to Farah Diba, with whom he had four children, including two boys.

  4. www.factinate.com › people › facts-queen-sorayaRoyal Facts About Queen Soraya, Iran’s Lost Empress - Factinate

    • She Was A Spoiled Heiress. Soraya was groomed for a royal destiny from the very start. The only daughter of Iranian nobleman Khalil Esfandiary and his wife, the German heiress Eva Karl, Soraya grew up in luxury and spent her adolescence shuttling between Berlin and Isfahan while attending the best finishing schools.
    • She Had A Foul Temper. Soraya was famous for her half-Iranian, half-German good looks even as a gangly teen—but underneath she wasn't so pretty. She had a notoriously Teutonic, brusque manner coupled with a bad temper, and could snap in an instant when someone annoyed her.
    • A Single Photo Made Her Queen. Soraya’s legendary beauty preceded her, quite literally. Around 1948, the Queen Mother of Iran, Tadj ol-Molouk, was on the lookout to get her son Shah Mohammad Reza a new wife.
    • She Was Too Young. The Queen Mother was so gung-ho about Soraya, she sent over one of her daughters to see what the girl was made of. There was just one creepy fly in this ointment: At the time, Soraya was only just finishing up school and was still a painfully young teenager.

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Soraya_Esfandiary-BakhtiarySoraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary - Wikipedia

    Four days later, it was announced that the imperial couple would divorce. In a press statement issued by the Iranian government, it was announced that Soraya had agreed to the divorce while Soraya later claimed she had last heard from her husband on 5 March and she had not been informed beforehand. [24]

  7. www.timesnownews.com › lifestyle › peopleSoraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari: The Sad-Eyed Princess From Iran

    Jan 7, 2024 · After seven years of marriage, Queen Soraya and the Shah faced a distressing reality: she was infertile. She hadn't borne a child, forget a male heir. Even extensive medical checkups confirmed her inability to bear a child.

  8. royalwatcherblog.com › 22 › princess-soraya-of-iranPrincess Soraya of Iran - The Royal Watcher

    Jun 22, 2018 · The Shah and Queen Soraya had a happy marriage, but had to divorce in 1955, due to the lack of an heir. The demoted Princess Soraya had a brief career as an actress, never remarried, and resided in luxury Europe where she was known as the ‘Princess with the sad eyes’.

  9. tammy.ai › the-heartbreaking-story-of-queenThe Heartbreaking Story Of Queen Soraya: A Royal Tale ... - Tammy

    How did Queen Soraya react to the divorce? She was blindsided by the divorce just 9 days before the palace announcement. Did Queen Soraya and the Shah have a reunion after the divorce?

  10. cms.factinate.com › people › royal-facts-about-queenRoyal Facts About Queen Soraya, Iran’s Lost Empress

    After an infamous divorce, Queen Soraya of Iran was called “the sad-eyed princess”—but few people know her even darker history.

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