The Princess and the Marine is a 2001 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the true story of American ...

The biggest problem is that Meriam’s full name is Meriam bint Abdullah al-Khalifa, and she was a member of the royal family’s house of Khalifa. So, when Lance Cpl. Johnson smuggled her out of Bahrain ...

“The Princess & the Marine,” NBC’s fact-based tale of the serviceman who smuggled an Islamic woman into the United States, never approaches royalty. In 1999, Princess Meriam Al-Khalifa (Marisol ...

LAS VEGAS - It seems so long ago to the Bahraini princess, that night she left behind her homeland for forbidden love with a U.S. Marine. A year and a half later, she has traded prestige and honor for ...