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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran married Raz His first wife, Fouzia, was a foreigner; A prince from Egypt. His second wife Soraya was a biracial girl with an Iranian father and a German mother, and only Farah Diba was his third wife who was completely Iranian. However, historical documents show that the Shah was always interested in having a Western wife, and in several cases he proposed to European and American girls, but surprisingly, none of them gave him a positive answer. The first time was after the separation from Fawzia that Shah fell in love with the mesmerizing beauty of a theater actress during a trip to America. Grace Kelly, a girl who quickly became a very famous face of American Hollywood cinema. The second time was after breaking up with Soraya Esfandiari, who wanted to join the British royal family, marrying Princess Alexandra, but was rejected by the British authorities. In the end, his attempt to marry Maria Gabriela, the daughter of the last king of Italy, also came to a standstill due to the opposition of the Catholic Church. In the video, we tell you the story of the Shah's relationship with his mistresses after his separation from Fawzia until his marriage to Soraya, and the interval between his divorce from Soraya and his marriage to Farah, and the Shah of Iran's three unsuccessful attempts to marry royal families in Europe. Sources: The Shah's Last Journey book, written by William Shawcross, The Shah book, written by Abbas Milani, True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess, Wendy Leigh