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The five-year marriage is over between a former Marine and a young Bahraini royal whose story provided the basis for a made-for-television movie, “The Princess and the Marine.”. “It was what ...
Mar 12, 2024 · There are roughly 9,000 U.S. personnel stationed at the Navy’s base in Bahrain. In 1999, one of those, Lance Cpl. Jason Johnson, faced a court-martial and legal battle to wed his beloved girlfriend, a Bahraini local named Meriam. The Marine met Meriam at a local mall and, over the objections of her family, the two continued their love affair.
Sheikha Meriam bint Abdullah Al Khalifa (Arabic: مريم بنت عبد الله آل خليفة; born 1980) is a member of the Bahraini Royal House of Al-Khalifa.She is best known for fleeing her family and native Bahrain to the United States to elope with US Marine Lance Corporal Jason Johnson, who was, at the time, stationed in Bahrain as part of a counter-terrorism unit providing security ...
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Nov 30, 2004 · The couple married in Las Vegas on Nov. 16, 1999. He was 23. She was 19. The story made headlines. Besides the TV movie, "The Princess and the Marine," the couple made the rounds of television ...
Dec 1, 2004 · LAS VEGAS — The five-year marriage is over between a former LDS Marine and a young Bahraini royal whose story provided the basis for a made-for-television movie, "The Princess and the Marine." "It was what she wanted," Jason Johnson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal of the divorce he and Meriam Al-Khalifa filed for Nov. 17, the day after ...
Sep 29, 2001 · LAS VEGAS (AP -- The Bahraini princess who fled her homeland to marry a U.S. Marine is returning home because her family fears for her safety in America, the couple's attorney said Friday. ''She ju…
