The year 2026 will begin with the funeral of , a symbol of female liberation. Beautiful and irreverent, she collected boyfriends (ten more or less lasting), (Saint-Tropez and Búzios) in tourist attractions.
Upon arriving in Rio, Linda, after a 12-hour flight, gave a press conference and heard a question from reporter Orion Neves: “Do you intend to have a Brazilian child?”
Quick answer: “With who, with you?”
Bardot died at age 91, claustrophobic and. With her, another piece of the 20th century passed. In it, two more beautiful and fantastic women lived: (1905-1990) and (1926-1962).
Bardot and Garbo overcame the trappings of celebrity. Garbo warned that “I want to be alone” and she succeeded. He lived his last years in New York and took long walks, wearing a hat, wearing his enormous legs in long pants, sometimes walking along Park Avenue. La Garbo suffered to be alone.
La Bardot lived long enough not to be bothered. From Garbo to Bardot, the 20th century learned to live with famous women.
Halfway through, Marilyn Monroe reached the triumph of the cocottes. She dated the most powerful man in the world, President John Kennedy, and his brother, Robert. The pressures, and perhaps her ambitions, drove her to suicide.
La Bardot managed to stay alone and was in Manuel Bandeira’s Pasárgada in her own way. He had the men he wanted, in the beds he chose.
These three women followed different paths and today the world is different. Another in France and the United States and who knows where else. Less in , or, more precisely, in the ruling house of Windsor, in England.
There he managed to make Camilla Shand, former Parker Bowles, queen consort. She got the title that didn’t occur to her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, faithful girlfriend of King Edward 7th.
Legend has it that Camilla Shand, when introduced to Prince Charles, said: “My great-grandmother was your great-grandfather’s lover, what do you think of that?”
It’s not known exactly when, but Charles thought the idea was good. Following English tradition, he dated her while she was married. Charles’ infidelity poisoned his marriage and he was the first Prince of Wales to divorce. His great-uncle was forced to abdicate to marry a divorcee.
When Lady Diana died in 1997, 9 in 10 people were likely to bet that Camilla would never become queen. She did it, England changed, but not that much.
In time: Charles’ infidelity eroded his popularity. Okay, and it’s rude to remember that, in the chronicle of the Brazilian embassy in London, a bed in the mansion would have fame because the . (Charles, upon seeing the baby, found his red hair strange.)
Bardot transgressed in a time of transgressions. She withdrew when fame began to bother her and shielded herself by defending animals and following a conservative line. In a way, it accompanied the 20th century.
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