While Roquebrune has three children from two previous marriages, she and Connery never had any children themselves.
But that first day I didn’t know who he was or anything about him.
Then I dreamed I saw this man.
I was in his arms.
And I thought ‘At last, peace’.
The next day I went back to the tournament and that was that!"
Connery said in 2011, “In the early days it was difficult for us to see each other.
She was still living in North Africa with her children.
We were in separate queues coming off different flights.
There was a partition and underneath I saw these feet.
I immediately recognized them and tried to get through to see her but it wasn’t allowed.”
He said he fought the crowds just so he could wait for her, and managed to get through.
(viaThe Sun).
They eventually married in 1975 and stayed together until Connery passed away at the age of 90.
