Last year, new venue Arches London Bridge opened with Direct From Graceland: Elvis, putting many of the King of Rock and Roll’s personal items on display in the UK for the first time.

As they return home to Memphis, Tennessee, it’s now the turn of another American icon who died young.

Like Elvis, Marilyn Monroe was often defined by the myth around the character Norma Jeane Mortenson created for her showbiz career.

But behind the glitz and glamour of the blonde bombshell was a real woman of…