Monique Jessen

Monique Jessen
Title: Contributing Correspondent
Expertise: British Royal Family, Royal Style, Celebrity, Human Interest, Style

• Monique has been a Contributing Correspondent at PEOPLE for over 14 years.

• She joined the London Bureau in 2002 and covered red carpet events for several years before joining the royals team. Monique has reported on all major royal news stories since the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011 and has contributed numerous royal exclusives.

• Monique has interviewed over 100 celebrities during her time at PEOPLE, written both royal and celebrity cover stories and penned her own style column in the quarterly PEOPLE Royals.

Experience

Monique has over 20 years experience as a reporter and writer with an expertise on all things celebrity, royal and style. She started her career as an intern at Cosmopolitan in 1997 and prior to working at PEOPLE, she worked at InStyle. Monique has also written for The New York Times, Hello!, The Telegraph and Women's Wear Daily.





About PEOPLE

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: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales and Mia Tindall attend the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023
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