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== In fiction and popular culture == In fiction, the school is most commonly mentioned in novels relating to the rich and famous, and usually takes the role of being the choice of education for different characters.<ref>{{cite book | year = 1984 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0tiVwuuiMBQC&q=Le+Rosey | title = In Switzerland, Democracy at the Summit | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 9780553256093 | last1 = Krantz | first1 = Judith | publisher=Bantam Books }}</ref> Le Rosey has been mentioned in [[Judith Krantz]]'s novels ''[[Princess Daisy (novel)|Princess Daisy]]'' (1980) and ''[[Till We Meet Again (novel)|Till We Meet Again]]'' (1988),<ref>{{cite book | year = 1984 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0tiVwuuiMBQC&q=Le+Rosey | title = Princess Daisy | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 9780553256093 | last1 = Krantz | first1 = Judith | publisher=Bantam Books }}</ref> as well as in several romance novels by [[Karen Robards]].<ref>{{cite book | year = 2001 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EkMi9buPwSoC&q=Le+Rosey&pg=PA139 | title = Paradise County | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 0743424557 | last1 = Robards | first1 = Karen | publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> The school is also mentioned in ''Master of the Game'' (1982) by Sidney Sheldon, ''[[Answered Prayers]]'' (1986) by [[Truman Capote]],<ref>{{cite book | year = 2001 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EkMi9buPwSoC&q=Le+Rosey&pg=PA139 | title = Answered Prayers | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 0743424557 | last1 = Robards | first1 = Karen | publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> ''Any Woman's Blues'' (1990) by [[Erica Jong]],<ref>{{cite book | year = 1990 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OhflWjf4PMwC&q=Le+Rosey | title = Any Woman's Blues | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 9780061099168 | last1 = Jong | first1 = Erica | publisher=Harpercollins }}</ref> ''For Love Alone'' (1992) by [[Ivana Trump]],<ref>{{cite book | year = 1992 | url = https://archive.org/details/forlovealone00trum | url-access = registration | quote = Le Rosey. | title = For Love Alone | publisher = Pocket Books | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 9780671743680 | last1 = Trump | first1 = Ivana }}</ref> and ''What Became of Her'' (2002) by [[Marijane Meaker]].<ref>{{cite book | year = 2002 | url = https://books.google.com/books?q=Le+Rosey&lr=&num=100&sa=N&start=300 | title = What Became of Her | access-date = 2007-08-20 }}</ref> Similarly, Le Rosey is mentioned in [[Bret Easton Ellis]]' novel ''[[American Psycho]]'' (1991), as the [[alma mater]] of Evelyn Williams, who is the protagonist's fiancée. In the movie ''[[Monte Carlo (2011 film) |Monte Carlo]]'', the character Cordelia Winthrop-Scott, played by [[Selena Gomez]], attended Le Rosey. In a 2002 episode of ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', affluent character Martha Strick, played by [[Veanne Cox]], says she attended Le Rosey.<ref>{{cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://imdb.com/name/nm0185274/ | title = Veanne Cox | website = [[IMDb]] | access-date = 2007-08-20 }}</ref> Two prominent characters in [[Emily in Paris]], Mindy and Nicolas, knew each from their time at Le Rosey. In non-fiction, alumni [[Michael Korda]] and [[James Laughlin]] have written about their experiences and memories at Le Rosey.<ref>{{cite book | year = 2002 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rvw92SaEpyQC&q=Le+Rosey&pg=PA234 | title = Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 9780061847639 | last1 = Korda | first1 = Michael | publisher=Harper Collins }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | year = 2005 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YIkU3xonqWAC&q=Le+Rosey&pg=PA291 | title = Byways: A Memoir | access-date = 2007-08-20 | isbn = 9780811215985 | last1 = Laughlin | first1 = James | publisher=New Directions }}</ref> Columnist [[Taki Theodoracopulos]] has written extensively on the school and its alumni,<ref>{{cite book | year = 1984 | url = https://archive.org/details/princesplayboysh00theo | url-access = registration | quote = Le Rosey. | title = Princes, Playboys & High-Class Tarts | publisher = Karz-Cohl Pub. |access-date=2014-02-15 | isbn = 9780943828619 | author1 = Taki Theodoracopulos }}</ref> and was in the middle of a mild controversy when in 1998 he jokingly wrote in ''[[The Spectator]]'' that [[Osama bin Laden]] had attended Le Rosey.<ref name="gstaadlife.ch">{{cite web | date = 3 March 2004 | url = http://www.gstaadlife.ch/archive/documents/gl04_05.pdf | title = Have you seen Harry Bin Laden lately? | access-date = 2010-01-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=1996 |url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/266/estilo/266_colegios_elite.htm |title=Colegios da Elite |access-date=2007-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630075003/http://www.terra.com.br/istoedinheiro/266/estilo/266_colegios_elite.htm |archive-date=30 June 2007 }}</ref> The story resulted in an outcry from American readers, inquiries from several magazines, and the school publicly and "vehemently" denying that bin Laden had attended Le Rosey.<ref name="gstaadlife.ch"/> In 1999, American journalist [[Paul Klebnikov]] wrote an [[Investigative journalism|exposé]] on Le Rosey in ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine detailing the problems the school was experiencing with its majority Russian student body.<ref>{{cite news|date= 7 May 1999|url= http://members.forbes.com/global/1999/0705/0213126a_2.html|title= Where you learn to be a billionaire|access-date= 2007-08-20|work= Forbes|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110611111207/http://members.forbes.com/global/1999/0705/0213126a_2.html|archive-date= 11 June 2011|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> [[Richard René Silvin]] released his book ''I survived Swiss Boarding Schools'' in 2006 and a second edition in 2018, chronicling his time at Le Rosey in the 50s and 60s.
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