Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
King Edward VIII married the American Wallis Simpson (L) in 1937, after which he was forced to abdicate the British throne to his younger brother, King George VI.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Grace Kelly, an American actress, marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Michiko Shōda, a commoner, married then-Crown Prince Akihito in 1959, and the couple now have been married for nearly 60 years.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Then-Crown Prince Harald of Norway marries a commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, in 1968.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock King Carl Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath, a commoner who he met at the 1972 Olympics, in 1976.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Before marrying Abdullah bin al-Hussein in 1993, Rania Al-Abdullah worked for CitiBank. Her husband became king of Jordan in 1999 after his father died, making Rania a queen.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Crown Prince Naruhito marries Masako Owada, who he met while in school at University of Tokyo, in 1993.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Marie-Chantal Miller, a commoner, marries Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, in a 1993 ceremony.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby, who he met at a rock festival, marry in 2001.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock King Letsie III of Lesotho marries Anna Karabo Mots’oeneng in 2002.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock The Netherlands’ Prince Willem-Alexander marries Máxima Zorreguieta in 2002; she was working as vice president at Deutsche Bank when they met.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Felipe VI of Spain marries Letizia Ortiz, then a journalist, in 2004.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Prince Frederik of Denmark marries Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, who was working at Microsoft Business Solutions, in 2004.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Denmark’s Prince Joachim marries Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier, who was working in marketing when they met, at a ceremony in 2008.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden marries Daniel Westling, a gym owner she met when she attended a training session of his, in 2010.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Tatiana Blatnik, who was working for Diane von Furstenberg until 2010, marries Prince Nikolaos of Greece in 2010.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L), the king of Bhutan, kisses Jetsun Pema on the cheek at their 2011 wedding ceremony.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock British Prince William and Kate Middleton, who he met while attending university, get married in 2011.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Prince Albert II of Monaco, Grace Kelly’s son, marries Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer from South Africa, in 2011.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Swedish Princess Madeleine, sister of Crown Princess Victoria, marries American-British financier Christopher O’Neill in a ceremony in 2013.
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Non-Aristocrats Who Married Royals
Image Credit: Rex Shutterstock Reality TV star and model Sofia Hellqvist gets married to Swedish Prince Carl Phillip in 2015.