6 real stories of modern Cinderellas who managed to marry real princes

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Women's hearts have always excited and will continue to excite the stories of the Cinderella. However, if fairy tales tell about a poor innocent orphan, then modern applicants for this role are very far from ideal. Often they have not at all "royal" dignity - they can lead a free lifestyle, be divorced, or worse, have the profession of an actress. And, nevertheless, over and over again "decent boys" lose their heads, refuse royal privileges, titles and marry these beautiful beasts. So what attracts them to commoners and how did the fate of the spouses develop in the future?

Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle

No one could have imagined that the acquaintance of this couple happened with the help of the modern method - "blind date". Harry did not know anything about the star of the series "Force Majeure" before this acquaintance, and Megan only asked her friend Violet von Westenholz: "Is he even cute?" Further meetings only confirmed the mutual sympathy. A few weeks later, the prince invited a pretty girl to accompany him on a trip to Botswana. They were incognito in a foreign country, admired the stars and got a chance to get to know each other far from the preconceived eyes of their contemporaries.

This was followed by several months of secret meetings, until the ubiquitous insiders found out about their romance. Of course, each edition was in a hurry to "create a sensation." In defense of his girlfriend's personal life, a week after the first publication, Harry spoke out, and a little later his older brother called on journalists to respect. However, a royal romance is not yet a marriage. Any change in family composition must be approved by Grandmother Elizabeth II. And for this, the bride, albeit the fifth in line, but still the crown prince, had to comply with British traditions.

American actress Megan radically changed her image, closed some of her projects, and also learned, as they say, "to keep my mouth shut." This helped her become the prince's wife, but did not greatly improve the position of the "American upstart" in high society. Even having given birth to a baby, Megan did not become her own in high society. Therefore, in January 2020, Prince Harry renounces titles and royal regalia and, together with his wife and child, moves to permanent residence, first to Canada and then to the United States.

Grace Kelly

One of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood of the last century could have won more than one Oscar, but left her career for the sake of the ruler of a small principality off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. However, many researchers believe that both pursued their own interests. Rainier III liked the idea of marrying a Hollywood beauty and making Monaco the center of European social life, and Grace was attracted by the idea of becoming part of the royal family. At the same time, the movie star probably did not have mercantile thoughts, because even the actress bought the engagement ring with her own money - although Rainier was an aristocrat, his principality at that time was very poor.

As a result, the aspirations of this couple came true. The brilliant wife was able to attract large capitals to Monaco with her social events and charity evenings and make the country financially attractive. However, women's happiness remained only a dream. Her husband was not distinguished by natural sociability, but, nevertheless, had affairs on the side. Grace, on the other hand, had to completely forget about such a "dirty" occupation as acting in front of the camera, and her natural talent as an actress had to be directed to maintaining the image of a happy family.

Growing up children also did not become a gift for Grace. Disappointed in life, the princess saw no way out of this impasse. Fate intervened - at the age of 52, the 10th princess of Monaco suffered a stroke while driving.

Rita Hayworth

Another Hollywood star was able to marry the prince. Rita Hayworth by the age of 30 was a very popular actress, a sex symbol of her time. She already had two unsuccessful marriages and one child when the son of Sultan Aga Khan III (leader of the Nizari Muslims) Ali Khan offered her marriage. The handsome man, although he had oriental roots, lived all his life in Europe. For his sake, Rita tried to forget Hollywood, learn French and become an exemplary wife in Muslim traditions. However, the prince himself had oriental habits and gained a reputation as a notorious womanizer. In addition, the spouses had disagreements over the upbringing and religion of their joint child - the daughter of Yasmin Aga Khan. Rita did not endure this situation for long and the couple soon divorced.

Kelly Rondstvedt

Our collection is continued by an ordinary, but very intelligent and educated American woman. An ordinary bank employee may have heard of Princes William and Harry, Prince Albert, but hardly heard of Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Formally, such a land does not exist, but representatives of this dynasty are relatives of almost all the royal houses of Europe. Therefore, a groom with an excellent pedigree was remembered in the best houses of the continent, but overseas he was familiar to a few.

Kelly met Hubertus at a restaurant - they both lived in New York, where the unknown prince worked as a lawyer at a bank. A year later, the lovers announced their engagement. The celebration was attended by representatives from the best aristocratic families in Europe, even the reigning king of Sweden, Carl Gustav, attended the event. But the first time after marriage, the husband and wife continued to live in America and work in their former places. And now the couple moved to the family castle of Coburg, where they changed their occupation to a more royal one: now they are raising three heirs and doing charity work.

Lisa Halabi

Here is the previous queen of Jordan - a girl who dreamed only of a career as an architect, and not of the role of the mother of royal offspring. However, in 1978, Prince Hussein married a university graduate who was involved in a project to renovate a Jordanian airport. After six months of dating, an American of Syrian-Swedish descent converted to Islam and received a new name Nur ("light"). She was able to become the ideal model of a progressive Muslim wife of a new make-up: blonde and blonde, she possessed the wisdom of women of the East and the free-thinking of European women. It was thanks to her advice that the King of Jordan had the opportunity to find an alternative approach to relations between the West and Jordan. And Lisa for 20 years in the status of queen coped well with the role of mother of four children.

Wallis Simpson

This scandalous wedding continues to excite the minds even after 80 years. An American from a wealthy family in Baltimore managed to get married before moving to the UK. There, a divorced woman with very free morals and demeanors was successful with men and disliked prim English ladies. Nevertheless, the successful beauty had an undeniable talent for making the necessary connections in high society. One of her friends, being the mistress of Prince Edward, had the imprudence to introduce her to him. As a result, the completely charmed prince lost his head so much that he married the irresistible Wallis. This was preceded by the abdication of the British Empire. The newlyweds were forced to leave the country, but, nevertheless, for a long time intrigued by the return of the lost crown.