Rang wedding bells sounded wedding vows, wedding shed tears Prince Harry (seriously, he wept at least three times) and now a native of Los Angeles Meghan Markle is officially a member of the Royal family.
However, it is not the first American to do it. We can think of at least 11 citizens of the USA, became princessamy, and a couple of times — even Queens.
Hope Cook
20-year-old native of new York, student at Sarah Lawrence College hope Cooke met her future husband, recently widowed by Condoom Palden Namgyal, traveling to India — in the bar at the Windermere in Darjeeling. Two years later, the crown Prince of the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim has proposed to her. After the wedding, hope renounced his U.S. citizenship, and two years later officially became Queen.
The small Kingdom of Asia, amazed by its beauty, mountain scenery, diversity of flora and fauna. Her Majesty was in love with Sikkim without memory — the audience and the press were in love with her, no less.
Marriage Cooke Namgyal and was not so well: many of her husband’s infidelity and his problems with alcohol forced a couple ofitsialno to leave in 1980. At that time, Namgyal was no longer a monarch: five years earlier the Sikkim ceased to be a separate state, now part of India.
Two years after the divorce the last of the rulers of Sikkim died in new York. Hope also returned to his hometown with his children by Palden and hope Lizum. She now lives in Brooklyn, doing research work and writing activities.
Wallis Simpson
Sometimes not so bad to be sixth in line to the throne. Anyway, don’t worry about that marriage with a divorced American woman is over for you abdication, as was the case with Edward VIII and socialite Wallis Simpson, for example.
At the time of the meeting with the monarch, Simpson has managed to get married twice. Her marriage to Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., for whom Wallis was released in 20, lasted 11 years. With her second husband, Ernest Simpson, she divorced only a month before his third wedding in 1937.
Technically nothing prevented Eduardo, in love with Simpson, to marry her, but that risked be the beginning of a national crisis. Not finding a «peaceful» way to make Wallis the Queen, the monarch was about to enter into a morganatic marriage, but the answer of the Prime Minister was categorical. Edward had to choose between Wallis Simpson and Britain. He chose the former.
Never hid his desire to be Queen, Wallis still got the title, though not so Grand — Duchess of Windsor. However, as noted by some biographers, it was not for the Simpson special consolation.
«He adored her, and she had to keep a good mine at bad game, says journalist Andrew Morton — Wallis knew that he was refused the throne of the greatest empires to be with a twice divorced American. If she left him, he would have been the most hated woman in the country.»
Royal link Simpson and Edward took place in the Bahamas, in new York, Florida and Paris, and continued until the death of the former monarch in 1972.
Despite the tense relationship of the couple with the Royal family, the funeral of Wallis, who died in 1986, was visited by Queen Elizabeth together with Prince Charles and Queen mother. Spouses buried next to Frogmore, Windsor.
Grace Kelly
It would seem that the most popular actress of her time could not become more popular. However, this is what happened when Oscar winner grace Kelly married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
The couple met during the visit of Kelly to the South of France, where there was the shooting of the film «country girl (a role which the actress later won the «Oscar»). While held in the Palace of a photo shoot for Paris Match grace first saw Rainier. By Christmas they were engaged, and in April 1956 — married. Became a Princess, Kelly left the film: her last film «to Catch a thief» was released a year before the wedding.
A couple who had three children, had been married for 26 years — until the death of grace in a car accident in 1982.
Rainier refused to remarry and remained one until his death in 2005. Spouses buried next to the Cathedral of St. Nicholas.
Rita Hayworth
One of the brightest Hollywood stars, Rita Hayworthwas married five times. Shortly after the breakup with her second husband, the film Director Orson Welles, she met Prince Ali Khan, son of Sultan Aga Khan III (considered a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad).
The couple started a whirlwind romance and a year later they were married, but the Union lasted less than four years. In marriage at the Hayworth’s daughter, Princess yasmin Aga Khan, famous as a philanthropist and public figure.
Lisa Halabi
In 1973, a native of new Jersey, Swedish, Syrian-born Halabi Elizabeth graduated from Princeton with a degree in architecture and urban planning. Four years later work took her to Jordan, where Chalabi met the future spouse.
Director of planning and design for Royal Jordanian Airlines and Jordan’s king Hussein bin Talal met during the construction of the Airport named after Queen alia, wife of the deceased monarch.
Ensued between Elizabeth and the king’s friendship eventually turned into romance, and in 1978 they were married. Halabi renounced his U.S. citizenship and his name, when the new — Nur (Arabic for «light») and to accept Islam.
Nur al-Hussein was the Queen of Jordan until the death of her husband in 1999. The couple had four children.
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Lee Radziwill
The younger sister of First lady Jackie Kennedy, who was born in new York city under the name Caroline Bouvier, was married three times. In 1959, shortly after her divorce from first husband Michael Canfield and shortly before Kennedy announced his participation in the presidential race, Whether married to the Polish Prince stanisław Albrecht radziwiłł, who divorced for her with his wife.
The couple, who had two children, officially broke up in 1974 after 15 years of marriage. Two years later the Prince died.
Now 85-year-old Lee, a member of the International Best Dressed by the list’s Hall of Fame, continues to enjoy the high life and traveling between Paris and new York.
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Alexander Miller
The younger sister of Marie-Chantal Miller (now of the Greek crown Princess) married Prince Alexander von Furstenberg (son of Prince Egon von Furstenberg and designer Diane von Furstenberg) in new York in 1995. Yes, this sentence really had a lot of words with the root Prince.
A couple who had two children, broke up in 2002. Three years ago, Alexander got married again — for the designer DAX Miller.
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Kelly Rondestvedt
Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt, an investment banker from Florida, married Hubertus, hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 2009, got the title of Her Highness the crown Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The ceremony Kelly and Hubertus visited King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia of Sweden and Princess Astrid of Belgium.
By the way, if you think you have heard of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, then most likely it is. Among the most famous members of one of the most influential houses of Europe — Prince albert and his wife Victoria, Queen of great Britain.
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To change the family name to a more «British» decided George V in 1917. So the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became Windsor. On this small world!..
Kendra Spears
A native of Seattle and a famous model working for Prada, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy, Spears became a Princess by Salwa Agha Khan in 2013, after marrying Prince Rahim Aga Khan, the eldest son of the current Aga Khanin Geneva , Château de Bellerive.
The couple, living in Switzerland, has two children; Princess continues to work as a model, appearing on the covers of Tatler, Elle and Vogue.
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Sarah Butler
Degree in international relations work at the United Nations, active public activities… Summary of Sarah Butler from Texas is amazing. And, Yes, she’s married to a Prince.
Butler and Prince Zeid al-Hussein of the Hashemite dynasty, which is the first in line for the throne of the Kingdom of Iraq, got married in 2000.
A couple with three children and lives in new York. Al-Hussein holds the position of UN high Commissioner for human rights, while Sarah devotes himself to the struggle for human rights White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and Human Rights Watch.
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Marie-Chantal Miller
The daughter of a magnate Robert Miller spent his childhood and adolescence traveling the world: Hong Kong, Paris, London, new York… Spectacular culmination of the voyage was the meeting with Paul, the crown Prince of Greece and son of king Constantine.
The couple married in 1995, Marie-Chantal became Her Royal Highness crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark. Now Miller is a mother of five children and the founder of a successful clothing brand.
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