#Princess Alexandra von Furstenberg

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Pia Getty, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece by David Seidner 1995

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Princess Alexandra von Furstenberg || Chanel

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International Woman Day — Day 3 —  "In March I'll be rested, caught up and human."

Violet Bing , Ilsa MacGyver, Genesis O’Hara, Elizabeth Monahan, Liliana Pietri, Phoenix Halliwell, Vivien Reeves, Gwenevere Sinclair , Kaitlynn Kane , Alexandra D’Amore - & Quotes that means things to them

Happy International Women’s day! Women have influenced society from its beginning, and a large part of that has been through literature. We want to know what quote/s by women represent your OC! Or even, what quotes or lyrics does your OC use to ground herself. Feel free to use any female made quote, it doesn’t have to be from poetry or a book!

Emma Stone // Emily Wickersham // Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility) // Princess Diana // Anne Hathaway // Emily VanCamp // Glinda The Good Witch (Wizard of OZ) // Diane Von Furstenberg // Katie McGrath (Supergirl) // Holliday Grainger// Jane Austen (Persuasion) // Marilyn Monroe // Katherine McNamara // Sophia Bush // Dolly Parton // Maya Angelou // Jenna Coleman // Holliday Grainger // Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) // Cinderella

Forever Tag: 💠@fiercefray​ 💠@foxesandmagic💠@valdrinors​ 💠@ochub​ 💠@arrthurpendragon💠@fanficanatic-tw​ 💠@robertdowneyhiddlesbatch   💠@chickensarentcheap​ (wanna be on any of my taglist? ask me!)

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“Alexandra von Furstenberg's wedding dress is one of my favorite bridal look. She litteraly looked like a princess from a fairy tale.” - Submitted by Anonymous

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OK, February 25

Cover: Jennifer Lawrence -- Wedding and a Baby 

Page 2: Contents 

Page 4: Inside Access -- amFAR Gala -- Kourtney Kardashian and Karen Elson, Michelle Rodriguez and Milla Jovovich, Heidi Klum, Charlotte Cordes and Karolina Kurkova and Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Winnie Harlow, Kim Kardashian 

Page 8: Justin Bieber’s candid confessions 

Page 9: Diddy is still pining for Jennifer Lawrence but Alex Rodriguez marked his territory, Tom’s has been kicking his workouts into overdrive while filming Top Gun: Maverick and his work ethic is rubbing off on his costar Glen Powell and Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly, Batman movie execs have their sites set on John Krasinski 

Page 10: Red Hot on the Red Carpet -- Louis Vuitton -- Jennifer Connelly, Emma Stone, Laura Harrier 

Page 11: Alicia Vikander, Julia Roberts, Thandie Newton 

Page 12: Who Wore It Better? Jamie Chung vs. Skyler Samuels, Laura Carmichael vs. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Jenna Dewan vs. Sara Foster 

Page 14: Cover Story -- Jennifer Lawrence says I Do to Cooke Maroney and they plan to have a baby 

Page 18: David and Victoria Beckham’s $50 million family home in London 

Page 20: News in Photos -- Pink with her husband and kids as she gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 

Page 22: Conor McGregor and son Conor Jack Jr., Elle Macpherson and son Flynn Busson, Hayden Panettiere and younger brother Jansen 

Page 24: Jaime King reading The Modern Mother’s Handbook like Kate Middleton, Busy Philipps and Aly Raisman and Jameela Jamil and Iskra Lawrence 

Page 25: Alec and Hilaria Baldwin on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rachel Bilson, Amber Heard

Page 26: Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan at A Private War screening in London 

Page 29: Jermaine Dupri and Lil Jon in Atlanta, Khloe Kardashian’s BFF Malika Haqq, Bella Hadid 

Page 30: Joey McIntyre’s Waitress debut, Regina King at the Oscars Nominees Luncheon, Dax Shepard cleaning his beloved his ATV 

Page 32: Secrets of the Royal Baby from A to Z 

Page 34: Joanna Gaines opens up about self-doubt and the pressures of social media 

Page 36: Interview -- Avril Lavigne 

Page 38: Most Eligible Royals -- Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, Marius Borg Hoiby, Prince Albert Von Thurn Und Taxis, Princess Beatrice 

Page 39: Talita Von Furstenberg, Prince Azim, Arthur Chatto, Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah, good-looking siblings -- Kitty and Louis Spencer, Princess Maria-Olympia and Prince Constantine-Alexios, Prince Sebastien and Princess Alexandra 

Page 40: Nicole Richie’s tells all on her surprisingly low-key life as a mom

Page 42: Julianne Hough’s stay-fit formula 

Page 44: Cookbook -- Valerie Bertinelli -- please try a plant-based diet 

Page 46: Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus back on 

Page 48: Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger wedding details, Ashton Kutcher tamed by Mila Kunis, Kendra Wilkinson may end up heartbroken with The Bachelor’s Chad Johnson 

Page 49: Cougars on the Prowl -- Naomi Campbell and Liam Payne, Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson, Baby Boom -- Jason and Brittany Aldean welcomed their second child, Bekah Martinez and Grayston Leonard welcomed a girl, Andy Cohen welcomed a son via surrogate 

Page 51: Style -- Elle Fanning 

Page 52: Lululemon’s Soulcycle collection -- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Drew Barrymore as Shiffa Rose Maroc Night Elixir to her Flower Beauty makeup line 

Page 53: Roger Vivier’s cigarette case jewelry -- Rita Ora, Lili Reinhart, Cindy Bruna, Margot Robbie 

Page 56: Beauty -- Healthy Scalp -- Jennifer Lopez 

Page 60: Entertainment 

Page 61: Q&A -- Samira Wiley of The Handmaid’s Tale and Orange Is the New Black 

Page 64: Things We’re Obsessed With -- Hugh Jackman wearing Richard James menswear line 

Page 66: Man of the Week -- Adam Levine 

Page 68: Sound Bites -- Viola Davis on menopause, Seth Meyers and his wife love Rihanna, Christie Brinkley on turning down SNL, Bradley Cooper on his snub for Best Director at the Oscars, Christina Aguilera on rumors she once tried to punch Pink 

Page 69: Hollywood Heat Meter -- Gwyneth Paltrow getting a docuseries on Netflix, SoulCycle asked to give up a bike for a huge celebrity who turned out to be Madonna, Modern Family will end after its 11th season, Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s divorce gets dirty, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he was the first choice to host this year’s Oscars, ReBoot Roundup -- Beverly Hills 90210, Gossip Girl, Party of Five, Bewitched 

Page 70: Horoscope -- Aquarius Ed Sheeran 

Page 72: By the Numbers -- Rebel Wilson 

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10 Fashion Memoirs to Keep You Entertained in Quarantine

Former Vogue editor André Leon Talley’s new book, The Chiffon Trenches, may be all fashionphiles can talk about right now, but once you’ve devoured all that tea, check out these 10 other fashion memoirs offering an insightful and captivating peek inside the fashion industry.

D.V. by Diana Vreeland Famed editor Diana Vreeland, who served as columnist and later fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar, and then editor-in-chief of Vogue from the 1930s through the early ’70s, will long be remembered as one of the sharpest voices in fashion. In her autobiography, she offers readers a snapshot of her whirlwind life—”from English palaces to the nightclubs of Paris in the 1930s to the heart of New York high society, hobnobbing with everyone who was anyone, from Queen Mary to Clark Gable to Coco Chanel.

Grace by Grace Coddington Model-turned-fashion-editor Grace Coddington has led quite the life. Now 79 and the creative director at large of Vogue, Coddington details the course of her career in this memoir, from her years as a model to her experience in fashion media, at both the British and American editions of Vogue.

Fashion Climbing by Bill Cunningham Published posthumously, this memoir by the beloved street style photographer Bill Cunningham tells the “story of a young man striving to be the person he was born to be: a true original.” Known for his candid fashion photography for The New York Times, for whom he worked for nearly 40 years, Cunningham was also notoriously private, and the manuscript for this autobiography was discovered by his family only after his death.

Tales from the Back Row by Amy Odell Promising to reveal “what it’s really like to work in the fashion industry,” this book by Amy Odell, former editor of Cosmopolitan.com and the very first writer at New York magazine’s fashion blog The Cut, charts her rise through the ranks of fashion media, with a behind-the-scenes look at all the larger-than-life characters she met along the way.

My Paris Dream by Kate Betts A memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, this book by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts documents her experiences as a young woman trying to find her way. Front row at fashion shows and in the private ateliers of the biggest names in French fashion, Betts has seen it all.

Dior by Dior by Christian Dior This autobiography by legendary couturier Christian Dior offers a peek into the behind-the-scenes workings of an iconic French fashion house, as well as insight into the man behind it all. Dior details his childhood in Granville, the family and friends closest to him, the challenges and successes of his fashion career, and more.

Inside Vogue: My Diary Of Vogue’s 100th Year by Alexandra Shulman The former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, recounts in this book “the emotional and logistical minefield” of producing the magazine’s 100th anniversary issue (which featured none other than the Duchess of Cambridge). It also documents the planning and execution of the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala, as well as the usual fashion week shows, parties and deadlines that comprise the life of a fashion editor.

The Woman I Wanted To Be by Diane Von Furstenberg In this 2015 book, legendary fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life—from her childhood in Brussels to her days as a young princess (she married a member of a German aristocratic family) to creating the iconic wrap dress that made her a celebrated name. She also writes openly about her family, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and more.

Accidental Icon by Iris Apfel Not a memoir so much as a collection of anecdotes and observations on all things style and fashion by the inimitable Iris Apfel, this book is just as witty and irreverent as the 98-year-old style icon herself. Along with Iris’s musings, the book also features 180 colour and black-and-white photos and illustrations.

Seeking Love, Finding Overalls by Leandra Medine “Not only do I agree with how Leandra dresses, but I also agree with everything she says in these brilliant stories,” the late, great Joan Rivers said of the Man Repeller founder’s 2013 first book. The acclaimed blogger and street style icon recounts in the book her most significant memories through the lens of her sartorial choices—which, as anyone familiar with her style knows, are nothing if not whimsical, irreverent and daring.

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レディ・エマ・ウェイマウス（Lady Emma Weymouth） イギリスの第7代バース侯爵夫人、31歳。モデルのほかシェフと��て活躍するヘルシービューティ。ミラーワークが美しいロマンティックなドレスをドラマティックなポーズで！ リッチ感のある大人の肌見せスタイルです。  Instagram@emmaweymouth

レディ・イライザ・マナーズ（Lady Eliza Manners） 第11代ラトランド公爵令嬢で三姉妹の三女、20歳（写真：左）。今季トレンドの花柄ワンピースにシルバーのハイヒールを合わせて、華やかな着こなしを披露。ワンピースに存在感があるので、アクセサリーは控えめに。適度な抜け感が好印象。  Instagram@elizamanners

キティ・スペンサー（Kitty Spencer） ダイアナ妃の弟、第9代スペンサー伯爵の娘、27歳。大学院でマネジメントを学ぶかたわらモデルとしても活躍している彼女は、ファッションセンスもピカイチ。スリットの入ったカットソーワンピに、三つ編みヘアと丸サングラスをあわせて大人のボーホースタイルが完成。横に寝そべるブタ（!?）と同系色でまるでペアルック！  Instagram@kitty.spencer

ジャスミン・グレース・グリマルディ（Jazmin Grace Grimaldi） 祖母がグレース・ケリー、父がアルベール2世で現在26歳。婚外子なので大公位継承権をもたない彼女ですが、アルベール2世とは良好な関係を築いています。恋人でミュージシャンのイアン・メレンキャンプと訪れたマラケシュでは、個性的なドレスをチョイス。  Instagram@jazmingrimaldi

アメリア・ウィンザー（Amelia Windsor） イギリス王族。ジョージ5世の玄孫で“最も美しい英ロイヤルファミリー”と称される、22歳。初夏のイタリア旅行はナチュラルな着こなしで楽しんだ様子。シンプルなタンクトップに薄手のプリントスカートを合わせたシンプルスタイルが新鮮。今すぐ真似したい着こなしです。  Instagram@amelwindsor

タリタ・フォン・ファステンバーグ（Talita von Furstenberg） タリタ（写真：左）は、デザイナーのダイアン・フォン・ファステンバーグを祖母に持ち、ギリシアのマリア・オリンピア王女の従姉妹でもある、ファッション界のサラブレット。19歳の若さを生かしたアクティブな着こなしが得意。オフショルダーの水着にコンフォートなパンツを合わせた、ヘルシーなリゾートスタイルがお似合い。  Instagram@talitavon

レディ・サブリナ・パーシー（Lady Sabrina Percy） ��ェイクスピアの戯曲『ヘンリー四世』に出てくるヘンリー・パーシーを祖先にもつ英国の貴族で、自身もアーティスト兼環境活動家として活躍する、28歳（写真：左）。競馬の祭典、イギリスで開催される競馬の祭典、ロイヤルアスコットのプレビューパーティに参加した彼女は、フーシャンツァンのツイード調プリントのドレスをチョイス。  Instagram@sabrinacpercy

レディ・ヴァイオレット・マナーズ（Lady Violet Manners） イギリスの貴族、第11代ラトランド公爵令嬢で三姉妹の長女、24歳（写真：左から二番目）。友人と妹のレディ・アリス・マナーズとのランチに、グラフィカルな総柄ワンピで登場。キメ過ぎないラフなヘアスタイルが、インパクトのあるドレスに程よいナチュラル感を添えています。  Instagram＠mannersviolet

レディ・アリス・マナーズ（Lad Alice Manners） 第11代ラトランド公爵令嬢で三姉妹の二女、22歳。三姉妹のなかでもハンサム路線のアリスは、ミッソーニのニットにライトブルーのデニムを合わせて、上質カジュアルな着こなしを披露。ティアドロップのサングラスでクールなアクセントをプラスしています。  Instagram@mannersalice

アレクサンドラ・モンクレイフェ（Alexandra Moncreiffe） スコットランドで800年以上も続くモンクレイフェ家の三女、21歳。セントラル・セント・マーチンズでファッションを学ぶ現役学生。キュートなショートカットに個性的な着こなしは、ロイヤルミレニアルズのなかでも唯一無二の存在感です。ヴァカンスでは、クラシカルなワンピースに同系色のスカーフを頭に巻いて、レトロ＆ガーリーな着こなしをエンジョイ♪  Instagram@alexandramoncreiffe

エレオノーレ・フォン・ハプスブルク（Eleonore Von Habsburg） 最後のオーストリア皇帝、カール1世のひ孫、24歳。砂岩の荒涼とした景観のヨルダン南部にあるワディ・ラムを訪れた時のひとコマ。グレイッシュなカラーで統一したコーディネイトが、彼女のエフォートレスな美しさを引き立たせています。  Instagram@eleonorehabsburg

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Factbox: Commoners who have married into royal families

LONDON (Reuters) – In just over three weeks, U.S. actress Meghan Markle will join a select group of “commoners” to marry into a royal family when she weds Britain’s Prince Harry at Windsor Castle.

Mugs commemorating the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are seen at the Prince William Pottery Company in Liverpool, Britain April 23, 2018. Picture taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Markle, 36, follows the likes of Kate Middleton, who married Harry’s elder brother William in 2011, and another American actress Grace Kelly who gave up her Hollywood career to become wife of Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

Here are some recent marriages involving royals and commoners:

GRACE KELLY AND PRINCE RAINIER

Hollywood icon Grace Kelly, star of films such as “To Catch a Thief” and “Dial M for Murder”, retired from her acting career to marry Rainier, the sovereign of the principality, on April 18, 1956 after the pair met at the Cannes Film Festival a year earlier.

Kelly died in a car crash in 1982 and Rainier died in 2005.

PRINCESS TAKAKO SUGA AND HISANAGA SHIMAZU

Japan’s Princess Takako Suga, the youngest daughter of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, married financial analyst Hisanaga Shimazu in Tokyo in 1960.

She gave up her imperial title and relinquished her status to be a commoner, adopting her husband’s name to become Takako Shimazu.

HOPE COOKE AND PALDEN THONDUP NAMGYAL

American socialite Hope Cooke married Palden Thondup Namgyal, Crown Prince of Sikkim, on March 20, 1963. She went on a summer trip to India and met him in 1959 in the lounge of the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling. He was a recent widower with two sons and a daughter and was nearly twice Cooke’s age.

She renounced her American citizenship after the marriage and Namgyal later ceased to be king after the region was absorbed as a state of India in 1975.

SONJA HARALDSEN AND NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCE HARALD

Sonja Haraldsen dated then-Crown Prince Harald of Norway for years before he told his father King Olav V he would never marry anyone but her, putting the throne in jeopardy as Harald was the sole heir.

They wed on Aug. 29, 1968, after King Olaf consulted the government and allowed the engagement.

FILE PHOTO: Spain’s King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia visit the village of Soller in the island of Mallorca, Spain, August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo/File Photo

SILVIA RENATE SOMMERLATH AND SWEDEN’S CARL GUSTAF

Queen Silvia of Sweden was working as an educational host at the 1972 Olympics in Munich when she met the then-Crown Prince Carl Gustaf. She married the now King on June 19, 1976.

RANIA Al-YASSIN AND JORDAN’S CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH

Doctor’s daughter Rania Al-Yassin, born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, met Jordan’s Crown Prince Abdullah II at a dinner party. She studied in Cairo, and worked for Citibank and Apple in Jordan. The couple married in 1993 and Abdullah assumed the throne in 1999.

MASENATE MOHATO SEEISO AND KING LETSIE OF LESOTHO

Masenate Mohato Seeiso was the first commoner to marry into the Royal Family of Lesotho. She married King Letsie III in Maseru on Feb. 18, 2000.

METTE-MARIT TJESSEM HOIBY AND NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCE HAAKON

Norwegian commoner and single mother, Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby, married Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on Aug. 25, 2001. They had met at a music festival in the late 1990s.

MAXIMA ZORREGUIETA AND DUTCH CROWN PRINCE WILLEM-ALEXANDER

Maxima Zorreguieta, a former investment banker from Argentina, met Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in Seville, Spain, during the city’s Spring Fair. Her father had served as Argentina’s Minister of Agriculture during the violent regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla.

They married on Feb. 2, 2002, and became King and Queen of the Netherlands in 2013 after Willem-Alexander’s mother Queen Beatrix abdicated. Maxima was the first Dutch queen consort since 1890.

MARY DONALDSON AND DENMARK’S PRINCE FREDERIK

Australian Mary Donaldson met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at the Slip Inn during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They married in Copenhagen on May 14, 2014.

LETIZIA ORTIZ ROCASOLANO AND SPAIN’S PRINCE FELIPE

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was a divorced journalist and well-known news anchor before marrying Spain’s Prince Felipe on May 22, 2004. She became Spain’s first commoner queen in June, 2014, when her husband was sworn in as king.

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Ortiz, daughter of a journalist and a nurse and the granddaughter of a taxi-driver, dated Felipe in secret before their engagement was announced in November 2003. They met at a dinner organized by a journalist friend.

DENMARK’S PRINCE JOACHIM AND MARIE AGATHE ODILE CAVALLIER

Prince Joachim, fourth-in-line to the Danish throne, met French-born Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier at a private hunt in 2002. In 2005, Joachim divorced his Hong Kong-born wife Alexandra, with whom he has two sons, by mutual consent.

The prince proposed to Cavallier while they were on vacation in Turkey, and the pair married in May 2008, at a tradition-steeped ceremony in an ancient church in the tiny village of Moegeltoender. Cavallier became known as Her Royal Highness Princess Marie.

TATIANA BLATNIK AND GREEK PRINCE NIKOLAOS

Tatiana Blatnik, born in Caracas, Venezuela, and raised in Switzerland, was an event planner for Diane von Furstenberg before marrying Prince Nikolaos, son of Greece’s deposed King Constantine, in 2010.

The couple married in a lavish wedding ceremony on the island of Spetses.

OLYMPIAN CHARLENE WITTSTOCK AND MONACO’S PRINCE ALBERT

Charlene Lynette Wittstock was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in January 1978. She competed for South Africa at the 2000 Olympics before marrying Prince Albert II of Monaco on July 1, 2011.

The couple began dating in 2006 and married in an opulent ceremony in Monte Carlo attended by European royalty and the international elite. Prince Albert is the son of Grace Kelly.

JETSUN PEMA AND KING JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK

Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married young commoner Jetsun Pema in October 2011.

Jetsun Pema was just 21, when she married the 31-year-old Oxford University-educated king. She is viewed as a style icon across much of Asia and gave birth to their first son, the crown prince, in February 2016.

SOFIA HELLQVIST AND SWEDISH PRINCE CARL PHILLIP

Sofia Hellqvist was a model and reality TV star before she became Princess of Sweden when she married Prince Carl Phillip on June 13, 2015

KATE MIDDLETON AND PRINCE WILLIAM

Kate Middleton, whose father is a pilot and mother an air stewardess who later set up a mail order business, met Britain’s Prince William while at St Andrews University in Scotland in 2001. They married on April 29, 2011, with Kate becoming the first commoner in more than 350 years to wed a prince in such close proximity to the British throne.

Compiled by Emily G. Roe; editing by Stephen Addison

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Factbox: Commoners who have married into royal families

LONDON (Reuters) – In just over three weeks, U.S. actress Meghan Markle will join a select group of “commoners” to marry into a royal family when she weds Britain’s Prince Harry at Windsor Castle.

Mugs commemorating the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are seen at the Prince William Pottery Company in Liverpool, Britain April 23, 2018. Picture taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Markle, 36, follows the likes of Kate Middleton, who married Harry’s elder brother William in 2011, and another American actress Grace Kelly who gave up her Hollywood career to become wife of Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

Here are some recent marriages involving royals and commoners:

GRACE KELLY AND PRINCE RAINIER

Hollywood icon Grace Kelly, star of films such as “To Catch a Thief” and “Dial M for Murder”, retired from her acting career to marry Rainier, the sovereign of the principality, on April 18, 1956 after the pair met at the Cannes Film Festival a year earlier.

Kelly died in a car crash in 1982 and Rainier died in 2005.

PRINCESS TAKAKO SUGA AND HISANAGA SHIMAZU

Japan’s Princess Takako Suga, the youngest daughter of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, married financial analyst Hisanaga Shimazu in Tokyo in 1960.

She gave up her imperial title and relinquished her status to be a commoner, adopting her husband’s name to become Takako Shimazu.

HOPE COOKE AND PALDEN THONDUP NAMGYAL

American socialite Hope Cooke married Palden Thondup Namgyal, Crown Prince of Sikkim, on March 20, 1963. She went on a summer trip to India and met him in 1959 in the lounge of the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling. He was a recent widower with two sons and a daughter and was nearly twice Cooke’s age.

She renounced her American citizenship after the marriage and Namgyal later ceased to be king after the region was absorbed as a state of India in 1975.

SONJA HARALDSEN AND NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCE HARALD

Sonja Haraldsen dated then-Crown Prince Harald of Norway for years before he told his father King Olav V he would never marry anyone but her, putting the throne in jeopardy as Harald was the sole heir.

They wed on Aug. 29, 1968, after King Olaf consulted the government and allowed the engagement.

FILE PHOTO: Spain’s King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia visit the village of Soller in the island of Mallorca, Spain, August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo/File Photo

SILVIA RENATE SOMMERLATH AND SWEDEN’S CARL GUSTAF

Queen Silvia of Sweden was working as an educational host at the 1972 Olympics in Munich when she met the then-Crown Prince Carl Gustaf. She married the now King on June 19, 1976.

RANIA Al-YASSIN AND JORDAN’S CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH

Doctor’s daughter Rania Al-Yassin, born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, met Jordan’s Crown Prince Abdullah II at a dinner party. She studied in Cairo, and worked for Citibank and Apple in Jordan. The couple married in 1993 and Abdullah assumed the throne in 1999.

MASENATE MOHATO SEEISO AND KING LETSIE OF LESOTHO

Masenate Mohato Seeiso was the first commoner to marry into the Royal Family of Lesotho. She married King Letsie III in Maseru on Feb. 18, 2000.

METTE-MARIT TJESSEM HOIBY AND NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCE HAAKON

Norwegian commoner and single mother, Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby, married Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on Aug. 25, 2001. They had met at a music festival in the late 1990s.

MAXIMA ZORREGUIETA AND DUTCH CROWN PRINCE WILLEM-ALEXANDER

Maxima Zorreguieta, a former investment banker from Argentina, met Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in Seville, Spain, during the city’s Spring Fair. Her father had served as Argentina’s Minister of Agriculture during the violent regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla.

They married on Feb. 2, 2002, and became King and Queen of the Netherlands in 2013 after Willem-Alexander’s mother Queen Beatrix abdicated. Maxima was the first Dutch queen consort since 1890.

MARY DONALDSON AND DENMARK’S PRINCE FREDERIK

Australian Mary Donaldson met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at the Slip Inn during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They married in Copenhagen on May 14, 2014.

LETIZIA ORTIZ ROCASOLANO AND SPAIN’S PRINCE FELIPE

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was a divorced journalist and well-known news anchor before marrying Spain’s Prince Felipe on May 22, 2004. She became Spain’s first commoner queen in June, 2014, when her husband was sworn in as king.

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Ortiz, daughter of a journalist and a nurse and the granddaughter of a taxi-driver, dated Felipe in secret before their engagement was announced in November 2003. They met at a dinner organized by a journalist friend.

DENMARK’S PRINCE JOACHIM AND MARIE AGATHE ODILE CAVALLIER

Prince Joachim, fourth-in-line to the Danish throne, met French-born Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier at a private hunt in 2002. In 2005, Joachim divorced his Hong Kong-born wife Alexandra, with whom he has two sons, by mutual consent.

The prince proposed to Cavallier while they were on vacation in Turkey, and the pair married in May 2008, at a tradition-steeped ceremony in an ancient church in the tiny village of Moegeltoender. Cavallier became known as Her Royal Highness Princess Marie.

TATIANA BLATNIK AND GREEK PRINCE NIKOLAOS

Tatiana Blatnik, born in Caracas, Venezuela, and raised in Switzerland, was an event planner for Diane von Furstenberg before marrying Prince Nikolaos, son of Greece’s deposed King Constantine, in 2010.

The couple married in a lavish wedding ceremony on the island of Spetses.

OLYMPIAN CHARLENE WITTSTOCK AND MONACO’S PRINCE ALBERT

Charlene Lynette Wittstock was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in January 1978. She competed for South Africa at the 2000 Olympics before marrying Prince Albert II of Monaco on July 1, 2011.

The couple began dating in 2006 and married in an opulent ceremony in Monte Carlo attended by European royalty and the international elite. Prince Albert is the son of Grace Kelly.

JETSUN PEMA AND KING JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK

Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married young commoner Jetsun Pema in October 2011.

Jetsun Pema was just 21, when she married the 31-year-old Oxford University-educated king. She is viewed as a style icon across much of Asia and gave birth to their first son, the crown prince, in February 2016.

SOFIA HELLQVIST AND SWEDISH PRINCE CARL PHILLIP

Sofia Hellqvist was a model and reality TV star before she became Princess of Sweden when she married Prince Carl Phillip on June 13, 2015

KATE MIDDLETON AND PRINCE WILLIAM

Kate Middleton, whose father is a pilot and mother an air stewardess who later set up a mail order business, met Britain’s Prince William while at St Andrews University in Scotland in 2001. They married on April 29, 2011, with Kate becoming the first commoner in more than 350 years to wed a prince in such close proximity to the British throne.

Compiled by Emily G. Roe; editing by Stephen Addison

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Kate Middleton Admitted To Lindo Wing In 'early Stages Of Labour'

Kate Middleton, 36, has gone into labour with her third child with husband Prince William by her side . Royal Family superfans have been setting up camp outside St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London. The Duchess of Cambridge had Prince George and Princess Charlotte at its Lindo Wing previously. Supporters have decked out their tents in Union Jacks and put up flags and posters around the site  . Mary : 3/1. Alice : 6/1. Victoria : 8/1. Elizabeth : 12/1. Albert : 14/1. Arthur : 14/1. Fred / Frederick : 14/1. Alexandra : 16/1. Grace : 16/1. James : 16/1. Philip : 16/1 . April 23 - St George's Day. Actor John Hannah, Lady Gabriella Windsor - daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, model Gigi Hadid. April 24 - Singer Barbra Streisand and football manager Stuart Pearce; . September 4, 2017 - Kensington Palace announces that William and Kate are expecting their third child. The Duchess, who is suffering from severe morning sickness known as hyperemesis gravidarum, pulls out of a planned appearance at the Hornsey Road Children's Centre in London. September 5 - At his first public appearance since it was disclosed he was to become a father again, William says, at the National Mental Health and Policing Conference in Oxford: 'It's very good news,' but admits the family is not getting much sleep. September 7 - Prince George starts school - but Kate is too poorly to accompany him to the school gates, with William taking the young prince on his first day. September 14 - William says Kate is doing 'very well' when he visits Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool. September 18 - The Duchess appears in a video message, backing the You're Never Too Young To Talk Mental Health campaign run by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. October 10 - Kate, showing a slight baby bump, makes her first public appearance since her pregnancy was announced as she attends a Buckingham Palace reception honouring mental health campaigners. October 16 - Kate makes a surprise appearance at Paddington Station, joining William and Prince Harry at a charity event, where she dances on the platform with Paddington Bear. October 17- William and Kate reveal their baby is due in April. BBC newsreader Simon McCoy reacts by declaring on air: 'Clear your diaries. Get the time booked off, 'cos that's what I'm doing.'. The Palace also announces William is to make a solo trip to Finland. A visit to Sweden and Norway by the Duke and Duchess is shifted to January to ensure Kate is well enough to attend, it is thought. October 18 - Kate makes another surprise visit when she turns up at West Ham's London Stadium for a Coach Core event with William and Harry. October 31 - Kate steps out in sports gear for a visit to the National Tennis Centre. November 7 - The Duchess, in a black floor-length dress by Diane von Furstenberg, attends an Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families gala in Kensington Palace's 18th-century Orangery. November 8 - Kate addresses a Place2Be mental health forum and stresses that getting help and support to young children at the very earliest stage helps improve their outcomes later in life. November 12 - Kate joins other royals to watch the Remembrance Day service from a balcony overlooking the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London. The night before, the Duchess attended the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. November 14 - The Duchess tells a single father how William initially found it difficult adjusting to parenthood when she visits Hornsey Road Children's Centre in north London. November 20 - William, Kate and the rest of the royal family celebrate the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's platinum wedding anniversary at a special party in Windsor Castle. November 22 - The Duke and Duchess visit Solihull where Kate takes part in an off-road Land Rover driving experience not recommended for pregnant women. November 24 - William, in black tie, and four months pregnant Kate, in a sequinned cornflower blue Jenny Packham gown, attend the Royal Variety Performance, but their arrival is delayed by an hour after an incident nearby which saw armed police rush to London's Oxford Street. November 28 - Kate congratulates Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement. November 29 - William makes a solo visit to Finland, celebrating the centenary of the country's independence. Kate visits Robin Hood Primary School in south-west London to see its work with the Royal Horticultural Society's campaign for school gardening. She tells pupils she has 'fond memories' of being outdoors as a child and is passing that passion on to her own children. December 12 - The Duchess hears stories of mothers caught up in the Grenfell Tower blaze as she visits the Rugby Portobello Trust centre which is supporting the local community. William and Kate receive Gold Blue Peter badges from the CBBC children's show for their work around mental health issues affecting children. December 14 - William and Kate join victims of the Grenfell Tower fire at a memorial service in St Paul's Cathedral. December 25 - The Duke and Duchess, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the royal family attend church at Sandringham on Christmas Day. January 8 2018 - Two-year-old Princess Charlotte starts at Willcocks Nursery School, with Kate taking the photographs released to celebrate her big day. January 10 - The Duchess speaks about the addictive nature of social media, saying it can be 'hard to break away from' as she meets teenagers at the Reach Academy Feltham in west London. January 17 - Kate pats her bump and jokes how she is less 'sporty' with two children and a third on the way as she visits a tennis session for pupils at Bond Primary School in Mitcham. January 23 - The Duchess says she is committed to helping the 'youngest and most vulnerable' in society as she launches a mental health website for teachers supporting pupils. January 24 - Kate sympathises with the mental health plight faced by many mothers, saying how generally they were supposed to be 'super happy' but one in four were not, as she meets psychiatrists, midwives and health visitors specialising in treating mothers with mental health issues. January 30 - William and Kate pay an official visit to Sweden and Norway. Engagements amid freezing temperatures include playing an unusual form of hockey called bandy in Stockholm, and joining children round a camp fire in Oslo. February 5 - Kate records a personal message to try to spur. children on to be comfortable in their own skin as part of Children's Mental Health Week. February 7 - Kate, as patron of the Action on Addiction charity, opens a new community-based treatment facility in Wickford, Essex. Her heel gets stuck in a grate as she arrives. February 18 - Kate wears dark green to the Baftas. Most nominees and other guests wear black to the awards in support of the Time's Up campaign in the wake of the Hollywood sexual harassment scandal. February 19 - The Duchess shows off her growing baby bump at the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange at Buckingham Palace. February 21 - The Duke and Duchess go on an away day to Sunderland to open the music and arts hub The Fire Station and visit the new Northern Spire, bridge over the River Wear. February 27 - The Duchess hugs Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, who helped to deliver one of her children, when they are reunited during Kate's visit to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London. She also jokes William is in denial about a third baby while visiting the Snow Leopard ward at St Thomas' Hospital, London, to launch the Nursing Now campaign. February 28 - Kate, Meghan Markle, Harry and William appear on stage at a Royal Foundation forum - the first time the 'fab four' have carried out an official engagement together. March 6 - Kate visits Pegasus Primary School in Oxford and is given a book of lullabies to help the new baby sleep. March 7 - Kate opens the new Place2Be headquarters in central London. March 12 - The Duke and Duchess join the Queen, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the royal family at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey. March 17 - Pregnant Kate sips water, while the Duke has a pint of Guinness with the Irish Guards during the St Patrick's Day parade in Hounslow, west London. March 21 - Kate attends a symposium on early intervention with social and emotional support for children. March 22 - The Duchess carries out her final engagements before going on maternity leave. She shows off her culinary skills with William and takes part in a general knowledge Commonwealth quiz. March 26 - Kensington Palace announces that Kate has become the first royal patron of the V&A museum. April 1 - Kate attends the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel, Windsor. April 23 - Kate is admitted to the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington to give birth to her third child with Prince William. Take me to the original post - click here

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