Kate Middleton met Britain’s Prince William while both were students at the University of St. Andrews. They married in 2011.
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Sofia Hellqvist was a model and reality television contestant before marrying Swedish Prince Carl Philip in 2015.
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Meghan Markle was an American television actress before marrying Britain’s Prince Harry in May 2018.
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Rania Al-Yassin, born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, met Jordan’s Crown Prince Abdullah II at a dinner party. They married in 1993 and Abdullah assumed the throne in 1999.
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Sonja Haraldsen dated Norway’s Crown Prince Harald in secret for years before Harald told his father King Olav V he would never marry anyone but her, putting in jeopardy their future on the throne as Harald was the sole heir. They wed in 1968 after King Olaf consulted the government and allowed the engagement.
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Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married commoner Jetsun Pema in a 2011 wedding that transfixed the reclusive kingdom.
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Daniel Westling met Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria while working as her personal trainer. They wed in 2010.
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Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti was born in Argentina and working in New York City when she met Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander at Spain’s Seville Spring Fair in 1999. He visited her in New York two weeks later and they wed in 2002.
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Masako Owada originally refused to marry Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito, worried that it would end her career in diplomacy and restrict her independence. But she finally accepted his third proposal and they married in 1993. Naruhito assumed the throne following the abdication of his father.
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Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was a journalist and news anchor before marrying Spain’s Prince Felipe in 2004. He assumed the throne in 2014.
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