COMMONERS WHO MARRIED ROYALS - Past Simple

Prince Harry, Prince of Wales and an American actress Meghan Markle

News of their engagement was announced in November 2017.
The wedding: 19th May 2018 at noon - Windsor Castle

This is not the first time when a non-royal person has married into a royal family—here are some commoners
who married into royalty:

Diana, Princess of Wales Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco

Born into a British aristocratic family, she _____________ Grace Kelly _______ (be) a big Hollywood star, an
(become) Lady Diana as her father _____________ Academy Award-winning actress. She ____________
(inherit) the title of Earl Spencer. She ____________ (marry) Prince Rainier III in 1956. It ________ (be) the
(work) as an assistant in a Kindergarten in London. Diana Wedding of the Century. A model of elegance, the
_______ (get) married to Prince Charles, heir to the princess ____________ (adapt) perfectly to the royal
British throne in 1981. Loved by the people, she lifestyle and ___________ (earn) the love of the people
__________ (live) what seemed to be a fairy-tale life. immediately. She __________ (die) very young (53) in a
After the divorce, she ____________ (devote) her time to car accident.
help charities. She ________ (die) in a car crash in 1997.
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Queen Letizia of Spain

Letizia _______ (be) a newsreader when she Charlene, Princess of Monaco
___________ (catch) the attention of Prince Felipe in Born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Charlene _______
2002. He ________ (ask) his friend to arrange a dinner (be) Olympic swimmer for South Africa. She _______
party to meet her. After a year of dating, the couple (meet) Prince Albert II in 2000 in Monaco during a
______________ (marry) in 2004, in Madrid. As a swimming meet. They ____________ (start) dating in
commoner and already divorced, it __________ (take) 2006, ________ (get) engaged in 2010 and the couple
many by surprise. She ______________ (become) the ___________ (tie) the knot in 2011.
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_________________ (abdicate).
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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Born in Buenos Aires- Argentina, Máxima is the daughter
of a politician who _______ (be) a minister in a
Princess Sofia of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland dictatorship government. In 2002 she _____________
Sofia Hellqvist ________ (be) a model and a reality TV (marry) Willem-Alexander, then Prince of Orange.
star. In 2015 she __________ (marry) Prince Carl Philip Although her father's political past ___________ (cause)
in a lavish ceremony at the Royal Palace chapel in polemics, today as Queen, she is one of the most
Stockholm. cherished members of the Dutch royal family.
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 Empress Michiko of Japan
Michiko Shoda, comes from a respectable industrial and
academic family. She _________ (meet) the Prince at a Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
tennis match in 1957. They _______________ (marry) Mary Donaldson, daughter of a teacher, ________ (be) a
two years later. successful lawyer born in Australia. She ________ (meet)
Prince Frederik during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
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They ________ (get) engaged three years later and got

married in 2004, in Copenhagen.

Queen Rania of Jordan

A doctor's daughter, she _________ (be) born in Kuwait
in 1970 to a family of Palestinian origin. Before her
marriage, she ____________ (earn) a degree in business Queen Silvia of Sweden
administration from the American University in Cairo. She Born in Heidelberg-Germany, Silvia ___________ (work)
____________ (work) for Citibank and Apple. She at the Argentine Consulate in Munich, and also
________ (meet) the Prince at a dinner party in 1993. ____________ (serve) as an educational host at the 1972
Two months later, they _________________ (announce) Summer Olympics in Munich, where she __________
their engagement. (meet) Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden. The couple
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_________ (tie) the knot in Stockholm in 1976, after being
engaged for three months.
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Queen Sonja of Norway

Born to a cloth merchant, Sonja and then-Crown Prince
Harald ___________ (date) for about 10 years. Their
relationship ________ (be) kept secret because of her
non-royal status. They _____ (get) married in 1968. After
King Olav's death in 1991, she ____________ (become)
the first Queen of Norway not of royal origin.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Kate’s father ________ (be) a flight dispatcher and she
____________ (use) to work as an air hostess.
She ________ (meet) Prince William at the University in
Scotland, where they both ________ (be) studying. Their
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
relationship ___________ (begin) in 2003.
Mette-Marit, whose father _______ (be) a journalist,
They ________ (get) married in 2011. Prince William is
_______ (be) a single mother with a rebellious past before
the second in line to the throne so one day she’s going to
becoming the Princess of Norway. Over time, she
be the Queen.
______________ (earn) the love and respect of the
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Norwegian people. The couple wed in 2001.
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