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Royalty Falling in Love with a Commoner?
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Sethtimus Prime
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I stand corrected.
Trickster
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...Why the hell would they want to reestablish such an outdated concept?...
Tourism?
It's like the UK monarchy. Sure, get rid of them - but the tourism industry in London will be hit hard.
This is perfectly what you want!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Crown_Princess_of_Denmark
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, RE (Mary Elizabeth; née Donaldson; born 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Australia) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, which means that at the time Frederik inherits the throne, Mary will automatically become Queen consort of Denmark.
The couple met at the Slip Inn, a pub in Sydney, when the prince was visiting Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Their official engagement in 2003 and their marriage the following year were the subject of extensive attention from Australian and European news media, which portrayed the marriage as a modern "fairytale" romance between a prince and a commoner
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Crown_Princess_of_Denmark
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, RE (Mary Elizabeth; née Donaldson; born 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Australia) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, which means that at the time Frederik inherits the throne, Mary will automatically become Queen consort of Denmark.
The couple met at the Slip Inn, a pub in Sydney, when the prince was visiting Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Their official engagement in 2003 and their marriage the following year were the subject of extensive attention from Australian and European news media, which portrayed the marriage as a modern "fairytale" romance between a prince and a commoner
Sethtimus Prime
Neo Member
Do people still believe "royal" blood is somehow better than that of anyone else?
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
People believe celebrity blood is even better than anyone else. You're seriously underestimating people's ability to make an idol out of people possessing fame, money or power.
crazy monkey
Banned
fuck the royalty.
BannedEpisode
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Leopold II, the guy who killed/maimed millions of congo natives through slave labor and extermination, married his favorite prostitute in secret.
I dont think it ever really comes out so glamorous in real life.
I dont think it ever really comes out so glamorous in real life.
Dusk Soldier
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It's because when Europe lived under the feudal system, noble marriages were more like business contracts rather than for love.
As a noble woman, that was how you move up in society, by marrying a man of higher status.
Little girls were litteraly raised with the goal of marrying into power/wealth, and royalty, or more specifically a crown prince, was the ultimate conquest.
RustyNails
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Sehzaad Salim and Anarkali.
Cause it ruined your plains to rebuild the Spanish Armada?
Austriacus
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Its not their blood that makes them better than you, its their upbringing.
I'd love to do that.
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Deleted member 17706
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It's just how it's commonly translated in English. The Japanese word for Emperor in the Imperial sense is different from the word they use for the Japanese Emperor.
Davis_McGee
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There's a specific definition of commoner in the UK. Any person not holding a title in the british peerage, or other "noble" title. Anyone with such a title was historically disqualified from taking a seat in the house of commons. In more modern times only those with actual seats in the Lords are disqualified from the commons.
TheJollyCorner
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You just watched Jack the Giant Slayer, didn't you OP?
She was also part angel. Hardly seems fair.
Even apart from that, Diana was a direct descendant of Charles II.
The republic lasted like 8 years and Franco named himself regent, so it was never disestablished to begin with.
disgusting. Look at the hoi polloi emanating from her every giant pore. Like the bastard get of a coal miner and a charnel sweep.
Half and half
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Look at this peasant right here.
PhoenixDark
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A black president, and a black former homeless person dating a Rothschild. We reached the mountain top, Martin. We did it.
Wasn't she engaged but he was hitting it?
Jaffaboy
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Gotta give the poor something to dream about, it's just another thing to add to that list. Like winning the lottery, winning x factor, or making a tiny investment that years down the line becomes huge (bitcoins, apple, microsoft, facebook etc). You could argue beliefs of an afterlife in paradise too.
TheKaeptain
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What isn't fair is me never being with her granddaughter.
Skellig Gra
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Um well it was quite a complicated situation that the current king played masterfully to end the military dictatorship of Franco. You should read up on it, it's really quite interesting.
yeah but they're bush league.
double entendre?
AuthenticM
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Forbidden love is a concept that has existed as long as love itself. It's happened before.
Maninthemirror
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Real forbidden love will always be a royal woman falling in love with a common man
In 1464, King Edward IV married a commoner widow five years his senior, and nobody seemed to care. Although he was never king, Prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, married his mistress Katherine Swynford, with whom he had already had four bastard children. Swynford was a commoner, and the sister-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Elsewhere, every Ottoman Emperor's wives would have mostly been common, and several Sultans formally married women of peasant birth. Suleiman the Magnificent formally married a Ukrainian peasant girl, and their story had an extended relevance in European pop culture.
Elsewhere, every Ottoman Emperor's wives would have mostly been common, and several Sultans formally married women of peasant birth. Suleiman the Magnificent formally married a Ukrainian peasant girl, and their story had an extended relevance in European pop culture.
WrenchNinja
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Which is what? You can't seriously be referring to Middleton.
There's a long, long list of Chinese empresses, at least one of them is a commoner by the way we would probably define it (not the daughter of an official/noble/wealthy family?). However, there's a lot of missing history so it's hard to tell for those who don't have a clear background. There is also the question of whether or not the emperors actually loved their empresses or married them out of filial obligations or for the empress's family's power.
Triggerhappytel
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Isn't her family really wealthy anyway? I mean, obviously that's incomparable to the wealth of the royal family, but it's hardly like he married an actual commoner from a working class background.
A "commoner" is just a person who doesn't come from a landed background or isn't a priest. In the 12th century, Kate Middleton would have had a lot more influence than a farm worker, but shares the same broad social category because her father isn't an earl or baron.
the face of the modern commoner
we got one in spain,she was a newscaster and married with the prince
bah what a filthy peasant, probs had to call an exterminator before getting up in that you know what i mean
PhoenixDark
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I thought she was married with kids lol.
They should make a reality show out of princes trying to get girls to fall in love with them for the great person they are not the inheritance they will receive.
Oh wait....
Oh wait....
Lonewolf_92
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Yeah, not unheard of in China. Empress He of the Han Dynasty came from a family of butchers.
ErasureAcer
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And lives on in CIV V.
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