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(#1) Diana, Princess of Wales
- Dec. at 36 (1961-1997)
- Born into one of the most storied aristocratic families in England in 1961 on the queen's own estate at Sandringham
- Married Prince Charles - the heir to the throne - in 1981 to great fanfare, but the marriage was a total disaster, and they divorced in 1996
- Became known as the "People's Princess" for her tireless devotion to charities and bringing attention to various causes - like landmines, AIDS, and homelessness - with her trademark warmth and style
- Died tragically in a car crash in Paris in 1997 at the age of 36
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(#2) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- 38
- Was born in 1982 to a family that became millionaires through their party supply business and met Prince William when they went to University of St. Andrews together
- Their marriage at Westminster Abbey in April 2011 was a worldwide spectacle
- She is best known for her sense of style and has been credited for spearheading the Heads Together Campaign, a major mental health initiative from Kensington Palace
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(#3) Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Dec. at 102 (1900-2002)
- Was the daughter of a Scottish lord and spent her teenage years getting to know wounded WWI soldiers who were being nursed at her stately homes
- Married the future King George VI in 1923 - but only after she had refused his first marriage proposal to her
- Britain's darkest hours were some of her finest, and her strength led her husband and the nation through WWII
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(#4) Sophie, Countess of Wessex
- 55
- Has perhaps the humblest origins of any current Royal Family member: her father was a salesman and her mother was a secretary
- Had a successful career of her own in PR before marrying Prince Edward, the queen's youngest child, in 1999
- Despite working tirelessly at royal engagements, she does not stand on ceremony and is known to be low key
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(#5) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 98
- Was born as a member of the Greek and Danish royal families in 1921 and spent his childhood in exile before becoming a British citizen during WWI
- Married Queen Elizabeth - who had a crush on Philip since she was 13 - in 1947
- Has been a constant in his wife's life and reign, and the couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in November 2017
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(#6) Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
- Dec. at 102 (1901-2004)
- Was born in 1901 to a family with pristine aristocratic pedigree
- Married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in 1935, thus becoming the daughter-in-law of King George V and sister-in-law to two kings
- Didn't get married until she was 34, because she wanted to see the world before getting tied down by marriage, and actually willed a significant portion of her money to members of her staff before passing at the ripe old age of 102 in 2004
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(#7) Alexander Ramsay
- Dec. at 91 (1881-1972)
- Was the son of an earl who joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 and eventually served in WWI
- Married Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, in 1919
- It was 100% a love match: Princess Patricia - one of the most sought after brides in the United Kingdom - gave up her royal title to marry him, since he was a commoner
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(#8) Katharine, Duchess of Kent
- 86
- Was born in 1933 to an aristocratic family in England
- Married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, grandson of King George V and cousin to Queen Elizabeth, in 1961
- Gave up her royal title and duties in 2002 and secretly taught music at a primary school for years as "Mrs. Kent"
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(#9) Angus Ogilvy
- Dec. at 76 (1928-2004)
- Born into an aristocratic Scottish family in 1928
- Married Princess Alexandra of Kent, Queen Elizabeth's cousin through her grandfather King George V, in 1963
- Became the first in-law to refuse a royal peerage from the queen at the time of their wedding and was an understated, well liked, and attention-shy member of the royal family
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(#10) Autumn Phillips
- 41
- Is a McGill-educated commoner who was born in Montreal in 1978, thus becoming the first Canadian to marry into the British Royal Family
- Married Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II, in 2008
- Did not find out Peter Phillips was royalty until weeks into their relationship
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(#11) Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
- 49
- Was born into an aristocratic family in 1970
- Married David Armstrong-Jones - son of Princess Margaret, nephew of Queen Elizabeth, and grandson of King George VI - in 1993
- Seeks to avoid the spotlight and used to run her own fragrance store
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(#12) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
- 38
- Born in 1981, she is a Northwestern-educated Hollywood actor who grew up in California
- Became engaged to Prince Harry, Prince Charles's second son, in November 2017; they were married on May 19, 2018
- She is the first biracial member of the Windsor family - a fact that was met with racist scrutiny in the British press - and is already receiving praise for her fashion and warm professionalism
- She is the first Duchess of Sussex
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(#14) Sarah, Duchess of York
- 60
- Born in London in 1959
- Had a whirlwind romance with Prince Andrew - Queen Elizabeth's second son/third child - before marrying him in 1986; they divorced in 1996 in the wake of very public scandals
- Remains close with Prince Andrew, much to the annoyance of some members of the Royal Family
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(#15) Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester
- 73
- Was born in Denmark in 1946 and worked at the Danish Embassy in London before marrying into the British Royal Family
- Met Prince Richard, the Queen's cousin, at Cambridge (where he was an architecture student and she was attending finishing school), and the couple married in 1972
- Spends time working with arts and children's charities
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(#16) Jack Brooksbank
- 34
- Like his wife Princess Eugenie, he can trace his lineage back to Thomas Coke, the second Earl of Leicester.
- The couple met in 2010 at Swiss ski resort Verbier, and Princess Eugenie thought he was wearing "a silly hat!'
- He's the brand ambassador of Casamigos Tequila, which was created by George Clooney, Rande Gerber, and Mike Meldman.
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(#17) Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
- Dec. at 61 (1906-1968)
- Was born into royalty in 1906: her father was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, a Romanov cousin
- Became the daughter-in-law of King George V when she married Prince George, Duke of Kent, in 1934
- The Kinks named a song after her
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(#18) Marion Stein
- Dec. at 87 (1926-2014)
- Born in Austria in 1926, her musical, Jewish family had to escape the Nazis in 1938 and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became a concert pianist
- Married George Lascelles, Earl of Harewood - and grandson of King George V through his daughter Princess Mary - in 1949
- Their marriage ended after Lord Harewood fathered a child with his Australian mistress; they divorced in 1967
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(#19) Mike Tindall
- 41
- Was born in Yorkshire in 1978
- Had a successful career as a professional rugby player before marrying Zara Phillips - Princess Anne's daughter and Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter - in 2011
- Had his license suspended for drunk driving in 2009
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(#20) Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
- 36
- He is a British property developer and the founder and chief executive of Banda, a property development and interior design company.
- Married Princess Beatrice, the daughter of Prince Andrew, in 2020.
- The private wedding ceremony was kept small and there was little fanfare due to its occurrence in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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(#21) Angela Lascelles
- Dec. at 87 (1919-2007)
- Was born in 1919 and became a West End actor
- Married Gerald Lascelles - son of Princess Mary, grandson of King George V, and cousin of Queen Elizabeth - in 1952
- The couple divorced in 1978 after her husband had cheated on her
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(#22) Daniel Chatto
- 62
- Born into a successful theatrical family in 1957
- Married Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones - daughter of Princess Margaret, niece of Queen Elizabeth, and granddaughter of George VI - in 1994
- Shares his wife's love of the arts and was an actor before settling down with Lady Sarah
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(#23) Wallis Simpson
- Dec. at 89 (1896-1986)
- Was a sophisticated, twice-divorced American who hailed from Baltimore
- Married the former King Edward VIII in 1937
- Her love affair with Edward was downright scandalous and nearly brought down the monarchy - he chose love over duty and abdicated in December 1936
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(#24) Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
- Dec. at 86 (1930-2017)
- Was born a Welsh commoner in 1930 and had a robust career as a society photographer
- Married Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth's sister, in 1960; they divorced in 1978
- Fathered at least two children outside of his marriage
- Was committed to charities
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(#25) Mark Phillips
- 71
- Was born in England in 1948 and had a career in the cavalry
- Married Princess Anne in 1973, making it the first wedding of any of Queen Elizabeth's children
- He won gold in horse riding at the 1972 Munich Olympics
- Had an extramarital affair that resulted in an illegitimate child
- Divorced Princess Anne in 1992
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(#26) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- 72
- Was born in London in 1947 to a wealthy family and was involved with Prince Charles before marrying her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, in 1973
- She had an affair with Prince Charles while they were both married to other people, but they finally tied the knot in 2005
- Has overcome public loathing to become a respected, hard-working member of the royal family
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(#27) Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
- Dec. at 64 (1882-1947)
- Was born into a life of privilege in 1882 as the eldest son and heir of Lord Harewood
- Married Mary, Princess Royal, in 1922, making him the son-in-law of King George V and his wife Queen Mary - even if the bride may not have wanted to marry him at all and may have been pressured into accepting his proposal
- Before marrying the princess, he had pursued Vita Sackville-West, Virginia Woolf's lover; Woolf later used Lascelles as an inspiration for her novel Orlando
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(#28) Princess Michael of Kent
- 75
- She was born a baroness in the Germanic Sudetenland in 1945 and her father was a Nazi
- She was a divorcée when she married Prince Michael - grandson of George V and cousin to Queen Elizabeth - in 1978
- She is a published author, having written both non-fiction and juicy historical fiction, but she has gotten into hot water for comments she has made in public, such as:
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(#29) Elizabeth Colvin Lascelles
- Was born a commoner
- Conducted an affair with Gerald Lascelles - son of Princess Mary, grandson of King George V, and cousin of Queen Elizabeth - while he was still married to his first wife, Angela; they had a love child in 1962 and then married in a civil ceremony in Vienna in 1978
- They made a home together in France
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(#30) Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
- 91
- Australian-born violinist who began an affair with George Lascelles, Earl of Harewood, when he was married to another woman
- The couple began their affair after first randomly meeting at an airport in Milan
- Married Lord Harewood in 1967 - the second marriage for both of them - and became Queen Elizabeth's cousin by marriage
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(#31) Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk
- Dec. at 98 (1893-1992)
- Born into an aristocratic Scottish family in 1893 and pursued a career in the military
- Married Princess Maud of Fife, granddaughter of King Edward VII, in 1923
- Was listed as a member of the Right Club, a fascist, anti-Semitic organization, though he denied being a member later in life
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In 2018, the news that the American Meghan Markle and the British Prince Harry were going to marry attracted the attention of the whole world, but she was not the first ordinary person to marry into the royal family. Are you surprised that royal family members marry ordinary people? What do you think it would be like to marry into the royal family?
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