10 Celebrities Who Have Romanced Royals

The Mulholland Drive actress and former Miss USA became Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen when she married Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen, the great-great-grandson of German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, in 1987. The marriage ended two years later because, as Harring has claimed, she refused to give up her acting career. Photo: Getty

Princess Michael of Kent has a famous daughter-in-law. Winkleman, best known for playing Suze in cult British comedy Peep Show and a recurring role on Two and a Half Men, became Lady Frederick Windsor when she married the son of Prince Michael of Kent, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: Getty

You may have seen Prince Harry’s former girlfriend—they dated from 2012 to 2014—in films like 2017’s Tulip Fever and The Bye Bye Man. Photo: Getty

The Molly’s Game star could claim countess status thanks to her marriage last summer to Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo. Though he makes his living as a fashion executive, Passi de Preposulo is a member of an Italian aristocratic family dating back to the 1300s. Photo: Getty

The Parks and Recreation actor nearly made the leap from Brat Packer to Monaco consort when he had a relationship with Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, the singer-model daughter of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III. According to his autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Lowe moved into the royal’s Paris apartment the day after they met in 1986. Photo: Getty

As the daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis is Hollywood royalty in her own right. As the wife of British actor Christopher Guest, the Halloween star is also a bonafide member of nobility. Curtis officially became Lady Haden-Guest in 1996, when her husband inherited the title of Baron upon his father’s death. Photo: Getty

The famed fashion designer was known as Her Serene Highness Princess Diane of Fürstenberg during her short marriage to Prince Egon of the German noble house of Fürstenberg. She lost her title when they divorced, but that DVF name is now rooted in sartorial history. Photo: Getty

The Hollywood icon put her film career on hold when she married Prince Aly Khan, a descendant of the Iranian royal family and son of Sultan Muhammed Shah in 1949. The couple divorced in 1953 after clashing over how to raise their daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan—not to mention the prince’s rumored affair with Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine. Photo: Getty

Before settling down with Jason Sudeikis, Wilde was married to filmmaker, photographer, and musician Tao Ruspoli—the son of Italian aristocrat Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri. The couple split in 2011 after eight years of marriage. Photo: Getty

Meghan Markle’s Suits departure isn’t unprecedented; Grace Kelly also gave up her acting career when she married Monaco’s Prince Rainier III, who she first met at the Cannes Film Festival. Her last movie was the 1956 musical comedy High Society, which co-starred Frank Sinatra and her former lover Bing Crosby. Kelly wore her Cartier engagement ring throughout filming. Photo: Getty