28 Stylish Women Who Married Into Royalty

We're charting the fashionable ladies who married into the royal family, from Grace Kelly to Meghan Markle

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Mary Alice Heine

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Mary Alice Heine married Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1889.

Audrey Emery

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Audrey Emery married Grand Duke of Russia Dmitri Pavlovich in 1926

Aleene McFarland

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Aleene McFarland married Prince Johann of Leichtenstein in 1931.

Wallis Simpson

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Wallis Simpson married Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor in 1937.

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Rita Hayworth

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Rita Hayworth married Prince Aly Khan in 1949.

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari married Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1951.

Grace Kelly

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Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956.

Caroline Lee Bouvier

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Caroline Lee Bouvier married Polish Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwill in 1959.

Michiko Shōda

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Michiko Shōda married Emperor Akihito of Japan in 1959.

Sonja Haraldsen

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Sonja Haraldsen married then-Crown Prince Harald of Norway in 1968.

Silvia Renate Sommerlath

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Silvia Renate Sommerlath married Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 1976.

Lisa Halaby

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Lisa Halaby married King Hussein of Jordan in 1978.

Diana Spencer

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Diana Spencer married Prince Charles of Wales in 1981.

Masako Owada

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Masako Owada married Prince Naruhito of Japan in 1993.

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Marie-Chantal Miller

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Marie-Chantal Miller married Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece in 1995.

Rania al Yassin

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Rania al Yassin married King Abdullah II of Jordan in 1999.

Anna Karabo Motšoeneng

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Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso was born Anna Karabo Motšoeneng. She became Queen of Lesotho when she married King Letsie III in 2000.

Lalla Bennani

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Lalla Bennani married King Mohammed VI of Morocco in 2001.

Máxima Zorreguieta

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Máxima Zorreguieta married then-Crown Prince Alexander of the Netherlands in 2002.

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

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Mary Elizabeth Donaldson married Prince Frederik of Denmark in 2004

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano

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Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano married King Felipe VI of Spain in 2004.

Tatiana Blatnik

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Tatiana Blatnik married Prince Nikolaos of Greece in 2010.

Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby

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Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby married Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in 2001.

Charlene Wittstock

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Charlene Wittstock married Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2011.

Jetsun Pema

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Jetsun Pema became Queen of Bhutan when she married Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2011.

Kate Middleton

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Kate Middleton married Prince William in 2011

Sofia Hellqvist

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Sofia Hellqvist became Princess of Sweden when she married Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden in 2015.

Meghan Markle

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Meghan Markle will join the British Royal Family on May 19, 2018 when she marries Prince Harry.

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This article originally appeared from Harper's BAZAAR US.


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