The Last Royal Couples

Prior to the 20th century, no member of the European royalty ever married a commoner, the monarchy rule is clear: any royal who will enter a morganatic (marrying a commoner) union will automatically disinherit him or her and lose his or her place in the line of succession, so arranged marriages between royalty became the common practice. But after World War II upon the collapse of most European

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