Posted by Rachel in IN
on 17/10/2009, 20:47:51, in reply to "Not Margriet but Michiko..."
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What about Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923? She was not marrying the heir, but as you say, he was a royal member in line to the throne. She was from the nobility, but technically non-royal.
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: I always had the impression that Dutch Pieter
: van Vollenhoven was the first commoner
: marrying into a reigning royal family but I
: guess it must have been "girl
: nextdoor" (daughter of a well-to-do
: businessman) Michiko marrying the Imperial
: Crown Prince of Japan (soon celebrating her
: 75th birthday) back in 1959.
: Was she or who is the very first commoner
: marrying a royal member in line to the
: throne?
: And again Empress Michiko and Princess
: Lilian are by coincidence my two very
: favourite global royals... In terms of
: class, style and dignity. Dignified
: representatives of their respective
: monarchies.
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