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5.King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan (1999)
4.Akihito and Michiko of Japan (1990)
Michiko Shoda, daughter of an affluent Industrialist, was born in 1934 at Tokyo.She met Akihito, Japans Crown Prince, in 1957 in Karuizawa during a tennis match.A couple of years later they were married and now have three children.It was customary for Japans Household Agency to choose a suitable bride for the heir to the throne.However, Akihito broke traditions to marry Michiko, who was the first Empress to have entered the Japanese imperial family, as a commoner.The imperial couple also challenged normal traditions by raising their children, instead of leaving them to the care of court chamberlains.She became the Empress consort after Akihito became Japan's 125th Emperor, after the death of Emperor Hirohito on Jan. 7, 1989.Akihito and Michiko were enthroned on November 12, 1990 at the Imperial Palace Tokyo.
3.Carl Gustaf and Silvia of Sweden (1976)
Silvia Sommerlath was born on December 23 in the year 1943.She was the daughter of late Walther Sommerlath, a German businessperson and Alice, a Brazilian.She met Sweden's Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, at Munich, during the summer Olympics of 1972.Silvia was working as a host and as an interpreter at the games.After dating clandestinely for nearly four years, Carl Gustaf and Silvia were married in 1976 and have three children.The Queen of Sweden became extremely popular due to her multilingual abilities and charisma combined with a commitment towards children's cause.
2.Harald and Sonja of Norway (1968)
Sonja Harladsen, born to a wood trader at Oslo in 1937, met Prince Harald at a party in 1959. Love blossomed between the two and after seeing each other for nine years, they were married.However, their relationship was kept under wraps, considering their unequal status.Due to Prince Harald's undying love and devotion to Sonja, the couple were married at Oslo on August 29, 1968, with the approval of Prince Harald's father, King Olav V.They have a daughter and a son.In the year 1991, at 53, Sonja became Norway's First Queen Consort proving her worth and performing her royal duties with a sense of deep commitment to the country.
1.King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson of Great Britain (1936)
King Edward VIII created a sensation when he bequeathed his throne that deemed marriages between the monarchs and commoners as unequal.He took this extreme step for the sake of twice-divorced US socialite, Wallis Simpson, with whom he was smitten.The republicans however supported their cause and the couple became an embodiment of true love.They were married in 1936 becoming Duke and Duchess of Windsor.The Duchess, Wallis Simpson was, however never accepted by the members of the royal family, until thirty years later after the death of King Edward VIII.
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