Princess to Wed Commoner

One of my vices is to read gossip about the stars. While I love to read about Hollywood stars I equally (if not more) enjoy reading about royalty. My magazine of choice is Hello Magazine. It is based in Britain and always has lots of juicy gossip about the royal families of the world.

The latest bit of gossip is about Princess Alexandra. She was married to the heir of Denmark but they divorced a few years ago. The princess is 42 years old and born in Hong Kong. She has a bit of Asian blood in her, which might account for her youthful appearance. She looks fabulous for 42!



She is set to marry a 28 year old photographer later this year or sometime next year. Someone as gorgeous as her is going to marry someone who is 14 years her junior. Whoa. There are plenty of women who marry men who are younger than them (think Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher) but ... it's hard to fathom it happening to royalty. With her marriage to the 28 year old commoner (Martin Jorgensen) she loses her Princess title. She's giving up a lot to marry him so he'd better be worth it!

If you were to marry someone who is younger than you (by a huge amount), what qualities would he have to possess in order for you to lose your currently cushy status? For us mere commoners, I suppose it'd be the equivalent of some high powered attorney marrying a farmer in the midwest. I suppose a farmer is a bad equivalent since farmers will make a decent living whereas a photographer is more of a fly-by-night occupation (sometimes its lucrative, other times it is dismal.) You'd really need to marry for love and be ready to sacrifice your current lifestyle for a more humble one.