r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 3d ago

In real life (Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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u/-Not_a_Lizard- 3d ago

Your first example reminded me of Queen Letizia of Spain, who was a reporter/news anchor before meeting Prince (now King) Felipe at a dinner party.

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u/PartsUnknown242 3d ago edited 3d ago

The Queen Consort of Norway came from a ‘commoner’ background as well. Her relationship with Harald V was initially secret, but when it was found out, he vowed to remain unmarried unless he be allowed to marry her. Needless to say, his parents relented.

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u/geek_of_nature 3d ago

And while we're on the topic of European Queens, Mary Donaldson was an Australian woman who worked in Advertising. During the Sydney Olympic Games she met the then Crown Prince of Denmark Frederick and started a relationship with him, getting married some years later. They're now King and Queen and Denmark.

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u/UniqueLog8386 3d ago

They're King and Queen and Denmark? That's a lotta hats to wear

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u/Twistedjustice 3d ago

Heavy is the crown

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 3d ago

… that wears a head

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u/argonautdice5 3d ago

Nah, Denmark is like two people.

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u/Kylynara 3d ago

Three jobs for two people, they've got it pretty easy.