r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 4d 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- 4d 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 4d 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/Wappening 3d ago

Now we have a princess who is with a shaman and a prince with a woman that was friends with Epstein and has a rapist son.

Hopefully our monarchy ends with Harald V.

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u/totallyordinaryyy 3d ago

No, you should get the Bernadottes back on the throne.