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Old 01-31-2005, 11:06 PM
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The late Princess of Wales played matchmaker for her new brother-in-law Prince Andrew and her distant relative, Sarah Ferguson, arranging for Sarah to attend a royal party. The matchmaking was a success and within months Andrew and Sarah were engaged. The Duke and Duchess of York were married 23 July 1986 at Westminister Abbey; they are now divorced. Andrew and Sarah have two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie.
Engagement and Wedding: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4335


Sister-in-law Princess Laurentien was the cupid for Prince Johan-Friso and his future wife, Mabel Wisse-Smit, who was a close friend of Laurentien’s, introducing them at a part in 2000. After a low-profile long-distance relationship that spanned The Hague, Brussels and London, Johan-Friso and Mabel’s engagement was announced June 2003 and the couple were married 24 April 2004 in Delft. They are expecting their first child this spring.
Wedding: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1965&page=1

The then-Prince Juan Carlos first met a young Princess Sofie of Greece in 1954 aboard the Agamenon, a cruise organized by the Princess’s mother, Queen Frederika. The future King of Spain would meet the future Queen of Spain again at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Wurtenberg’s wedding but it wasn’t until 1961 at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent that the relationship really took off. On 13 September 1961, Juan Carlos and Sofie’s fathers issued a joint statement announcing the engagement of their children, who were married in Athens on 14 May 1962. The King and Queen of Spain have three children, Elena, Cristina and Felipe and five grandchildren with a sixth grandchild expected this summer.
Wedding: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155


At a 1965 dinner party in London, Queen Margrethe met her future husband Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, where she was attending the London School of Economics. They were married on 10 June 1967 at Holmens Kirke. Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik have two sons, Frederik and Joachim and two grandsons.
Wedding: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=726&page=1

Crown Prince Pavlos and Marie-Chantal Miller met at a friend’s 40th birthday party in New Orleans. He proposed while on holiday in Gstaad; their engagement was announced January 1995, followed by their 1 July 1995 wedding at St. Sophia Cathedral in London, one of the biggest gatherings of royals in recent years. They have four children, Maria Olympia, Konstantinos Alexios, Achilles Andreas and Odysseas Kimon.
Wedding: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4559

King Abdullah met his wife, Kuwait-born Rania Yasin at a 1993 dinner party hosted b y one of his sisters. They were married that same year in June. King Abdullah and Queen Rania have three children, Hussein, Iman and Salma, and their fourth son Hashem was born at the end of January.
Wedding: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3549


King Harald and Sonja Haraldsen met thorugh mutual friends but had to wait nine years before becoming engaged, at which time King Olav V and the government gave the then Crown Prince their permission for him to marry a commoner. Harald and Sonja were married on 29 August 1968 at Oslo Cathedral. They have two children, Märtha Louise and Haakon, and have two grandchildren with a third grandchild expected this spring and a step-grandchild.

Last edited by Alexandria; 01-31-2005 at 11:16 PM.